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NextPhase Wireless Adds HughesNet Satellite Broadband Solutions to Product and Services Portfolio

Posted on: Monday, 7 January 2008, 09:00 CST

ANAHEIM, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NextPhase Wireless, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NPHS) , a nationwide developer of WiMAX-ready networks and provider of advanced wireless broadband solutions, today announced that the Company has signed a reseller agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions and services. NextPhase will offer a range of HughesNet(R) satellite broadband services that provide cost-effective connectivity to small businesses within the United States that currently do not have access to terrestrial-based alternatives.

Robert Ford, CEO of NextPhase, noted, "While WiMAX-ready wireless networks are significantly less capital-intensive to build out than wireline networks -- such as DSL, cable and fiber -- infrastructure costs have not yet fallen to the point where it becomes economically feasible to provide ubiquitous nationwide coverage. Nonetheless, recent studies have shown that even as economic development continues to expand into rural areas, there are still many small businesses that do not have readily available access to broadband alternatives."

By adding a range of satellite broadband solutions to its existing portfolio of wireless broadband connectivity products and services, NextPhase seeks to help solve connectivity issues for:

-- Prospective small business customers within the NextPhase national network footprint for whom NextPhase otherwise cannot provide connectivity services due to line of sight or interference issues, and -- Prospective small business customers operating in areas outside of NextPhase's existing footprint where the aggregate market demand does not justify the expense for NextPhase to deploy a WiMAX-ready network.

Ford added, "With HughesNet small business plans starting at an affordable $99 per month and providing connectivity speeds of up to 2Mbps, we believe that we can capitalize on prevailing opportunities to expand our current market reach, grow our customer base in the markets we presently serve, promote greater awareness of the NextPhase brand, and leverage new customer relationships to market our full portfolio of integrated Internet, voice, video and managed services. Offering HughesNet services ensures that we have the nationwide capability to offer broadband connectivity solutions to those small companies in need, irrespective of where in the country they choose to operate their businesses."

Allen McCabe, assistant vice president of North America sales at Hughes, said, "We are very pleased that NextPhase will be offering HughesNet broadband satellite services to their small business market segment. This is a growing and important target market for Hughes and we look forward to a very beneficial relationship."

NextPhase is a member of FISPA, the Federation of Internet Solution Providers of America, which began in 1996 to represent the interests of Internet solution providers. The member companies provide a range of services including Internet Access, Web hosting, Web design, and an ever increasing number of other services which use the Internet to facilitate a solution.

At FISPA's annual showcase in October 2007, FISPA announced a nationwide agreement with Hughes for its member companies to resell HughesNet services which provides them with 100 percent coverage in their markets.

About Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing broadband satellite networks and services for enterprises, governments, small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet encompasses all broadband solutions and managed services from Hughes, bridging the best of satellite and terrestrial technologies. To date, Hughes has shipped more than 1.2 million systems to customers in over 100 countries. Its broadband satellite products are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and ITU standards organizations.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes maintains sales and support offices worldwide. Hughes is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. . For additional information, please visit http://www.hughes.com/.

About NextPhase Wireless, Inc.

With a mission to build a device-agnostic, WiMAX-ready, wireless broadband connectivity/content delivery platform serving all 48 contiguous U.S. states, NextPhase Wireless, Inc. is focused on delivering integrated Internet, voice, video and managed services to its fast growing customer and client base which currently numbers more than 10,000. Engaged in designing, deploying and operating its own WiMAX-ready wireless networks and providing advanced wireless technology solutions to both businesses and municipalities, the Company is currently providing wireless broadband coverage in California and Nevada and Internet Service Provider (ISP) coverage in 19 states throughout the country. For more information, please visit http://www.npwireless.com/, http://www.speedfactory.com/ and http://www.jersey.net/.

This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe,""estimate,""project,""expect" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, acceptance of the Company's current and future products and services in the marketplace, the ability of the Company to develop effective new products and receive regulatory approvals of such products, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

FOR INVESTOR & MEDIA RELATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT: Elite Financial Communications Group, LLC Dodi Handy, President and CEO, or Daniel Conway, Chief Strategist 407-585-1080 or via email at NXPW@efcg.net

NextPhase Wireless, Inc.

CONTACT: Dodi Handy, President and CEO, or Daniel Conway, ChiefStrategist of Elite Financial Communications Group, LLC, +1-407-585-1080,NXPW@efcg.net, both for NextPhase Wireless, Inc.

Web site: http://www.npwireless.com/http://www.hughes.com/http://www.speedfactory.com/http://www.jersey.net/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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