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Omnicity Adds Two More Counties by Acquisition
Wednesday June 17, 2009, 4:00 pm EDT

RUSHVILLE, Ind., June 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Omnicity Corp. (OTCBB:OMCY - News), the Midwest's largest fixed Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP), continues forward with its plan to become the premier consolidator of the WISP industry by acquiring the business and network infrastructure of Culver, Indiana-based CulCom. The addition of CulCom allows Omnicity to continue to provide services in underserved areas in northern Indiana as Omnicity continues to bring broadband to the heartland.

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Omnicity Issues Corporate Update
Tuesday May 12, 2009

RUSHVILLE, Ind., May 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- David Bradford, VP of Corporate Development for Omnicity Corp. (OTC BB:OMCY.OB - News), the fastest growing fixed broadband service provider in the Midwest, today issued a formal corporate update summarizing the milestones achieved and the status of Omnicity's aggressive growth plan through acquisitions and organic growth.

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WiMAX Distribution Agreement Helps NRTC Members Meet Rural America's Broadband Needs
Rural Technology Pioneer NRTC Makes Major Investment to Bring 4G to Underserved Rural Communities
 April 28, 2009

[Herndon, VA]-The not-for-profit National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) today announced that its local members will soon have the opportunity to provide high-speed, fixed and mobile broadband Internet access to communities across the nation where homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, police and fire stations are least likely to be "wired."

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Omnicity Partners with its First Rural Telephone Company
April 15, 2009

Craigville Telco Omnicity Corp (OTCBB: OMCY) – Omnicity has taken another step forward in “Bringing Broadband to the Heartland” by partnering with Craigville Telephone Company “Craigville Telco”.

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ERF Wireless Deploys Wireless Network for West Texas State Bank 
March 26, 2009 Provided by: Business Wire

Company Expands Footprint in Permian Basin Oilfields
LEAGUE CITY, Texas--(Business Wire)--
ERF Wireless (OTCBB: ERFW), a leading provider of enterprise-class wireless broadband products and services, announced today that its ERF Enterprise Network Services subsidiary has completed and initiated services on a BranchNet encrypted enterprise-class wireless banking network for West Texas State Bank.

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WLN Columns : Lessee Perspective
An Interview with Bill Wallace, DigitalBridge Communications
Mar 19, 2009

When Bill Wallace founded DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) with partners Kelley Dunne and Joe Kochan in late 2005, one of the first calls he made was to Deborah Monosson, president of Boston Financial & Equity Corporation. “That began a relationship that has been very powerful for us,” said Wallace. DBC leases WiMAX base station radios, consumer premise equipment (CPE) such as modems and USB adaptors, and other network-related equipment.

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Omnicity Secures Major Financing Arrangement to Accelerate Its Acquisition Strategy

RUSHVILLE, IN--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 3, 2009 -- Omnicity Corp (OTC BB:OMCY.OB - News) -

Omnicity and Agility Ventures, LLC, an alliance partner, closed an Agreement to add an additional $1,000,000 Master Lease facility which will assist Omnicity in the furthering of its mission to bring broadband to rural America and to accelerate its acquisition strategy. This new facility is in conjunction with an earlier agreement the companies signed in November of 2006.

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Schlumberger – Wireless and WiMAX communications in North American oilfields
Feature Articles, Feb  24  2009 (Digital Energy Journal)

- Through an exclusive agreement with ERF Wireless, Schlumberger is offering 1.5Mbps wireless data communications for oilfields in North America, which will eventually be available for entire basins.

Schlumberger has made an agreement with ERF Wireless to be an exclusive reseller of its wireless data communication services for the oil and gas industry in North America.

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ERF Wireless and Schlumberger Sign Exclusive Reseller Agreement for United States and Canada
HOUSTON, Jan 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE)

Schlumberger Expands Wireless Broadband and WiMAX Services to the
Oil and Gas Industry with ERF Wireless

ERF Wireless Inc. (OTCBB:ERFW) and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) today announced that the two companies have entered into an exclusive agreement for delivery of wireless broadband services throughout North America. Schlumberger will extend the footprint of its market leading IPresence* and IPerformer* services using ERF Wireless comprehensive high-speed low-latency wireless and WiMAX coverage.

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ERF Wireless Continues Aggressive Acquisition Strategy with Acquisition of Centramedia Inc.
LEAGUE CITY, Texas, Jan 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE)

Texas-Based WISP Expands ERF Wireless' Existing West Texas Network
and Strengthens Company's Banking and Oil and Gas Strategy.

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DigitalBridge Communications launches VoIP service over WiMAX™
BridgeMAXX Voice Service Now Available in 15 Markets
September 30, 2008 Ashburn, VA and Chicago, IL (WiMAX World)

DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) today announced that it has expanded its portfolio to provide voice service via its high-speed wireless Internet network, marking one of the first commercially available VoIP services provided over a WiMAX network in the U.S. DBC now extends voice service to 15 markets in, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming.

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Access Everywhere
New Mexico Business Weekly - by Kevin Robinson-Avila NMBW Staff

As the market for wireless service grows, and cities back away from big contracts, startups like Albuquerque's UnBound WiFi fill the niche. A wireless Internet startup on Albuquerque's westside plans to take the metro market by leaps and bounds in the next couple of years.

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Vendor Financing for the WISP Industry
WISP owners are using home equity and credit card loans to finance customer premise equipment and new access points. One group of investors think they can charge lower than credit card rates and still make a profit while participating in the great American wireless buildout.

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Be Accountable
In part I of a two part series, we speak to a WISP investor and veteran small business finance professional about how an ISP's accounts make the company more presentable to buyers, sellers, and potential investors. Do it right now, and it'll be easy to do it right later when you're a larger, busier company.

Hal Hayden is the financial expert for Prescott, Ariz.-based WISP investment firm Agility Solutions. He has not always worked on financing WISPs, but he has worked on financing small businesses. "The problems of many WISPs are the problems of all small businesses," he says.

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Wireless Leasing Niche in Prescott, Arizona
by Kit Menkin
“ Agility leads the way in the wireless consulting and finance, specializing in equipment leasing,” claims Robert L. Bratter, who founded Agility Solutions in April 2004. He has served as its President since its formation. He also is Founder and CEO, Cronos Integrated Microsystems and Owner, Canyon Broadband

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KeyOn: A regional WISP works partnerships, acquisitions, and financing into a growing business
A lot of rural and small town WISPs are mom and pop operations with no ambition beyond serving their local communities, and no ability to do more. There's nothing wrong with that, but Las Vegas-based KeyOn Communications Inc., which already serves six markets in Nevada, Iowa, Idaho, and Colorado and is currently on a growth spurt, aims to be much more.

It relies on Agility Solutions, a leasing company that has made a specialty of WISPs, to spread out the capital costs on customer premises equipment. "Institutional money hasn't really figured out this industry yet," Snyder says.

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Executive Interview: Bill MacNamara
Broadband Wireless Business magazine
An industry leader focused on business plan development, financial projections and market positioning to help wireless broadband network operators achieve the success that is available in today's market.

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