Covad Wireless Teams With SyncLive(SM) to Power 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards
21 December 2007 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Covad Wireless, a subsidiary of Covad Communications Group, Inc.
(AMEX:DVW), a leading national provider of integrated voice and
data communications, announces its collaboration with SyncLive to
provide high-speed wireless broadband services for the 17th Annual
Los Angeles Music Awards, which took place on Thursday, November
29, 2007 at the legendary Music Box Theatre. The LA Music Awards
were broadcast live on SyncLive, at www.SyncLive.com. �Covad
Wireless has a successful track record of serving entertainment
industry clients in the Los Angeles area,� said Patrick Bennett,
executive vice president of Covad Wireless. �We were pleased to
work with SyncLive to provide the LA Music Awards with 2.0 Mbps
wireless broadband service to facilitate event-specific activities
such as streaming video and high-resolution digital photo uploads.�
SyncLive chose Covad Wireless Special Event Service to power the LA
Music Awards because it provides ultra high-speed Internet
connectivity to event venues and remote locations and features fast
installation and 24x7x365 customer support without a long-term
contract. Available bandwidth for Event Services ranges from 2 to
45 megabits per second (Mbps), enabling live video web-casting,
company demonstrations, remote Internet and email access, file
transfers, and live data feeds. �Our past experience as a Covad
customer told us that their fixed broadband wireless services would
be the perfect fit for this year�s LA Music Awards,� said Aric
Berquist, CEO of the SyncLive. �We require a business-class,
high-speed broadband service, combined with excellent customer
service, which Covad Wireless is consistently able to deliver.�
Covad Wireless operates California�s largest fixed broadband
wireless network and recently expanded its Los Angeles-area network
to enable it to serve over 90 percent of LA-area businesses. Covad
solutions range from T1 replacement to high-capacity service with
data speeds up to 100 Mbps. These services, in high demand by Los
Angeles entertainment industry clients, combine high-speed,
high-quality broadband that can be deployed in days, instead of
weeks. In addition to serving various entertainment industry
customers in the greater Los Angeles area, Covad Wireless serves
4,000 small and medium-sized businesses in the San Francisco Bay
Area, Chicago and Las Vegas. For more information on Covad Wireless
services, please visit www.covadwireless.com or call
1-866-805-1630. About Covad Covad is a leading nationwide provider
of integrated voice and data communications. The company offers
DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, broadband wireless, Web hosting, managed
security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services
directly through Covad's network and through Internet Service
Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and
affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home
users. Covad broadband services are currently available across the
nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
and can be purchased by more than 57 million homes and businesses,
which represent over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses.
Corporate headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles San Jose, CA
95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. Web Site: www.covad.com. Safe
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