The expansion will offer wireless access throughout the common areas of the hotel, as well as broadband access to all 152 guest rooms and suites as well as the over 6,000 sq. feet of meeting space at the hotel. DONOBi delivers the wireless and fiber access, technical support, and has also developed a web management interface tool to administer each of the Red Lion's rooms and conference areas' access.
"We are seeing a greater demand for high-speed wireless access from our guests and conference hosts and chose to deploy DONOBi's wireless services to enhance our existing fiber," said Red Lion General Manager, Kevin Wojcik. "Earlier this year, we were looking to provide high speed Internet access to all of our guest and conference rooms and turned to DONOBi's Shared Tenant Services (STS) solution. Having successfully deployed similar systems in the hospitality and multi-family dwelling environments, DONOBi was able to customize its solution to provide broadband access over our existing infrastructure, without the need of in-room equipment. This new wireless deployment was the icing on the cake."
"Our goal is to assist the Red Lion Hotel in catering to its customers as well as generating interest within the business community to take advantage of the wireless and broadband services available through fiber," said A.K. Kimple, DONOBi project manager. "We have just scratched the surface with the Red Lion deployment. The top 50 US hotel chains represent in excess of 4 million rooms. With many national chains being mandated to deliver high-speed data connections to individual rooms within the next 12-24 months, DONOBi is well positioned to capitalize on the opportunity."
DONOBi has been providing fiber access to its customers since March, 2002. Fiber Ethernet networks enable DONOBi clients to provide a wide variety of bandwidth-demanding services, including VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), high-speed data transfer and Internet access, television broadcast over IP (Internet Protocol), video-conferencing, and other broadband services.
DONOBi has successfully executed its primary business objectives since its inception in 2000 by acquiring multiple rural Internet service providers (ISPs). The company's customer growth and gross revenues have continued to increase year to year through both organic business development and planned acquisitions. DONOBi completed a strategic merger with a public company on February 16, 2004 and changed its ticker symbol to DNOB in July 2004.
About DONOBi, Inc.
Headquartered in the Seattle, Washington market, DONOBi, Inc. is an Internet Solutions Company providing voice, data, and video services via broadband fiber optics, DSL, dialup, and broadband wireless Internet connectivity to under-served markets. The Company also provides electronic commerce to business customers wanting web database development and business application solutions. DONOBi is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB). For more information, please contact the company at 3256 Chico Way NW, Bremerton, WA 98312; telephone, 360-782-4477; fax, 360-782-0707; email: ir@donobi.com; or visit the company's web site http://www.donobi.com/ .
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