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Alvarion And Digicel To Deploy Wireless Broadband Throughout Caribbean,
by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London
Friday, April 04, 2008
Alvarion Ltd., a leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband technologies,
has announced the signing of a master supply agreement with Digicel Group, the
largest mobile operator in the Caribbean.
Alvarion was selected by Digicel as its strategic partner to deploy a WiMAX
network throughout the Caribbean region, in a major initiative to be rolled out
over the next few years. This follows the successful commercial deployment of
its 802.16e system in Grand Cayman in 2007.
As part of the master supply agreement, Alvarion, along with its OPEN WiMAX
partners, will provide an end-to-end WiMAX offering based on Alvarion’s
Mobile WiMAX system.
“Mobile WiMAX represents a unique opportunity for Digicel to leapfrog
current technology to offer a wireless full service portfolio as an attractive
alternative to the existing operators’ offering,” observed Mario Assaad,
CTO of Digicel Group.
Based on the success of the Grand Cayman deployment, Digicel is moving quickly
to deploy WiMAX in additional markets to deliver primary voice, data VPN and
residential broadband to both corporate and residential customers.
With an existing
operational GSM footprint in 23 markets, Digicel chose Mobile WiMAX as its next-generation
broadband technology because of its ability to emulate traditional fixed line
services, as well as to enable personal mobile broadband services, using a wide
variety of innovative end-user devices.
According to Digicel, the rapid service uptake in Grand Cayman illustrates
the current demand for WiMAX-enabled primary broadband services, even in a market
with high broadband penetration. Digicel reached double-digit market share after
only a few months of operation, fully loading the network, which has recently
been expanded to meet customer demand.
The WiMAX 802.16e network in Grand Cayman is enabling Digicel to offer custom-designed
service plans for businesses, as well as a consumer plan offering up to 3 Mbps
downlink and 1 Mbps uplink throughput and performance.
The wireless broadband
connection is being used by consumers in both fixed and portable modes. The
small form factor of Alvarion’s residential CPE allows subscribers to
take their broadband connection with them wherever they go, paving the way for
Digicel to make full use of Mobile WiMAX technology to provide Personal Broadband
services in the future.
Digicel currently has more than six million subscribers and operations in 23
markets including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda,
Bonaire, The Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana,
Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitts & Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Turks and Caicos and Trinidad
& Tobago. Digicel was granted a license to operate in the British Virgin
Islands in December 2007.
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