World’s Most Cost-effective Solution Available combines Local Connectivity and Split-BSC Architecture Solutions to dramatically cut Transmission Costs

Rio de Janeiro, 9 September 2008 – Leading wireless application solution provider, Altobridge, will be delivering an important message at this year’s AmericasCom event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (Rio Intercontinental Hotel, 9-10 September), with major cost-cutting implications for any mobile carrier attempting to deliver voice and data services to small enterprise and domestic communities in remote regions .

The company’s Local Connectivity solution combined with its Split-BSC Architecture is one of the strongest value propositions for operators throughout the region. By keeping local calls local, the Local Connectivity element removes unnecessary transmission costs incurred when local calls are backhauled. Simultaneously, the Split-BSC Architecture frees up vital capacity by restricting the use of expensive satellite bandwidth, only using it ‘On-Demand’ instead of ‘Always-On’.

Altobridge’s Monte Egeland, VP Americas, will be presenting an important paper at the event on the morning of 10 September, entitled: “Viable Remote Community Communications for Latin America”, which illustrates how these two technological breakthroughs in Local Connectivity and on-demand use of satellite bandwidth combine to deliver the world’s most cost-effective solution for remote communities.

The paper will look at the challenges facing operators in remote regions throughout Latin America, including the high cost of transmission to small, isolated communities. It outlines the comparative savings that can be expected by carriers when using a standard 1 TRX IP GSM over VSAT installation versus those using the optimized Altobridge solution. With annual savings per site potentially running into tens of thousands of dollars, carriers are now able to provide profitable services to even the smallest, isolated populations.

“Keeping local traffic local using our Local Connectivity solution,” said Altobridge’s Egeland, “removes the cost of traffic being backhauled unnecessarily across the network. Our Split-BSC Architecture then creates a unique ‘on-demand’ solution - the most operationally efficient on the market today. When combined, these two breakthrough technologies offer MNOs throughout Latin America the chance to benefit from the most operationally efficient communications solution for small - between 50 and 500 subscribers - remote communities currently available.”

Altobridge is currently working with operators in other parts of the world (Maxis in Malaysia, and MobiCom in Mongolia), to deliver cost-effective rural communications to small, isolated public and enterprise populations.

Egeland will also be broadcasting live with the show’s official broadcaster, TeleSemana, on Tuesday, 9 September at 12.30pm, on the subject of delivering viable remote communications across Latin America.

Altobridge’s award-winning technology is already at the heart of the world’s first cost-effective mobile phone system for commercial aircraft, launched earlier this year by AeroMobile and flying initially with Emirates and Qantas. The company’s solution to provide standard, cost-effective mobile communications to the world’s merchant maritime industry is also available today from Blue Ocean Wireless. Both use versions of the Split-BSC architecture in these successful, high-profile, proven applications.