Installation is under way on the nation's first neutral host in-building wireless system in a multitenant commercial office property. The Homer Building, located at 601 13th St. in northwest Washington, DC, will soon offer a comprehensive wireless communications infrastructure, setting a new standard for technology in the nation's commercial real estate industry.

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Through a series of virtually undetectable and wireless antennas installed throughout the property, the in-building system will support all wireless devices throughout the building including cell phones, pagers, PDA's, two-way radios, Wi-Fi, building automation systems and emergency communications frequencies with uninterrupted service.

The benefits to this infrastructure extend beyond the convenience of continuous cell phone service for The Homer Building Clients (as they pull into the garage, go four levels below grade, into the elevator and up to their offices). It also significantly enhances life safety systems by providing dependable communications for emergency response teams in any part of the building. For Akridge property managers and engineers, always being "connected" to their network and their clients through building Wi-Fi and PDA's means more efficient service.