In August, 2006 CHVC announced that it had secured exclusive distribution rights in China for the WRIO wireless broadband technology from WRIO Corp., a Dallas, Texas based company. WRIO wireless broadband access service allows customers in underserved and un-served areas to enjoy the same benefits of the high-speed and low-cost Internet access as users from major cities in China. WRIO's application software enables the use of standard, non-proprietary hardware and is built upon a now patented Hybrid Digital Video Broadcast (HDVB) technology. This technology utilizes a proprietary, long-range, high-data rate forward link based on the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) international standard. WRIO technology provides very high-speed transmission of voice, data, and video information at an infrastructure cost less than 20% of competitive technologies. This technology allows the Company to cost-effectively provide Internet Telephony services on its own network as well as flexible configuration for secure, inter-office virtual private networks and custom, high-data rate applications.
WRIO technology is also protected by several patents pending filed in the U.S., Singapore and the European Union.