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Mobile network operators are competing with Wireless Internet Service Providers to deliver broadband wireless data services, a trend that benefits all users. The benefit of mobile networks is that the service is available nationwide, while the WISP services are available in certain markets only, mostly on a local and/or small scale. The trade-off is and most likely will always remain the vast geographic reach of mobile networks versus high-speed capabilities (due to frequency and technology) of fixed wireless networks. Therefore, a convergence network operator that owns and/or operates both, a mobile network as well as a wireless network, will have a unique strategic proposition. iUHBA’s Fixed Wireless/Mobile Access networks are advanced Fixed Mobile Convergence networks, designed with the developments of mobile and WISP operators in mind. iUHBA’s wireless infrastructure is based on a network- and frequency design and technology standards that are far superior to the ones utilized by the competition. During the initial rollout, iUHBA will prove its ability to deliver voice and data transfer service up to 100 Mbps. No other wireless operator (not even wireline-system operators) can offer such speeds on current systems - no matter how advanced they claim their systems are. iUHBA’s team of leading technologists has designed the network in such a fashion that it allows unicast/streaming video sessions for many people simultaneously on one access loop. Most people do not really care about the underlying technologies of their mobile/wireless service, as long as they can get what they want. However, while that is the case today because “everything is the same anyway”, users’ habits “on the move” and outside the home or office are rapidly changing. People want to stay connected with family, friends and business contacts, and they want information wherever they are, as fast as possible. They want to email, search the web to find a local restaurant or find the number of the local taxi service, browse through an interesting article while waiting for the train, and they want to watch videos or TV programs on their phones. In the near future, the underlying Wireless Access technology of their service will make the difference of whether or not a wireless service provider can offer video, voice, and data services at the speeds and quality people like. The bad news for existing operators is that they do not have a feasible technology that can offer users true-broadband speeds on their wireless devices. It is completely out of question that currently deployed mobile and wireless technologies will be able to offer enough bandwidth for the future. The highest speeds achievable on 3G networks will most likely be in the single-digit megabits-per-second rates, which will decrease when more people subscribe to these services and when the operator does not invest heavily in additional cell units or base stations that are connected to high-speed backhaul, such as fiber optics. Even with UMTS technologies such as HDPA, mobile operators will face severe limitations in terms of capacity and reliability when it comes to true-broadband and next-generation mobile services. iUHBA will provide mobile voice and broadband services through a wholesale agreement with one of the nation's mobile operators; iUHBA will thus become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator. However, in order to provide ultra-high-bandwidth wireless services, iUHBA will build, own, and operate its fixed wireless networks based on the Company’s own FiberBroadband Strategy, which uses patented and state-of-the-art wireless technologies. The practical solution to offer Ultra-High-Bandwidth wireless speeds is to bring fiber-optic capacities closer to the users (i.e. to each base station/cell/POP) and only making the last-mile or last-half-mile wireless. If this simple -but expensive- solution is not followed, the trade-off issue of speed and capacity versus range and distance will persist. For its Ultra-High-Bandwidth Wireless access infrastructure, iUHBA is planning to invest heavily to solve the last-mile and last-half-mile wireless bottleneck. iUHBA’s executives understand that they have to invest this huge amount to bring high-capacity services to subscribers in markets across the country. iUHBA will have the prime differentiator: ultra-high-speed connectivity. It will not be long before users will want to download or stream the latest movies on their wireless devices, or watch Pay-Per-View events and programs. People will want to conduct business meetings or friendly meet-ups through video, or watch a video infomercial on their wireless device before buying something. This is where iUHBA’s 4G network enters the playing field. There are no defined specifics that identify the fourth generation of wireless networks. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which regulates and standardizes communication technologies, concluded that around the year 2010 requirements for data rates up to 100 Mbps for mobile services and applications will emerge. These requirements are part of the ITU’s vision for the future development of IMT-2000 systems, entitled IMT Advanced. iUHBA builds its own Ultra-High-Bandwidth Wireless Access networks based on a confluence of technology, frequency, and architecture. The Company may choose to submit and defend its wireless solution and technological methods before the ITU in 2009 in order to be officially categorized as a 4G system operator, and the Company may also submit its technical papers for standardization to the European Telecommunication and Standardization Institute (ETSI) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In addition, iUHBA plans to file for several patents during and after the initial rollouts. In the meantime, the Company is confident that it has the best high-speed and high-capacity solution in the wireless industry and therefore can rightfully claim to be a genuine 4th Generation wireless system operator. |
Wireless Strategy

