Proxim Wireless Wins German WiMAX Contract

Televersa Online, a Germany company with WiMAX licenses covering Bavaria has selected Proxim Wireless as its infrastructure supplier. Televersa Online has already deployed Proxim Tsunami MP.11 base stations and subscriber units as the core communications platform for its wireless "viaAIR" service across the 20,000 sq. km. region.

Televersa Online serves a population of 2.5 million people in 750,000 households and businesses throughout South East Bavaria, a mostly rural area covering approximately 20,000 square kilometers (12,400 square miles), from Munich Airport to the Czech and Austrian borders. The company's wireless "viaAIR" service is designed to reach 95 percent of the region's households and businesses, while wired DSL connections are available to only 60 percent.

Following the deployment of a WiMAX network, Televersa Online will be able to offer either wireless DSL or WiMAX depending upon the customer's location.

"Until recently, South East Bavaria was at a competitive disadvantage in comparison to other regions in Germany because broadband access was unavailable or far too expensive for residents and businesses," said Jörg Kiessling, Managing Director of Televersa Online GmbH. "Proxim Wireless has helped us to reduce digital exclusion and bring affordable, high-speed broadband access to customers throughout our service area wherever they are located."

Posted to the site on 1st July 2008