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[February 2010] Networks by Wireless sign first reseller agreement with UK Broadband for the delivery of WIMAX services in the UK.: Networks by Wireless (NbW) today announced that it had signed the first reseller agreement with UK Broadband for the delivery of WIMAX services in the UK.

The use of UK Broadband’s licensed spectrum at 3.5Ghz allows NbW to deliver fast and reliable wireless broadband to rural areas and public sector customers across the whole of its UK portfolio.

Using UK Broadband’s spectrum, NbW will now begin meeting demand for this service in a number of areas across the UK on a first come first served basis.
[January 2010] Networks by Wireless win tender for the provision of Next Generation Broadband Access in Teesdale.: Barnard Castle Vision have announced Networks by Wireless have been selected as the winning tenderer for the provision of Next Generation Broadband Access in Teesdale.

The Digital Dale project, backed by Durham County Council in conjunction with One North East, is being led by Barnard Castle Vision in co-ordination with a number of local partners including Teesdale Enterprise Agency, Teesdale Action Partnership, local businesses and residents.

For further details of the announcement please
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[December 2009] Network by Wireless become SCC's Official wireless partner for Public Sector: Networks by Wireless have now signed sign a framework agreement with SCC to become their official wireless partner for Public Sector.
[November 2009] Suffolk County Council renew Maintenance Support Contract With NbW: Suffolk County Council have renewed their Maintenance Support Contract with NbW in partnership with our partner Computacenter.

The contract is renewed for a further 12 months as part of our 5 Year Agreement, continuing our long term relationship with Suffolk County Council.
[October 2009] Ukraine Network Expands with Acquisition: PAN Telecom, the Ukraine JV of NbW, announced in August that it had completed the acquisition of InfoKom in the city of Konotop in the Sumy region of the Ukraine, the acquisition included the ongoing provision of broadband internet service to 560 corporate and residential customers, through a mix of fibre and LLU copper.

Chairman Yuri Besborodov commented;
"This acquisition was made as part of our strategy to be the number one broadband services provider in the Ukraine, Infokom gave us the addition of fibre and copper to add to our wireless portfolio, we are now in a position to offer the complete range of broadband services to our expanding customer base"
[September 2009] South East Council extend contract: A South East council extend their current support contract for their Licensed Radio Core WAN and Unlicensed education sites.

This extension includes Ofcom Licenses and Site Share Agreements, continuing a lasting relationship offering a 99.99% availability to schools throughout the county.
[August 2009] NbW awarded maintenance support contract for a North East Council: NbW have been awarded a Maintenance Support contract for a north east Council’s 2.4 GHz Unlicensed Radio Education Network, NbW will also begin work on the councils technology refresh plan utilising new higher performance, higher bandwidth Unlicensed Radio.
[July 2009] Ukraine network doubles in size: The Ukrainian Joint Venture PAN Telecom has announced a 100% increase in customer connections since February and has now rolled out 23 operational base stations in Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Lyviv, Yalta, Melitopol, Mariupol, Kirovograd and Ternopil, with a further 9 planned in the next six months.

The company is also on course to acheive the first significant milestone funding round of $10,000,000 to further expand its rollout and operations in the regions. The network is serviced operationally from its Kiev headquaters, with a Network Operations Centre in Kiev and also in the Sheffield HQ of NbW for resilience.

Yuri Besborodov, Chairman of the joint venture said " We are very pleased with the progress thus far, the buisness has gone according to plan, even though the worse worldwide recession in living memory. To acheive what we have in such a short time scale is testament to the knowledge of professionalism of both of the JV partners".
[June 2009] NbW open new office in Scotland: NbW are pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Scotland, located in Alloa.

Due to our continuing growth and recent contracts awarded NbW have opened the Scottish office strengthening our wireless capabilities in the UK.
[June 2009] Major housing association in the North award contract to NbW: NbW have received a contract for the provision of maintenance services and support for the housing associations Wireless Network.

The contract will be serviced from NbW's Head Office located in Sheffield.
[June 2009] NbW receive contract award from Warwickshire County Council: NbW have received contract award for the provision, installation and maintenance of Warwickshire County Council's Wireless Wide Area Network.

A copy of the notice can be viewed on Sell2Wales website or by clicking HERE
[May 2009] NbW prepare to attend GC Live event @ Earls Court: Networks by Wireless will be at GC Live at Earls Court on 8th, 9th & 10th June 2009.

Come and visit us at stand i208

Register online at :www.gc-live.com
[March 2009] NbW to upgrade East of England college from 100 Mbps to 400 Mbps: NbW have received an order from existing college in East of England to provide an upgrade from 100 Mbps to 400 Mbps using the latest Licensed Radio Technology.

The college have been a client of NbW for over 3 years, where we have continually met SLA and link availability of 99.99%.

They have seen a significant increase in traffic over the connections between the campus sites reflecting their decision to increase bandwidth.
[February 2009] Ukraine Network expands: The NbW Joint Venture in the Ukraine (PAN Telecom) today announced that 3 more regions had gone live for service in the country, as well as the 6 live nodes in Kiev, further nodes in Odessa, Kirovograd and Mariupol are now live and servicing customers.

The first 50 paying customers for the new operator have already been provisioned with an average time to deliver service in less than 10 days from order.

Further deployments are due to go live in March and April in Lyviv, Melitopol and Ternopil as well as a further 6 nodes in the surrounding Kiev regions.
[January 2009] Head of Innovation Leeds joins NbW: NbW is delighted to announce the appointment of Doug Sutherland, formerly the Head of Innovation Leeds at Leeds City Council, Doug joins NbW as Director of Business Development on February 2nd 2009. His experience of innovation in the public sector and especially wireless cities will be brought to the benefit of NbW customers, not only does he know how to deploy wireless, but he knows "why" and "where" to get the support for these key business tools.

Neil Metcalfe CEO, Networks by Wireless Ltd comments
"We have known Doug for quite some time now and his name is synonymous with forward thinking, progressive organisations in the Public Sector.

We are delighted that Doug has seen the potential in Networks by Wireless Ltd and the team look forward to a long and prosperous time with him in the vanguard of our Business Development team"

Doug Sutherland commented
"My role at Leeds City Council had run its natural course and although I had several potential avenues that my career could take, I saw a potential in what wireless and its associated technologies could bring to the transformational agenda for Public Sector services, the stand-out company in this area of delivery has been Networks by Wireless Ltd for a number of years already and I know that it is a safe bet that we will continue to deliver innovation and creativity to our customer base"