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Article: ATI back in (data) business: wireless company debuting high-speed digital data service in Denver.(American Telecasting Inc.)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- February 16, 1998
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American Telecasting Inc. this week will use a national launch in Denver to unveil a wireless high-speed digital data service for businesses.
American Telecasting (ATI) for the past 18 months has been developing the wireless digital technology to deliver the service, called WantWEB. It already has an unspecified number of customers in Colorado Springs, headquarters for the company.
WantWEB, which ATI already offers to consumers, is a key part of the company's strategy for growing a multi-point multichannel distribution system (MMDS) business. MMDS has struggled to compete with cable and DBS in the video arena.
"The biggest thing is that ...