Ecuity and Ottawa Wireless to Offer Innovative Wireless VoIP Service
December 13 2004 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Ecuity and Ottawa Wireless to Offer Innovative Wireless VoIP
Service Ottawa Wireless Private Labels Ecuity's V-Tone VoIP Service
for Metro-Wide Wi-Fi Based VoIP Calling in Rio Rancho, NM, and
Grand Haven, MI BELLEVUE, WA, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Ecuity, Inc., (OTC BB: ECUI.OB), an end-to-end unified
communications and technologies company serving the small-to-medium
business and residential markets, has teamed with Azulstar
Networks, a division of Ottawa Wireless, a world leader in
city-wide Wi-Fi network deployments, to offer wireless Voice over
Internet phone services. Under the agreement, Ecuity will be the
exclusive provider of private label mobile VoIP services to
Azulstar's wireless broadband customers, both business and
residential. Initial markets will include Rio Rancho, New Mexico
and Grand Haven, Michigan. Azulstar expects to launch the Rio
Rancho Wi-Fi based VoIP services at the beginning of 2005 and will
include multiple package offerings of Ecuity's services. Grand
Haven customers, who have been enjoying the city-wide Wi-Fi network
since fall 2003, will be offered Ecuity's VoIP services later in
the year. Often referred to as the Silicon Mesa, forward-thinking
Rio Rancho, NM is home to 64,000 residents and a large number of
small, medium and large sized high tech companies. This will be the
nation's largest and most advanced city- wide Wi-Fi network and the
combination of Azulstar's innovative Wi-Fi technology and Ecuity's
leading VoIP services will make Rio Rancho a model for city-wide
Wi-Fi communications networks, stated Tyler van Houwelingen,
Azulstar CEO. "We are excited to lead the way in offering these
valuable services to the businesses and residents in our
community," said Rio Rancho City Administrator James Palenick. "Rio
Rancho is a vibrant, high-tech haven, and city-wide Wi-Fi and
innovative mobile Voice over Internet services will enhance the way
people work, play and live in our rapidly growing city." Azulstar
currently has over 1,000 business and residential customers in
Grand Haven, MI, the first city in the United States to establish a
city-wide Wi-Fi network. Azulstar plans to offer the private-label
Ecuity VoIP services to their existing customers, which include
ReMax, Best Western, Holiday Inn and Grand Haven's City
Administration, later in 2005. King Cole, Ecuity's president,
"Azulstar has led the way in developing and deploying city-wide
Wi-Fi networks and we see a perfect match between Azulstar's
services and our ability to provide the most powerful, secure and
easy-to-use VoIP services available today. This relationship teams
two industry leaders in an effort to offer easy-to-use voice over
Wi-Fi services. Users will be able to receive and make calls from
any laptop, portable pc or handheld pc from anywhere in the two
cities, and businesses will be able to take advantage of our V-Tone
Office for business class IP PBX over a wireless network. This
continues to represent our ability to offer communications over any
network." Ecuity is the first facilities-based carrier to offer
complete business- class VoIP services, including a "soft phone"
and VoWiFi (voice over Wi-Fi), both nationwide and internationally
- with quality equal to or better than traditional phone service at
significant cost savings. Ecuity provides residential and business
class VoIP, broadband services, technical support, centralized
billing and superior customer service. It offers both Centrex call
features and traditional equipment based PBX call services. As a
result of its success in delivering cutting edge Voice Over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to customers nationwide, Ecuity's
subsidiary Ecuity Advanced Communications was named to the 2004
"pulver 100" - which is the VoIP industry's premiere listing of
companies that represent the future of the communications industry.
Businesses, communities and residents interested in Ecuity's
innovative Voice over Internet services can visit
http://www.ecuity.net/ or call 1 866-41 VTONE (1 866-418-8663).
About Ecuity, Inc. (http://www.ecuityinc.com/) Ecuity is a provider
of secure end-to-end unified communication technologies for the
small- to medium-business market. Ecuity uses secure
next-generation voice services, instant messaging, data transfer,
internet, conference calling and enterprise software to create
solutions that meet the communication needs of today's business
world. As a facilities-based carrier, Ecuity has operated as a
traditional telephone company for 17 years, providing service to
thousands of customers across the country. Through the integration
of web-based telecommunications and cutting-edge software
technology, Ecuity economically delivers secure unified
communication solutions that break down distance, time and media
barriers to allow people to communicate anywhere, anytime and
across multiple mediums. Ecuity has offices in Bellevue and
Seattle, Washington. Available virtually anywhere in the country
and in international markets, it takes only a phone call to 1
877-4-ECUITY (1 877-432-8489) or visit http://www.ecuity.net/ to
order service. About Azulstar Networks Azulstar Networks, based in
Grand Haven, Mich., is a division of Ottawa Wireless Inc. Ottawa
Wireless designed, deployed, and operates the first city- wide
Wi-Fi network in the U.S. and is recognized as the world leader in
city- wide Wi-Fi network deployments. Azulstar was formed to enable
the rapid rollout of city-wide cellular Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks
throughout the world. Azulstar teams with local governments,
investors and private companies looking to immediately offer
wireless voice and data services in their geographic areas.
Additional information is available at http://www.azulstar.com/ and
http://www.ottawawireless.com/. This report includes
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The information in this news
release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based
upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been
accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties,
including statements as to the future performance of the company.
Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in
its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no
assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking
statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause
results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful
performance of internal plans, product development acceptance, and
the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic
risks and uncertainties. For more information, please contact: For
Ecuity: Investor Relations ----------- ------------------ Jennifer
Stephens Truc Nguyen Telephone: (206) 210-5033 VP, Investor
Relations Stern & Co. Telephone: (212) 888-0044 Media Relations
--------------- Stan Froelich VP, Media Relations Stern & Co.
Telephone: (212) 888-0044 DATASOURCE: Ecuity, Inc. CONTACT: For
Ecuity: Jennifer Stephens, Telephone: (206) 210-5033, ; Investor
Relations, Truc Nguyen, VP, Investor Relations, Stern & Co.,
Telephone: (212) 888-0044, ; Media Relations, Stan Froelich, VP,
Media Relations, Stern & Co., Telephone: (212) 888-0044,
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