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Far Reach Technologies to Launch Mobile VoIP Service in Eight States Starting Next Year

10-06-2006 - Florida-based Far Reach Technologies is reportedly gearing up to roll out mobile VoIP and broadband services in 76 markets in eight states using xG’s “xMax” wireless technology. According to Far Reach, the first system launch will occur in March, 2007 in Volusia County, Fla. – and additional launches are planned for the second quarter of 2007.

Internet and data services are expected to follow – and by 2008 the company plans to roll out an IPTV (News - Alert) service.

xMax is a special RF modulation and encoding technology which uses individual or “integer” sinusoidal waves to transmit data. The technology can also be applied to fixed line networks including copper and coaxial, however, it is primarily considered a wireless technology used for delivering 4G mobile services. Because it leverages the unlicensed ISM band (902-928 MHz), operators employing the technology do not have to pay for spectrum. xMAX is said to represent “a fundamental paradigm shift in the way radio signals are modulated and demodulated.”

xG Technology claims xMax delivers greater range compared to both cellular and WiMAX – plus it uses less power. With xMAX, an operator can cover 1,000 square miles and serve about 30,000 subscribers with a single $50,000 base station. Just one omnidirectional transmitter located on TV broadcast tower at a height of 850 feet can deliver signals up to 20 miles. Broadband speeds average around 10 Mbps throughout the coverage area.

xG announced in July that it was launching a development program with regional operators to build a U.S. wide mobile phone service using xMax handsets with VoIP. Two manufacturers are now building handsets with xMAX chips. These phones, which will be branded as xG phones, will deliver seamless hand-off between xMAX and WiFi (News - Alert) systems.

Calling xG’s technology “the greatest technical advance in RF communications in 100 years,” Russ White, president of Far Reach Technologies, said in a press release that the new mobile VoIP service will deliver “on-demand broadband services at lower rates, and a path to 4G services in 2008.”

Far Reach’s deployment has been funded with $100 million by the multi-billion dollar US based Phoenix Foundation and underwritten by a major UK based bank.

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