Huawei Wins Bulgarian WiMAX Contract
Huawei has been selected by TransTelecom, a telecom operator in Bulgaria, to deploy a commercial WiMAX network, covering central business districts and hot spots in the country's major cities, including its capital, Sofia, and Varna, Bulgaria's largest harbor city.
According to the contract, Huawei will supply an end-to-end WiMAX solution working on 3.5GHz frequency band, including terminals, as well as a major upgrade of the TransTelecom central exchange equipment for the operation of a fully mobile WiMAX network in 2008.
In 2006, TransTelecom deployed a 16d-based WiMAX network, and the operator has chosen Huawei to deliver an upgraded 16e-based network. Huawei's 16e-based WiMAX solution integrates technologies such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), which features high bandwidth, wide area coverage, large capacity, as well as providing better mobility.
"We are delighted to choose Huawei as our WiMAX equipment supplier," said Mr. John Munnery, Chairman of TransTelecom. "Extensive tests of this new technology have surpassed all our expectations. In particular, we witnessed Huawei demonstrate one of the first handovers of traffic from one base station to another in Europe. Huawei has exhibited total commitment to the project throughout our selection process, and has proven them to be one of the leaders in this fast-developing technology. What's more, we are also impressed with Huawei's localized engineering and delivery capability."
Posted to the site on 7th January 2008