Stelera Wireless is not only one of the first carriers to commercially launch in the AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum, but says it has also deployed this most sophisticated of technologies available globally to address a very underserved market -- rural broadband services. Rural customers, typically the last to receive service and the very last to enjoy the latest technology, will instead have access to services unavailable as yet in the largest cities in the U.S. as Stelera Wireless customers.
The Department of Agriculture loan will allow Stelera Wireless to launch 55 cities in 2008, with an initial focus on communities with less than 20,000 residents where broadband choices are limited and sometimes non-existent. The immediate planned locations are in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon and Arizona. Larger markets will be included as growth continues. "This is only the beginning," said Evans.