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World Wide Packets Recognized For Second Straight Year as One of the Top 100 Companies to Watch By Broadband Properties
North American Companies Honored For Their Impact and Influence in Technology
Spokane Valley, WA – August 29, 2006 – World Wide Packets, a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions, today announced that it has been named one of Broadband Properties' Top 100 Companies to Watch in 2006. The selected companies are recognized for their contributions in broadband innovation. World Wide Packets was again selected as one of the top companies because of its ongoing commitment to delivering the highest quality Carrier Ethernet Services. This has been marked by extraordinary momentum at World Wide Packets over the past year. The company secured $25 million in funding last December, deployed the first gigabit-to-the-premise initiative in North Kansas City, MO last February and signed major partnership deals with industry leaders, such as Lucent Technologies, which have led to major global deployments.
“Broadband Properties is a leading source of cable and telecommunications technology information for buildings and communities. Each year we recognize the industry's most dynamic and innovative companies that are truly shaping the future direction of internet access,” said Broadband Properties president and CEO Scott DeGarmo. “We selected World Wide Packets because of its continuing commitment to the expansion and growth of Carrier Ethernet in both residential and commercial settings. World Wide Packets continues to be a leader in this space and we're looking forward to watching their continued success.”
“We are very pleased to again be selected as one of Broadband Properties' Top 100 Companies to watch,” said Dave Curry, president and CEO of World Wide Packets. “This year, World Wide Packets has made great strides in expanding its market presence through key partnerships and product enhancements, including our reseller agreement with Lucent Technologies and our ground breaking gigabit-to-the-premise deployment in North Kansas City, MO. It is extremely rewarding to be recognized for these achievements.”
About World Wide Packets
World Wide Packets is a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions that allow broadband service providers and telecommunications carriers to realize a new level of speed and agility in the deployment of revenue generating Ethernet services. With World Wide Packets' LightningEdge® product family, providers can address the demand with their growing customer base by fully leveraging the power, flexibility and economies of Ethernet technology, while dramatically reducing the CapEx and OpEx of existing legacy networks. Only World Wide Packets offers the QoS, scalability, reliability and manageability necessary to making True Carrier Ethernet services such as IPTV, VoIP, mission critical data and wireless transport a reality. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit www.worldwidepackets.com.
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