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Oxford Media Hails Initial
WiMAX Certification Drawing to an End and 802.16E Certification
Beginning by Mid 2006
Other Topics: Wireless Video Calls,
WiMAX Network Expansion
Oxford Media, Inc.
January 10, 2006
Oxford Media Plans to Leverage WiMAX Technology to Build and Own One
of the Largest Private Broadband Networks in the United States
Irvine, CA -- Oxford Media, Inc. (OTC BB: OXMI), a secure digital
communication and technology company, announces that the first wave of
the WiMAX certification process is nearing completion and initial WiMAX
products are expected by the end of 2006.
WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a
fast-emerging, wide-area wireless broadband technology that provides a
powerful "last mile" solution for high-speed access. WiMAX can reach as
far as ten miles covering wider, metropolitan or rural areas -- far
greater than the now-common WiFi service, which handles small, local
areas such as offices or hotspots. |
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WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a
fast-emerging, wide-area wireless broadband technology that provides a
powerful "last mile" solution for high-speed access. WiMAX can reach as
far as ten miles covering wider, metropolitan or rural areas -- far
greater than the now-common WiFi service, which handles small, local
areas such as offices or hotspots.
Oxford Media has designed its proprietary hotel digital Video-On-Demand
and Pay-Per-View entertainment system, known as eMOD, to support a wide
variety of convenient services for business and consumers within reach
of its wireless network. Utilizing Oxford Media's rights to the rooftops
of the hotels and motels that purchase and install Oxford's eMOD system,
Oxford will install WiMAX antennas broadcasting broadband Internet,
movies and other services to businesses and homes within the range of
the Oxford wireless Private Broadband Network (PBN).
Last week Oxford Media announced its plan to test a service whereby
automobiles equipped with an in-car entertainment system will be able to
stop at a gas station, hotel or rental car agency and download the
latest movies into its system. The proof of concept test will
demonstrate that entertainment content can be sent via WiMAX to remote
locations (for example rental car agencies, hotels, and gas stations),
which will serve as a content distribution point to automobiles equipped
with in-car passenger entertainment systems. The content will be sent in
MPEG 4 format which will allow for faster downloads, interactivity and
high-resolution picture quality. Commercial deployment could begin as
early as late 2006
Oxford Media recently began a sales and marketing campaign of its
proprietary digital Video-On-Demand and Pay-Per-View entertainment
system known as eMOD, aimed at the small and mid-sized hotels and motels
-- a segment of the hotel industry previously underserved and unable to
offer such services to their guests. This targeted market of hospitality
properties with between 50 to 300 rooms comprises over 2.4 million hotel
rooms in the U.S. and represents approximately 56% of the total hotel
market. eMOD is one of the only hotel entertainment systems optimized
for WiMAX deployment. The company plans to install WiMAX antennas on the
rooftops of these hotels, eventually creating a nationwide network.
These first WiMAX products mark only the beginning of a certification
process that will ultimately include numerous "waves" of testing. Each
wave will include new certification profiles and/or new functionality to
support new frequencies and different access modes (fixed, nomadic,
portable, and mobile). The changes in the program are driven mostly by
technological advances and product availability. They are crucial for
ensuring that certified products have the functionality that the market
requires and can support new applications and services. Understanding
how the certification process evolves is necessary if Oxford Media is to
have accurate expectations of certified products.
About Oxford Media, Inc.
Oxford Media is a leading developer of Private Broadband Networks (PBN)
and proprietary software and hardware, which allows for the delivery of
low-cost broadband Internet access as well as video and audio content on
demand on a Pay-Per-View basis. The initial line of business is the
delivery of Video-On-Demand and pay-for-view entertainment content to
small and mid-sized hotels and motels -- a segment of the hotel industry
previously underserved and unable to offer such services to their
guests. This targeted market of hotel properties with between 50 to 300
rooms, comprises over 2.4 million hotel rooms in the U.S. and represents
approximately 56% of the total hotel market. Oxford's wholly owned
subsidiary Creative Business Concepts, Inc. is a wireless and business
systems provider specializing in WiFi/WiMAX, IT Security and IT
Integration, and Telecom. As part of these offering of services, CBC
designs and installs specialty communication systems for data, voice,
video, and telecom. For more information, log onto
www.oxfordmediainc.com.
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existing business, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
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forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information
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cost savings or revenue growth opportunities associated with any
acquisitions, planned or otherwise. Additionally, forward-looking
statements concerning the performance of the Company's business are
based on current market conditions and risks, which may change as the
result of certain regulatory, competitive or economic events, as well as
those risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, which could cause actual events
or results to differ materially from the events or results described in
the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements. |
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