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Article: Rural Telcos Raise A 'Ruckus' For IPTV Gear.
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- TelecomWeb News Digest
- Article date:
- July 17, 2006
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In what observers are calling a stunning win, Wi-Fi startup Ruckus Wireless this morning disclosed it has signed contracts with 16 mostly rural U.S. telcos that are going to use its Wi-Fi equipment to distribute their triple-play offerings around home.
Ruckus had previously announced only a handful of wins at U.S. telcos - six in all - and an agreement by a major French retailer to put its hardware on the shelf for French IPTV users to buy. The young company, founded in June 2004, needed something like the momentum the 16 wins now gives it to make its technology pitch to the larger Tier One and Tier Two carriers worldwide, including cable and satellite ...