06.20.2005
FiberTower Awarded TMC Labs 2005 Innovation Award; Industry's First Alternative Backhaul Solution for Wireless Carriers Awarded For Its Technological Excellence and Strategic Vision
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- June 20, 2005 -- FiberTower Corporation, a leading provider of backhaul services for wireless carriers, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's TMC Labs Division has selected the company as one of its 2005 Innovation Award winners. FiberTower is being recognized for the uniqueness and pioneering vision of its offerings alongside industry leaders such as Nortel, Toshiba, and Inter-Tel.
Backed by some of the largest wireless infrastructure operators in the U.S., FiberTower eliminates a major weak link in today's wireless networks. The company began deployments with wireless carriers three years ago, currently serving nine major U.S. wireless markets and providing services to three of the five largest U.S. wireless carriers. With FiberTower's unique combination of fiber and Digital Radio Links (DRLs), wireless carriers are solidifying a mission critical network, protecting and strengthening their brands through superior network performance.
"FiberTower's offering is emerging at a critical time when weakness in backhaul is being attributed to 60% of all cell site outages - a major contributor to carriers' poor coverage performance and cellular consumers' increasing frustration," said Scott Brady, Co-Founder and CEO of FiberTower. "This honor is further proof that our approach is exactly what today's market place needs. We're excited that Internet Telephony magazine is already recognizing FiberTower as a true innovator in the wireless industry, following closely on the heels of the company's official launch."
"Through a rigorous judging process, FiberTower has clearly demonstrated to the staff of TMC Labs that its service is truly innovative in the rapidly expanding wireless/IP telephony industry. We are pleased to honor FiberTower among our roster of industry pioneers for this year's prominent award and look forward to seeing the company's future inventive solutions," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Internet Telephony.
The TMC Labs 2005 Innovation Award highlights will be published in the July and August 2005 issues of Internet Telephony magazine. Internet Telephony is the premier publication dedicated to the burgeoning IP telephony industry.
About FiberTower Corporation
FiberTower Corporation (www.fibertower.com) is the first company to recognize and treat wireless backhaul as part of a mission critical network by delivering a service that eliminates legacy copper backhaul, a weak link that inhibits growth, scalability and service quality in wireless networks. FiberTower delivers groundbreaking improvements in backhaul performance and opens up former monopoly markets. Wireless carriers, who recognize that their network is the heart of their differentiation and success, now have an alternative backhaul provider that enables them to protect and enhance their brands and reputations built on a superior network experience.
About TMC(R)
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes two print magazines: Customer Interaction Solutions, and Internet Telephony; five digital publications, SIP Magazine, Speech-World, WiFI Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, WiMAX Magazine; and the online publications TMCnet.com, Planet PDA Magazine, WiFi Revolution, Alternative Power and BiometriTech. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com.
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