CallPlus, New Zealand's third largest fixed line telecommunications provider, has selected Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3500 platform to offer WiMAX services in southeast New Zealand. Focused in the district of Whangarei in the Northland region, Siemens is the local partner for the WiMAX network and is responsible for systems integration and ongoing local support.
"For some time now, we have been evaluating the best technologies and partners to bring broadband services to New Zealand," said Graham Walmsley of CallPlus. "We selected Alvarion's BreezeMAX for this deployment in Whangarei after extensive evaluation of the market's products, and we feel we chose a robust system that is easily adaptable to our operating environment and offers high performance for our non-line-of-sight customers."
BreezeMAX is Alvarion's award-winning WiMAX platform designed from the ground up according to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 180 installations in more than 80 countries around the world.
"CallPlus is an innovative challenger now leveraging the economic and technical advantages of BreezeMAX to compete more effectively in New Zealand's deregulated telecom environment," said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. "The selection of our market-leading BreezeMAX product after such a thorough evaluation further confirms its excellent quality-of-service and coverage performance in non-line-of-sight environments. BreezeMAX is the ideal choice for WiMAX deployments in Asia Pacific and will contribute to our growing presence in the region."
Source: Cellular News