BETHESDA, Md. and NEWTON, Mass., April 6 - MobilePro Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MOBL), and Galaxy Internet Services, a Boston-area Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Massachusetts State Internet Service contractor, announced today that the Town of Brookline, Mass.'s Wireless Selection Committee has selected them to design, deploy and operate a border-to-border wireless network. The committee's selection will be presented to the town's board of selectmen for its final approval.
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The multi-spectrum (2.4, 5.8 and 4.9 GHz), multi-radio, mesh network will enable public safety, government and commercial applications on a single infrastructure. This is the first mixed-use network using an integrated public safety access channel (4.9GHz) to be deployed in the Boston metropolitan area and in the State of Massachusetts.
The network will support a range of fixed and mobile applications, including police data communications, VoIP, access to the Internet, voice, data and video throughout the coverage area. Subscription services to the public will be available over the network's Wi-Fi channels through Galaxy Internet and other retail ISPs on an annual, monthly, daily and hourly basis.
The selection of MobilePro and Galaxy Internet by the town was based on responses submitted to an RFP issued by the Brookline Wireless Selection Committee. The committee selected the Galaxy-MobilePro team over other responders, including EarthLink and AIM.
Jay Wright, MobilePro chairman and CEO, said, "We are pleased to have been chosen by Brookline's Wireless Selection Committee with our long-time partner Galaxy Internet. The Brookline network will showcase our ability to provide public safety access in the licensed 4.9 GHz spectrum across our networks. We believe working with a local partner that has a long-standing reputation with the community makes this a win-win for everyone."
Bob Carp, CEO of Galaxy, said, "The committee's selection of Galaxy with our partner MobilePro is an important achievement for us. As a local company, we understand the needs of the community and the importance of the public safety component. We've worked closely with MobilePro to design a network that we expect will meet and exceed the town's requirements."
About Galaxy Internet Services
Galaxy Internet Services Inc. is New England's largest independent Internet Service Provider, offering a wide range of Internet and IT services to residential, commercial and government customers. Galaxy's offerings include DSL, cable broadband, Voice over IP (VoIP), T-1, T-3, Ethernet and wireless Internet. Galaxy holds Massachusetts statewide contracts for Internet access and hosting as well as IT Services. In addition, Galaxy manages the City of Boston Metropolitan Exchange Point. For more information, contact Galaxy Vice President Sandy Bendremer at (617) 558-0900, ext. 207, or e-mail: sandy@gis.net.
About MobilePro Corp.
MobilePro Corp. is one of North America's leading wireless broadband companies, serving over 20,000 wireless broadband customers through its subsidiaries NeoReach Wireless and Kite Broadband. The company, based in Bethesda, Md., is focused on creating shareholder value by acquiring and growing profitable telecommunications companies, developing innovative wireless technologies and forging strategic alliances with well-positioned companies in complementary product lines and industries. MobilePro serves more than 220,000 total customer lines throughout the United States with a broad array of telecommunications services.
For more information on MobilePro's wireless group, visit http://www.neoreach.com or contact Karrie Rockwell at (480) 736-2926.
An investment profile about MobilePro Corp. may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com/mobilepro/profile.htm .
For more information regarding MobilePro, contact MobilePro CEO Jay Wright at (301) 315-9040, e-mail: jwright22@closecall.com . For investor relations information regarding MobilePro, contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, at (305) 451-1888, e-mail: info@hawkassociates.com . Detailed information about MobilePro can be found at http://www.mobileprocorp.com . An online investor kit including press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information for investors may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com and http://www.americanmicrocaps.com .
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