“After a thorough vendor selection process, we chose Alvarion for its market leadership, ability to work with large global mobile operators, and previous successful WiMAX installations across Africa,” said Noel Meier, CEO of MTN Uganda. Being a leading African global mobile service provider, and second national operator (SNO) in Uganda, we support wireless development and are looking forward to future projects with Alvarion as we expand broadband services to our many subscribers. Alvarion’s end-to-end BreezeMAX radio access network (RAN), combined with its complete all-IP OPENTM WiMAX ecosystem, offers our customers nationwide network coverage and increased capacity at affordable rates.”

Providing a turn-key solution, Alvarion is working in cooperation with its leading African partners Dimension Data, an IT services and solutions provider, and Plessey, a leading pan-African telecommunications solutions supplier, to provide MTN Uganda with the BreezeMAX platform’s versatile and self-installable indoor CPE capabilities.

“We are excited that MTN Uganda selected us to provide top quality broadband services to all types of users throughout the region,” said Tzvika Friedman, President and CEO of Alvarion. “Africa is a fast-growing region and we are confident that MTN will benefit from our operator-centric OPEN WiMAX approach, BreezeMAX’s advanced features, and high-quality of service, as they strategically move towards nationwide broadband coverage and improved WiMAX economics.”

BreezeMAX, Alvarion’s award winning WiMAX platform, complies with IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service, enabling carriers to offer triple play broadband services to thousands of subscribers via a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 350 networks, in more than 100 countries around the world.

 

Source: Wirelesss IQ