Dr. Nicholas Colella
Executive Vice President &
Chief Technology Officer
Angel Technologies Corp.

Angel Technologies Corporation ("Angel") and its partners are creating a wireless broadband metropolitan area network to interconnect tens to hundreds of thousands of users each at multi-megabit per second data rates for multi-media file transfers and interactive discourse. A high altitude long operation (HALO) aircraft will circle above commercial airline traffic to serve as the hub of a wireless broadband communications network for providing ubiquitous access throughout a footprint encompassing a typical metropolitan center, its suburbs, and beyond. Broadband wireless services will be delivered to diverse enterprises to promote new forms of collaborative work and information exchange, thus creating a virtual "Cone of Commerce(tm)" with the HALO aircraft at its apex. This presentation will introduce the HALO(tm) Network and describe the flow of messages within and beyond the signal footprint in terms of the basic network elements. The aircraft design will be described and its payload attributes will be highlighted. The concept of operations and key operational factors will be addressed. Types of services will be described. The synergy of the HALO(tm) Network and space layers will be summarized in terms of benefits and opportunities for promoting wireless broadband services.