Egyptian Police Order Country's First WiMAX Network

Aperto Networks says that it has been selected by Egypt's Ministry of Interior to provide equipment for the country's first WiMAX network. The equipment will be used to connect Egyptian police stations and offices nationwide. Barkotel, a distributor based in Egypt, will provide engineering services for the deployment.

The deployment of PacketMAX solution will take place in two phases. Phase I is currently underway and will connect all major cities and towns in Northern Egypt. Phase II, planned for next year, will connect smaller towns and remaining rural regions. Both phases will involve PacketMAX base stations and subscriber units to provide integrated voice, data, and video services.

"This will be a state-of-the art system once deployed," added Atef Barkouky, CEO of Barkotel. "We have partnered with Aperto as we fully understand the superiority of the PacketMAX system. PacketMAX offers tremendous capacity, QoS, and flexibility to the end customer. With Aperto, we are well positioned to implement other WiMAX networks in other regions for the Egyptian government."

Posted to the site on 18th December 2007