GlobeTel Installs Wireless Network in Germany

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GlobeTel Communications says its GlobeTel Wireless subsidiary has installed a HotZone 4010-based wireless broadband network in Heilbronn, Germany and is now conducting final testing of the network. The Heilbronn network is the company’s first one to be completed in Germany, and will accommodate users of both broadband and wireless VoIP telephony over DECT. The proprietary integration of DECT-enabling technology into the network permits a typical cordless household phone to behave as a short-range mobile phone with a reach of up to 800 meters from a HotZone 4010 base. Wi-Fi Internet access will also be available within that range. Testing in Heilbronn has been conducted utilizing the network for Internet access and VoIP calls using a standard cordless DECT phone that is typical of the majority of the cordless phones sold in Germany.

GlobeTel expects, in October, to begin to sign up customers and to provide those customers with access to an initial portion of the network, covering a specific geographic area. During this initial phase, GlobeTel will closely monitor the network’s capacity and stability and, once satisfied, will provide customer access to additional areas of the network based upon demand. GlobeTel expects that it will be able to give customers access to the entire network, encompassing all network access points in the city, within approximately 60 days. Once the network is fully accessible, customers who subscribe to both the broadband and voice service will be able to access their account, surf the Web or place a voice call within any part of the city and to anywhere in the world, at low cost, over GlobeTel’s VoIP network.

The Company continues to build out HotZone wireless networks in the German cities of Kaiserslautern and Erfurt. It expects to begin marketing these additional networks to customers following the full activation of the Heilbronn network. The network is 100% owned and operated by GlobeTel, and will be marketed to both residential and commercial customers in each of these three German markets.

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