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6 WISPAPALOOZA SHOW I OCTOBER 11 - 14, 2021 www.bekabusinessmedia.com L Z OO 2021 DAY 2 B acked by $20 million of investment capital, Vidgo is focused on establishing a stable and viable streaming product that WISP business owners can feel confident associating with their brands for the long term. Vidgo provides WISPs with a revenue-gener- ating viable product without the “headaches,” second-tier content without any local channels and gray areas associated with IPTV, said the company, bringing stability to the WISP market. Vidgo has a national license with contracts for premium content with more than 100 chan- nels from ESPN/Disney, ABC, Fox, Discovery and NFL Network to deliver television anywhere the customer has internet. Customers can use Vidgo anywhere in the United States on popular devices such as Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android, Web browsers or mobile phones. “Vidgo has the solution to the headaches with a business model that removes the costs and overhead for a WISP to own and operate a video platform,” said company executives. Backed by a well-capitalized automotive dealership, the Vidgo team has built a busi- ness model that strategically aligns with WISPs, allowing them to focus their time on broadband. Under the Vidgo model, WISPs can spend time and money expanding their footprints and customer bases instead of dealing with the typical costs and hassles associated with IPTV. Vidgo believes in a simple, straightforward approach that focuses on a customer-friendly approach, allowing WISPs to improve customer retention and increase the lifetime value of subscribers by bundling high speed internet with a live video streaming experience. With the Vidgo model created specifically for WISPs, providers can bill and own the customer relation- ship. Digital and offline marketing services are provided at no cost. And WISPs set their own prices and earn $5 to $15 recurring revenue each month while associating their brands with premium networks such as ESPN and Fox. Vidgo also has local content rights in all 210 DMAs across the country. WISPs in every market can offer their customers access to local news, weather and sports from ABC and Fox. Best of all, there are no expensive transport costs that typically burden the WISP running an IPTV network. Vidgo absorbs that cost so WISPs can maximize profits and not have to deal with the headache and hassle of securing retransmis- sion consent for each local station. Simply put, there are zero costs to carry or provide local channels to your customers with Vidgo. Vidgo and Mitotec have partnered to offer WISPA members a bundled solution of internet and live streaming. There are no costs to join the Vidgo Mitotec program. Effective September 1, 2021, until March 31, 2022, Vidgo will be extending to all Vidgo partners additional promo- tional pricing as part of an effort to drive recurring revenue with OTT streaming services. Drop by the booth to learn about the special pricing. m Visit Vidgo at WISPAPALOOZA 2021 booth #301 or go to www.vidgo.com. Airtel Selects Tejas Networks for Optical Network Expansion T ejas Networks recently announced that it has been selected by Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communication solutions provider, to enhance Airtel’s optical network capacity in key metropolitan markets. Tejas will supply, install and support its state-of-the- art TJ1600 DWDM/OTN products for extending Airtel’s optical networks toward the edge, supporting 5G backhaul, B2B services and broadband applications. The enhanced capacity will enable Airtel to deliver a superior experience to its customers as data consumption in India grows rapidly, said the company. “Airtel has been making significant investments in expanding its metro network capacity as part of its 5G readiness and for catering to increased bandwidth consumption by fixed-line and enterprise customers,” said Randeep Sekhon, chief technology officer of Bharti Airtel. “We are delighted to partner with Tejas in this key network intervention that will enable us to deliver world-class experience to our customers.” “We are delighted to expand our decade- long partnership with Airtel, which has estab- lished itself as one of the premier telecom service providers in the world. Under this new contract, we will provide our multi-terabit TJ1600 DWDM/OTN products to augment Airtel’s metro network capacity right up to the network edge,” added Sanjay Nayak, managing director and CEO of Tejas Networks. “We are happy to see that our TJ1600 plat- form, with its ‘pay-as-you-grow’ modular design supporting 100Gbps to 600Gbps wave- lengths and a universal OTN/DWDM architec- ture offering advanced bandwidth expansion and optimization, is gaining significant trac- tion among leading telecom service providers around the globe.” m Visit Tejas Networks at WISPAPALOOZA 2021 booth #409 or go to www.tejasnetworks.com. Get Started with BliNQ Stop by booth #231 to learn about BLINQ Network’s Tower Starter Kit promotion, which runs through the end of November. The Tower Starter Kit includes: two FW 300i base stations, six CPE units, two embedded EPC licenses and a two-year warranty. Monetize Streaming Traffic on Your Network, No Strings Attached