Huawei Wins Italian WiMAX Contract

Huawei says that Italy's Retelit has awarded it a contract to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e network covering north and central parts of Italy where they own a BWA 3.5 Ghz frequency licence. Under this agreement, Huawei will provide an end-to-end WiMAX 802.16e mobile solution including Base Station, Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway, Hybrid TDM-IP Microwave equipment and Network Management Systems.

Huawei has also delivered the first batches of its WiMAX terminals, which are already in use in the areas where the network has been activated.

No financial or timeline details were provided.

Posted to the site on 20th May 2009