ERF Wireless submits first-round application for $24.6 million of broadband stimulus funding in a two-state region | Reuters

LEAGUE CITY, Texas--(Business Wire)-- ERF Wireless (OTCBB:ERFW), a leading provider of enterprise-class wireless and
broadband products and services, announced today that the company has submitted
a first-round Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) loan/grant application for
Louisiana and parts of East Texas that totals $24.6 million.

According to Dr. H. Dean Cubley, CEO of ERF Wireless, "This is exclusively a
`last mile` application that covers over 50 service areas in the most rural and
economically challenged regions of these states with a population size in the
regions covered of approximately 591,346. Parts of the region covered also
include the oil and gas region of the Haynesville Shale in East Texas and
Western Louisiana. Broadband services in these communities would also benefit
public safety, health care, education and economic development, as well as the
general population..."