WiMAX Network Launched in Bolivia
Bolivia's Nuevatel PCS - which operates under the VIVA brand name, and Alcatel-Lucent have announced the launch of a commercial WiMAX rev-e network in Bolivia, based on the WiMAX 802.16e-2005 standard.
“This new WiMAX network will make it possible for us to offer our business and residential customers a wide range of easy-to-use wireless broadband services,” said Freddy Maldonado Valcik, Nuevatel’s CEO. “Alcatel-Lucent’s WiMAX solution will enable us to better serve customers in such major urban centers as the cities of La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, which currently are under-served. Alcatel-Lucent’s unique expertise and ability to set up a wireless broadband network has enabled us to begin offering these new services to our customers quickly and efficiently.”
Alcatel-Lucent provided Nuevatel a complete WiMAX solution, including base stations, wireless access controllers, software and application platforms. The company has also provided professional services including, design and planning for end-to-end network integration services, radio network planning, installation and commissioning, project management and support services for Nuevatel’s network.
“In fast-growing economies such as Bolivia, our WiMAX solution is a valuable tool for rapidly and cost-effectively increasing penetration of high-speed Internet access and basic telephony services via VoIP because the carrier can avoid the costly and disruptive civil engineering work of deploying copper or optical fiber cable,” said Victor Agnellini, President of Alcatel-Lucent's activities in the Caribbean and Latin America region. “In addition to being able to offer new revenue-generating services, Nuevatel will benefit from additional operational efficiencies because this solution offers one of the most advanced technologies in terms of radio frequency management.”
Posted to the site on 23rd May 2008
