GigaBeam Announces Third Repeat Purchase Order From South African Reseller InnovatIF Telecoms

Durham, NC - GigaBeam Corporation, deploying WiFiber "wireless fiber optics" technology to economic centers across the globe, announced recently that it has received an order for six additional WiFiber links from its South African reseller InnovatIF Telecoms, a major South African distributor and systems integrator of WiFi, WiMax and proprietary technology solutions.

GigaBeam's partner, InnovatIF Telecoms, has identified a significant opportunity in the African telecommunications market for WiFiber. Success has been predicated by strong market knowledge and by demonstrated performance of GigaBeam's WiFiber offering.

"I believe South Africa will continue to provide one of the most fertile markets for our next generation wireless technologies," said Louis Slaughter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GigaBeam. "We are very pleased with our expanding relationship with InnovatIF and look forward to working with them well into the future."

The costs and challenges of delivering seamless connections through terrestrial fiber in South Africa are significant and there is a shortage of current facilities to offer broadband connections. We believe GigaBeam's WiFiber technology provides a robust and cost-effective solution to meet the growing demand for broadband in the region.

"GigaBeam products have proven themselves to be the most effective wireless broadband devices anywhere," said Anthony Mallett, Chief Executive Officer of InnovatIF Telecoms. "We have deployed with great success the GigaBeam WiFiber product. We expect more orders in the years to come, as our marketplace has real needs which are remedied by GigaBeam‘s offering."

GigaBeam's WiFiber technology is similar to terrestrial fiber in terms of speed and reliability. WiFiber has a substantial advantage over terrestrial fiber because it can be rapidly deployed and costs significantly less to deploy than terrestrial fiber. Terrestrial fiber can take months to deploy and also requires significant regulatory and environmental approvals prior to installation.

SOURCE: GigaBeam Corporation