Fixed Mobile Convergence

One of the biggest fixed-wireless voice and data providers for businesses in the U.S., Airband Communications (News - Alert), recently announced that it had been rated as one of the fastest growing, privately held companies in Dallas on the 16^th of November. The company has its headquarters in the Dallas metroplex and received the Dallas 100 Award from the SMU Cox (News - Alert) Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship.

In a release, Airband CEO Michael Ruley said, "Airband has experienced solid financial performance, including strong revenue growth, in recent years driven by the insatiable demand for high-speed data and voice solutions. Our entire team has worked hard to make Airband one of Dallas' most innovative and market-leading companies, and we are proud to be recognized with the Dallas 100 Award."

Airband provides high-connectivity data, high-speed Internet access and voice over IP (VoIP) services to a number of customers. A number of organizations choose Airband because they require Airband’s services that allow them to significantly improve their enterprise productivity.  

Ruley went on to say that "Airband's wholly-owned, fixed-wireless network overcomes many downsides of traditional voice and data services by giving customers the flexibility to instantly make bandwidth adjustments that correlate with dynamic business environments. Airband continues to see a strong demand for scalable network capabilities as customers deploy could-based solutions. We look forward to further delivering services that enable our customers to act nimbly as their operating environments evolve."

For a business to be considered for the award, they must meet the following criteria be independent, privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships as of May 1, 2011, and must have at least three years history and not be a non-profit organization; be headquartered in the Dallas Metroplex area; have sales of more than $500,000, but less than $75 million in fiscal year 2007; have a three-year sales history, which reflects growth during the three-year sales period and have a credit report and character satisfactory to the Dallas 100.