First Wi-Fi Mesh Network coming to the Bahamas

Y-Tel announced the signing of a Exclusive Marketing Agreement to install the first Wi-Fi Network which now offers the ability to make international calls using Wi-Fi phones with KBMP Communications located in the Bahamas.

The Agreement allows Y-Tel to install a Wi-Fi network throughout downtown Nassau, in the Bahamas which will stretch from Arawak Cay to Heritage Village to the Water Tower and Fort Fincastle. Then from the Water Tower it will stretch to Paradise Island where the Atlantis Resort is located. This will cover a major portion of the tourist area which accounts for approximately 150,000 passengers from the cruise lines each month and 100,000 hotel guest totaling around 2 million visitors each year.

Pedro Rolle, Director for KBMP Communications stated, ” We have been looking for the right company to bring Wi-Fi to the Bahamas as we have such strong connections together with years of data communications. We felt that Y-Tel offered the first real turn key solution. From the Mesh Network Technology to the outstanding data quality of the Wi-Fi network to the Billing platform and back office, Y-Tel together with EBI Communications is positioned perfectly to bring Wi-Fi to the Bahamas.”

Y-Tel and KBMP Communications will share the cost of the Wi-Fi Network Build-out on a fifty percent bases, which will allow each company a 50% ownership position in the Wi-Fi Network.

Steve Lipman, President of Y-Tel Communications stated, ” We are ready and excited to deliver Wi-Fi to the Bahamas and believe KBMP Communications will be a strong partner based on their long term relationships and distribution channels throughout the Bahamas.”

About Y-TEL International

Y-Tel is in the international telecommunications industry. Principle offices are located at 1100 N.W. 163 Dr., Miami, Florida, 33169 with Switching HUBS in Miami, Florida and Panama City, Panama. Y-Tel is now engaged, under contract with Digicel, one of the fastest growing GSM Cellular Providers in the world, to help facilitate their expansion. Million’s of minutes monthly are currently running through Y-Tel’s switch in Miami which has enabled Y-Tel to generate revenue throughout the Caribbean Islands. Y-Tel is also the Exclusive Worldwide Distributor for the new Wi-Fi phone system developed by EBI Communications, a Hewlett Packard IPAQ development partner.

To learn more visit Ytel here.

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