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WAPA Press Release 19th February 2007

WAPA responds to iBurst’s outburst
The Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA) notes with concern the recent public statements made by iBurst with regard to what it terms “rogue wireless operators”. It is most unfortunate that a service provider of the nature of iBurst should choose to place inaccurate and misleading information in the public domain in seeking to further its own competitive agenda. WAPA represents over 25 Wireless ISP’s that are providing services that compete with those offered by iBurst. A recent informal census indicates that the collective customer base of WAPA’s members exceeds the combined subscriber base of iBurst and Sentech (MyWireless) in terms of both numbers of customers and growth rate. WAPA understands that the highly emotive nature of iBurst’s comments stem from insecurities around the competitiveness of its services and customer service as also the recent loss of the Lotto connectivity contract. Nevertheless the highly emotive nature of its outburst is regrettable and amounts to nothing more than an attempt to hijack a customer base.

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