SKYFIBER delivers 80x increase in Broadband capacity to Medical Center with HIPAA-Compliant solution

July 30, 2010 - PRLog -- DALLAS, TEXAS - SKYFIBER, global leader in Optical Wireless Broadband technology, has been selected by Medical Center Hospital (MCH), of Odessa, Texas to expand their campus-wide Broadband connectivity, starting with a key connection between MCH and the Family Heath remote clinic.  With SKYFIBER’s innovative Optical Wireless Broadband, this link’s bandwidth will be increased by almost 80 times its current capacity.

Medical Center Hospital of Odessa is the only full-service hospital in Texas’s Ector County.  “The broadband capacity needs of the Medical Center Hospital have been growing exponentially over the past few years. In today’s environment, we need to transmit extremely large medical records and diagnostic outputs throughout the day, and our previous networks would grind to a halt under the load.  SKYFIBER’s innovative Optical Wireless Broadband technology will allow us to increase our bandwidth in this critical link by almost 80 times, with just a minimal increase in monthly cost.” says Barry Hill, Telecommunications Director of the Ector County Hospital District.

SKYFIBER offers Optical Wireless Broadband via an industry-first On-Demand licensing model, enabling a lower cost of entry and faster time to market than currently available with traditional solutions such as fiber or microwave. With the On-Demand model, a monthly subscription fee provides bandwidth to meet the customer’s current capacity needs, eliminates on-going equipment maintenance costs, and enables the customer to maintain total flexibility to increase capacity and take advantage of technological advances.

SKYFIBER’s CEO David Achim says, “Our goal is to enable enterprises everywhere to run their businesses more securely and effectively, and Optical Wireless Broadband is especially suited to the Healthcare industry. SKYFIBER’s high-capacity, low-cost, and high-security features make it a perfect fit for Hospitals and Medical Centers that transmit large medical and diagnostic files on a daily basis. With the strict HIPAA Regulations for data security, it’s critical that hospital data transmissions systems are impervious to interception, and SKYFIBER’s Optical Wireless Broadband is one of the only wireless technologies that can offer this level of data security. We are extremely pleased to be chosen by Medical Center Hospital of Odessa for such an important part of their campus communications network.”

Medical Center Hospital is a community-based healthcare facility that is dedicated to providing high quality healthcare to all residents of Odessa as well as the surrounding Permian Basin counties. Improving the center’s campus-wide Broadband connectivity is one critical component in a series of on-going hospital-wide upgrades that will allow MCH to provide state-of-the art medical services to the community.


About SKYFIBER
SKYFIBER (http://www.skyfiber.com), an Optical Wireless Broadband company, was founded in 1996. It is a privately held corporation of 60 plus employees, headquartered in Bryan, Texas, with additional offices in Dallas, TX, Philadelphia, PA, San Jose, CA, and a partner network that spans the globe. SKYFIBER’s solutions can economically augment or replace traditional fiber optic and microwave technologies to meet customer needs for wireless backhaul, last-mile fiber extension, healthcare applications, enterprise and campus area networks, surveillance & government networks, emergency response networks, and a variety of revenue generating opportunities for municipalities. SKYFIBER markets their solutions in the Enterprise and Telecommunications global markets, and continues to expand market penetration by developing strategic partnerships for referral opportunities and to provide implementation services.



About Medical Center Hospital
Medical Center Hospital (MCH) in Odessa, Texas is the only full-service hospital in Ector County. Nearly sixty years ago, the citizens of Odessa saw the need to build a community hospital. Through the years, this once small 85 bed community hospital has grown to become a 362 bed regional medical center; a teaching hospital; and now a health care system including satellite outpatient services and integrated physician services. Serving as the regional referral hospital for the 17 surrounding counties of the Permian Basin, MCH prides itself on obtaining the reputation as one of West Texas' leading hospitals.

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SKYFIBER's Optical Wireless Broadband technology uses infrared light to deliver 1Gbps of Broadband connectivity at a fraction of the cost of Fiber or Microwave, and is ideal for mobility backhaul, fiber extension, and a host of enterprise applications.