Young leaders spearheading telecommunications revolution
Young leaders spearheading telecommunications revolution
Mark Marques and Jahan Babadi are two men with a clear vision of Jacksonville’s future. Young, energetic and possessing a contagious ambition, they envision a future where Jacksonville can compete with the most-wired cities in the world.
Stimulus could bring cheaper Internet service to NE Fla.
Stimulus could bring cheaper Internet service to NE Fla.
A Jacksonville Internet provider plans to bring cheaper and better connectivity to the city and 12 other markets between Atlanta and Miami.
Jacksonville businesses could have more than 150 high-speed, high-capacity bandwidth Internet providers to choose from instead of the existing seven if Joytel Wireless Communications Inc. gets $11.8 million in federal stimulus funding. About $7.2 billion is available through the federal stimulus package for projects that expand broadband Internet service to rural and underserved areas.
Businessman proposes more video security
Businessman proposes more video security
His plan works with other local companies to sponsor cameras
TIA MITCHELL
One downtown business owner is offering to give the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office more "eyes" on the street at no additional cost.
Mark Marques, president of Joytel Wireless, has begun shopping around an idea he calls Secure Jax. The plan calls for local companies to purchase and sponsor the maintenance of security cameras that would be monitored by the Sheriff's Office.
The goal is to have 86 security cameras monitoring nearly every corner in a square mile of downtown bordered by State, Washington and Broad streets all the way to the river.
Joytel: Making high-speed faster for business
Joytel: Making high-speed faster for business
UNF graduate finds his niche in new field of wireless Internet.
David Bauerlein
After graduating from the University of North Florida, Mark Marques took off to the tallest building he could find in Jacksonville.
He had a degree in electrical engineering and an interest in the emerging field of wireless Internet technology. Even before getting his degree in 2004, he'd drawn up a business plan for what would become Joytel Wireless Communications...
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Focused on Downtown: Company proposes privately funded camera network
Focused on Downtown: Company proposes privately funded camera network
Jacksonville Business Journal - by Tony Quesada
DOWNTOWN -- The owner of a wireless Internet company serving Downtown and St. Augustine businesses has proposed a plan to equip Downtown with up to 94 cameras for police to monitor the area for crime at no cost to Jacksonville.
Mark Marques, president and CEO of Joytel Wireless Communications Inc., who lives and works Downtown, developed the idea in consultation with neighboring business owners who worry that people are deterred from going there by safety concerns.
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