--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 03/18/2009 - Internet Services industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. AT&T (NYSE: T) yesterday announced a new alternative for electric utility companies looking to provide the benefits of smart grid technology to the residential sector. AT&T and SmartSynch are for the first time providing utilities with a cost-effective solution by combining a new suite of service plans from AT&T designed specifically for machine to machine (M2M) communications with SmartSynch's smart grid solutions already deployed at more than 100 utilities throughout North America. With this new solution from AT&T and SmartSynch, electric utility companies will now be able to concentrate on efficient electricity delivery rather than being distracted by building, maintaining, expanding and upgrading a communications network. This new solution offers a cost-effective point-to-point configuration model in which each meter communicates directly with the utility over the AT&T wireless network.
Omnicity Corp (OTCBB: OMCY), Indiana's largest fixed Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP), announces the acquisition of Indiana's fastest growing WISP, NDWave. The acquisition of NDWave represents the first of several acquisitions that Omnicity plans to complete by the summer of 2009. NDWave adds 1,450 customers to Omnicity's subscriber base in rural north central Indiana and brings coverage into another 34 rural counties in the Midwest. NDWave CEO Steve Narducci said, "The joining of our two companies will add significant reliability and redundancy to both of our networks allowing us to service even more rural communities and bring choices to our customers." Steve Narducci will serve as our VP of Field Services. NDWave began offering WISP services in 2006 and has been the fastest growing WISP in Indiana. The strategic addition of NDWave is expected to bring rapid expansion and upgrades to the existing network while giving Omnicity the opportunity to grow the network into all of rural Indiana while continuing its growth in the Midwest and nationally. For the full report visit www.stocksjournal.com
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) recently announced that the company's test laboratories in both Richmond, British Columbia and Carlsbad, California have been granted CTIA Authorized Test Lab status for Over the Air Performance testing. Prior to becoming a CATL, both laboratories obtained A2LA accreditation for ISO17025:2005. Facilities with this authorization are able to submit OTA test results for wireless devices and have them recognized by network operators for the purpose of network certification. A considerable amount of work goes into the design, integration, testing and certification of wireless devices before they are allowed to launch on a mobile broadband network.
