An Overview of Urban Communications

Urban Communications Inc. (Urban) is a public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, trading symbol "UBN", that specializes in the construction, operation and management of fibre optic telecommunications networks and the delivery of broadband subscriber services. Urban is a CRTC registered non-dominant carrier with approximately 200 km. of metropolitan area fibre strategically located in high density corridors of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia.

Urban is currently offering metro Ethernet services to commercial customers and residential subscribers located near its optical infrastructure. During the months ahead, applications ranging from Voice over Internet to video on demand and eventually IPTV will be delivered to these ‘On-net’ subscribers. By virtue of this fully operational, privately owned, state-of-the-art, fibre optic backbone network, Urban is uniquely positioned to deliver innovative ‘Urban’ branded, high-speed broadband services, including entertainment content and gaming portals.

By blending carrier grade Ethernet technologies with a variety of access methods including a hybrid of wireless and traditional wireline infrastructures (VDSL AND ADSL-2+), a self provisioning subscriber service portal, Urban can extend the capacity, flexibility, and reliability of optical networking to every floor of multi-tenant office or residential buildings.

For end users, Urban offers seamless access to broadband voice, data, and video services with bandwidth to satisfy the most intensive requirements. For building owners, Urban offers a powerful feature to attract and retain tenants, and adds value to that space while requiring no capital investment from the property owner/manager.

Urban delivers the power of optical networking to the doorstep and desktop.