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WildBlue Enterprise Solutions? Partners with Xplornet to Expand Sales Territories across Canada
08/15/2006

Denver, Colorado ? WildBlue Enterprise Solutions? today announced that it has partnered with Xplornet to offer Xplornet?s enterprise-class high speed, two-way satellite-delivered products and services to business customers across Canada.  Xplornet ? a brand of Barrett Xplore Inc. - is the national reseller for Telesat Canada?s Ka-Band service and is Canada?s largest wireless broadband service provider.

Under this agreement, WildBlue Enterprise Solutions? Value Added Resellers (VARs) will operate on a wholesale basis as Xplornet VARs to offer Canadian business customers a similar Ka-band service they utilize on Telesat?s AnikF2 satellite with WildBlue.  Xplornet delivers fast, affordable, high-speed Internet access to communities across Canada that are unserved by other broadband providers or underserved by dial-up.

?We are thrilled to partner with Xplornet and help our VARs expand the footprint of their Ka-band sales territories by including Canada,? said John Beattie, Director of WildBlue Enterprise Solutions.  ?This is a great opportunity for our VARs to work on an integrated basis with customers that have both U.S. and Canadian locations, and communities that are natural extensions to WildBlue?s established business for providing high-speed options to underserved or unserved areas in the U.S.?

?We are pleased to be able to make Xplornet available to WildBlue Enterprise Solutions? VARs,? said Bill MacDonald, Xplornet?s Vice President of Products and Service.  ?They can now seamlessly offer their prospective Canadian customers a similarly great Ka-band service on the same satellite as WildBlue and utilize similar equipment as well.?


About Xplornet (www.xplornet.com)
Xplornet ? a brand of Barrett Xplore Inc ? is Canada's largest and fastest growing wireless broadband service provider. Xplornet delivers affordable, high-speed Internet access on a national basis to communities that are un-serviced by other broadband service providers or underserved by dial-up. With its head office in New Brunswick and offices and agents across the country, Xplornet is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of all Canadians in suburban, rural and remote areas for Broadband services including high-speed Internet access.

About WildBlue
WildBlue Communications, Inc. was established to provide broadband access to consumers and small offices in rural areas and small cities. WildBlue Communication's high-speed satellite broadband service is easy to use, reliable, always on, and significantly faster than standard dial-up service.  It opens up a window to a world of rich content that is largely unavailable through dial-up service and is accessible in areas traditionally unserved by cable modem or DSL service. Service is available in the continental United States. For more information visit www.wildblue.com. 

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