Sprint Orders WiMAX Backhaul Platform from DragonWave

Published on: 10th July 2008

US based Sprint has selected DragonWave's IP backhaul solutions for its WiMAX services in North America. DragonWave's Horizon Compact and Horizon Duo products will be deployed initially in the Baltimore/Washington and Chicago markets.

"We are progressing with our deployment of the XOHM mobile broadband network using WiMAX technology and we will include wireless backhaul in our first launch markets" said Doug Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Operations Officer of Sprint's XOHM business unit. "DragonWave's backhaul products are an important part of our ability to ensure the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the network we are deploying."

"Big-name carriers such as Sprint are confronting the backhaul challenges of the mobile Internet, and, consequently, they are increasingly transitioning to lower-cost IP backhaul to support 3G and 4G expansion and booming data rates," said Caroline Gabriel, Research Director and Lead Wireless Analyst with Rethink Research Associates. "Carriers no longer can allow backhaul bottlenecks to slow their mobile-broadband growth plans, so we are seeing heightened uptake for powerful IP backhaul solutions that allow for simple, cost-efficient network rollout."

"We are delighted to be selected by Sprint as a wireless backhaul provider for use in their 4G Mobile Broadband XOHM Network," said Peter Allen, DragonWave's President & CEO. "Our flexible family of high capacity IP based backhaul solutions contribute to the needs of the 4G business case. We are excited to continue to bring these benefits to Sprint XOHM as its nationwide rollout moves forward."

The Sprint WiMAX network is currently being merged in with the network operated by Clearwire.

 

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