Until now, the choices for broadband connectivity have been limited to installing additional fiber lines, using leased lines or deploying microwave radio systems. These options however come with a variety of disadvantages including installation delays and errors, construction and installation problems (not the least of which include finding on and off-premise space to house the necessary equipment and facilities), spiraling costs, predetermined term and volume commitments, and dependency on large bureaucratic organizations whose managements' focus is not on service quality, reliability or responsiveness to customer need.

In countries with less developed telecommunications resources, access to networks is further impeded by the lack of an established infrastructure, making the increasing demand for timely delivery of communications services all the more frustrating and difficult to solve. In these situations, attempts to provision connectivity using the typical wired infrastructure often prove to be less of a solution and more of a problem. Syntelco has found what it believes to be a far more promising solution, one that is based on wireless last mile access.

Optical "Free-Space" Technology

Syntelco's selection of the optical laser technology, Laser Transmission Systems or "LTS," as the preferred solution to these problems is driven by the critical considerations of location, application, time to deploy, bandwidth demand, and regulatory involvement. Currently, Laser Transmission Systems are manufactured in Germany, the United States, Canada and England. These systems operate in "optical free-space" spectrum providing high capacity data transmission links without wire or optical fiber connections.

Free-space laser communication systems using laser beams of light operating in the near infrared range of the spectrum are limited to line-of-sight transmission. Their signals traveling at extremely high frequencies will not penetrate solid objects trees, buildings or other obstacles. However, advances in the fabrication process of high-quality laser modules, in digital processing and in the understanding of light propagation through the atmosphere have dramatically enhanced the ability of lasers to provide high capacity, secure connectivity.

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