WASHINGTON-BellSouth Corp. announced last week that early next year it will begin testing high-speed wireless Internet access in Houma, La., using wireless communications service spectrum.
“BellSouth realizes the importance of establishing a method of delivering high-speed Internet access to areas of the country not wired with traditional connection technologies. This trial is an opportunity to test the cost-effectiveness of this method for delivering high-speed, high-quality Internet service to our customers who otherwise wouldn’t have it,” said F. Duane Ackerman, BellSouth’s chief executive officer.
Ackerman made his announcement at the Digital Divide Summit sponsored by the Department of Commerce.
ADC Telecommunications is providing its Cellspan broadband wireless equipment and integration and operations expertise, said BellSouth.
