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Airspan
and
LightSquaredT
Team
Up
on
Smart
Grid
with
Licensed
Spectrum
and
4G
Equipment
August
5,
2010
Airspan
Networks
Inc.,
announced
an
agreement
with
LightSquared,
the
nation's
first
wholesale-only
integrated
wireless
broadband
and
satellite
network,
whereby
Airspan
will
exclusively
market
LightSquared's
1.4
GHz
wireless
spectrum.
This
spectrum,
when
combined
with
Airspan's
proven,
reliable
and
robust
broadband
and
next
generation
4G
products,
provides
the
utilities
industry
with
a
comprehensive
solution
for
Smart
Grid
and
Smart
Utility
applications.
Airspan
will
market
the
1.4
GHz
wireless
backhaul
solution,
including
spectrum,
equipment
and
services
for
Smart
Grid
applications
in
the
electric,
gas
and
water
utility
sectors
in
the
United
States.
Airspan
already
offers
last
mile
access,
middle
mile
and
backhaul
solutions
across
a
broad
range
of
radio
spectrum.
Using
FCC
approved
proven,
reliable
fixed
broadband
and
4G
technology,
and
LightSquared's
1.4
GHz
spectrum,
Airspan
provides
a
total
solution
that
will
maximize
overall
network
capacity
and
real-time
system
responsiveness
required
to
enable
nationwide
Smart
Grid
projects.
Access
to
licensed
spectrum
has
been
a
critical
"missing
link"
in
planning
and
implementing
wireless
Smart
Grid
communications
for
middle-mile
backhaul
applications
and
for
last-mile
access.
"The
combination
of
equipment
and
licensed
spectrum
eliminates
the
problem
of
relying
on
interference
susceptible
shared
frequencies
for
mission-critical
applications,"
said
Paul
Senior,
Chief
Technical
Officer,
Airspan
Networks
Inc.
The
1.4
GHz
licensed
spectrum
will
be
managed
by
Airspan
and
will
be
made
available
to
utilities
in
their
distinct
geographic
markets.
Access
to
this
spectrum
will
enable
utilities
to
establish
optimized
proprietary
grid
management
networks.
These
Smart
Grid
communications
networks
are
necessary
to
realize
the
economic
and
operational
benefits
from
load-balancing,
dynamic
response,
automation
and
the
other
grid-optimization
benefits
of
Smart
Grid
initiatives.
"Airspan
is
very
excited
to
be
working
with
LightSquared
to
provide
the
best
solution
in
the
utilities
market
for
a
variety
of
data
connectivity
needs,"
stated
Eric
Stonestrom,
CEO
of
Airspan.
"The
utilities
market
is
evolving
rapidly
as
we
position
America's
infrastructure
for
the
next
century
and
we
are
in a
unique
position
to
enable
Utilities
to
deploy
4G
and
other
broadband
solutions
for
control
and
monitoring
of
critical
grid
elements."
"LightSquared
will
help
Airspan
solve
some
of
the
utilities
industry's
most
pressing
communications
and
service
issues,"
said
Frank
Boulben,
chief
marketing
officer
for
LightSquared.
"This
initiative
is
consistent
with
our
goal
of
enabling
improved
spectrum
use
with
an
open,
wholesale
business
model.
Our
smart
grid
partnership
with
Airspan
complements
our
plans
to
establish
a
nationwide
mobile
broadband
network."
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