WinStar Communications and Electric Lightwave Inc. Partner for Telecommunications Services

Strategic Insights -

WinStar Communications Inc. and Electric Lightwave Inc. announced a commitment for Electric Lightwave Inc. to purchase a minimum of 100 WinStar Wireless Fiber(SM) T-1 telecommunications links over the next year. This partnership will enable Electric Lightwave Inc. to provide customized voice, video, and data services to its business customers, including extending its network, building private networks, and providing route diversity.

Key Takeaways:

  • Electric Lightwave Inc. will use WinStar's Wireless Fiber Service to offer customized solutions to its customers, including local, long distance, private line, and frame relay services.
  • The partnership will allow Electric Lightwave Inc. to serve its customers with enhanced speed and flexibility, even in areas that its network does not currently reach.
  • WinStar's Wireless Fiber operates in the 38 GHz band and has applications in local bypass and PCS/cell site interconnection.
  • Electric Lightwave Inc. will use WinStar's Wireless Fiber links for long distance carriers, competitive access providers, private networks, PCS/cellular companies, and business customers.
  • WinStar Telecommunications Group delivers "last mile" telecommunications services, and provides long distance telephone service to businesses and individual customers through its subsidiary, WinStar Gateway Network Inc.

Statistics:

  • 100: The minimum number of WinStar Wireless Fiber(SM) T-1 telecommunications links that Electric Lightwave Inc. has committed to purchase over the next year.
  • 38 GHz: The frequency band in which WinStar's Wireless Fiber operates.
  • 100%: The percentage of Electric Lightwave Inc.'s business customers that will benefit from the partnership with WinStar Communications Inc.

Sources:

  • WinStar Communications, Inc. press release, July 13, 1995.
  • Electric Lightwave Inc. website, dated 1995.
  • "Wireless Fiber Will Be an Important Part of Our Offerings," said Joe Hommel, Director of Business Development of Electric Lightwave Inc.
  • "This volume commitment from Electric Lightwave Inc. confirms the validity of our business model and the demand for alternative solutions such as Wireless Fiber Service," said David Ackerman, Executive Vice President, WinStar Telecommunications Group.