Recent Press Releases
USDA awards MobiLaps
LLC Phase II SBIR
Increasing rural
broadband access by increasing profits for rural ISPs via portalization
September
1, 2005
Silver
Spring, MD – MobiLaps LLC received a Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the US Department of Agriculture
(USDA) to develop a system that will provide a new revenue stream and increase
profits for rural broadband ISPs, and improve the commercial viability and the
business case for providing broadband service in rural areas, in turn increasing
the availability of affordable broadband service in rural America.
The proposed patent-pending system aims to introduce
a new revenue stream for rural broadband ISPs, by empowering the ISP to become
a differentiated portal that facilitates commerce and interaction within a
rural community. The system leverages two unique advantages inherent to the
ISP. The first is the ISP’s knowledge of the subscriber’s physical
location, allowing it to customize the portal service to the subscriber’s
geography. The second is the ISP’s control of the gateway, through which
the subscriber accesses the Internet
“We’re much honored that the USDA is
extending our SBIR award into Phase II. This is a clear indication of the
importance and viability of our proposed solution within the rural community”
said Dr. Hisham Kassab, President
& CEO of Mobilaps. The USDA SBIR program
makes competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support
quality, advanced concepts research related to important scientific problems
and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefit
if successful.
ABOUT MOBILAPS LLC
Founded in
2004 by two MIT alums (Dr. Hisham Kassab and Dr. Nadine Alameh), MobiLaps LLC is a woman-owned small business committed to
providing subject-matter expertise to senior management to help them solve
complex technical and strategic problems. MobiLaps
LLC specializes in two high-demand technical areas: wireless telecommunications
and geospatial interoperability solutions. For more information on MobiLaps LLC, visit http://www.mobilaps.com.
Press Contact:
Hisham Kassab, Ph.D.
MobiLaps LLC
Phone: (617) 388-4540
http://www.mobilaps.com