ERF Wireless Announces Wireless Broadband Construction Initiative in the Haynesville Shale Gas Production Area of Western Louisiana and Eastern Texas
ERF Wireless (OTCBB:ERFW), a leading provider of enterprise-class wireless broadband products and services, announced today that the company's Network Services Group will immediately begin design, development, and construction of a new wireless broadband network for ERF Wireless initially to be located in northwestern Louisiana covering the highest concentration of gas well drilling activity of the Haynesville Shale region. This new ERF Wireless network will be operated by the ERF Wireless Oil & Gas Services Division to provide wireless broadband connectivity to many of the numerous oil and gas drilling customers currently operating in the Haynesville Shale as well as to provide wireless services to other commercial customers.
After completion of the eastern portion of the network, construction will move over the Texas-Louisiana border into northeastern Texas to cover the remaining portion of this shale region. It is anticipated that the Louisiana portion of this new network will be operational in approximately 90-120 days with the full network being completed by early fall 2010. The network will use both 3.65 GHz licensed WiMax technology and unlicensed 900 MHz technology to address the unique wireless propagation requirements of the heavy forests and rolling terrain of the region.
Dr. H. Dean Cubley, CEO of ERF Wireless, commented, "The Haynesville Shale region is an area in which we have been trying to find existing wireless carriers to either buy or partner with under a master service agreement. We have thoroughly researched the region and unfortunately have not located any suitable candidates that would meet our requirements of reliability and significant wireless coverage. As a result of these circumstances and the quickly expanding concentration of our oil and gas customer base's drilling activity in the region, we have decided to build our own network."
Dr. Cubley went on to add, "Our Oil & Gas Services Division has been receiving numerous requests from our exclusive oil and gas marketing partner as well as from many major oil and gas companies to expand our services into the Haynesville Shale due to the high level of drilling activity in that area. There really is not any significant terrestrial broadband wireless in the region because of the difficult terrain. Therefore, with the completion of our network, ERF Wireless should be able to experience a significant market advantage. This is the type of technical design and construction challenge that our Network Services Group has consistently demonstrated that they can meet."
About ERF Wireless
ERF Wireless Inc. is a fully reporting public corporation located in League City, Texas, and is the parent company of ERF Oil & Gas Services, ERF Enterprise Network Services, ERF Bundled Wireless Services, ERF Wireless Messaging Services and ERF Network Services. The company specializes in providing wireless and broadband product and service solutions to enterprise, commercial and residential clients on a regional, national and international basis. Its principals have been in the wireless broadband, network integration, triple-play FTTH, IPTV and content delivery business for more than 40 years. For more information, please visit our websites at www.erfwireless.com and www.erfwireless.net or call 281-538-2101. (ERFWG)
Forward-looking statements in this release regarding ERF Wireless Inc. are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts:
ERF Wireless Inc.
Clareen O'Quinn, 281-538-2101 ext. 113
coquinn@erfwireless.com
or
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Investor Relations Inc.
Tim Clemensen, 212-843-9337
tclemensen@rubensteinir.com
