WinStar to unveil wireless network

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WinStar, an start-up communications company, is preparing for the national launch of a high-speed voice and data network that will use wireless technology. The company's point-to-multipoint network uses a $4,000 antenna placed on a building's roof that beams voice and data at over 10 megabits per second to a hub antenna. The antenna in turn, feeds the voice and data into a fiber optic network, bypassing the slower local phone lines. The technology, which is similar to Sprint's, is now running in Washington D.C. and may soon be offered in the top 50 US markets where the firm already owns wireless licenses.

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Is preparing for the national launch of a high-speed voice and data network that will use wireless technology

Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Telephone Communications, Telephone services, Article, WinStar

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Shutterfly merges best of digital, film

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Shutterfly consolidates the best of digital photography and film camera with a new service that prints and ships digital photos through the mail. The service, which charges 49 cents per 4-by-6-inch print, allows consumers to send digital pictures to the site and receive film-quality digital photos through the mail. Backed by entrepreneur Jim Clark, founder of Netscape, Silicon Graphics, Healtheon and myCFO, the service also developed a software that can enhance digital images.

Photography Studios, Portrait, Photographic Services, Shutterfly

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Innovative voice network debuts online today

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Level 3 Communications is launching (3) Voice, a voice network that utilizes Internet Protocol (IP) technology. The service will be offered in 24 cities through the Internet and startup phone service providers that pay the Broomfield, CO-based company to provide voice traffic for them. Internet phone calls are expected to cost 1/15th that of phone calls routed through conventional circuit-switched technology.

Other Telecommunications, Voice Store & Forward Svcs, Voice mail, Level 3 Communications

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