And it can buy more satellite capacity with a phone call, Wahba says. I won't name any names. They put satellites in the sky and hope they sell the customers. For us, demand comes first. TeleCrossing uses satellite base stations in each market and then distributes bandwidth to end customers using frequency-hopping spread spectrum wireless technology operating in the unlicensed 2.4GHz band.
Cisco is also a major supplier of wireless equipment.
It's not clear how many satellite base stations this involves, and the company is guarded about where it will deploy first. The company recently finalized a new business plan, however, and is now actively talking to outside investors. He will consider going public if the market remains favorable, Wahba says. First, the company will supply all the radio and satellite network infrastructure itself. It is considering a number of possible business models.