Residents of Taipei County in Taiwan will benefit from ubiquitous wireless broadband access when Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of Taiwan's largest telecommunications operators, launches its Mobile WiMAX network from Nortel. As a participant in the government's M-Taiwan initiative, FET will offer mobile broadband services across Taipei County.
"Taiwan has emerged as a leader in the development of an end-to-end WiMAX ecosystem," said Y.K.Tsai, general manager, Nortel Taiwan. "Far EasTone's roll-out of WiMAX services will further the government's M-Taiwan vision of bringing readily accessible mobile broadband to the Taiwanese population."
With more than six million subscribers to its mobile services, FET is one of Taiwan's largest wireless operators. In addition to FET's involvement in the M-Taiwan initiative, the company is one of the winners of the WiMAX radiofrequency spectrum in Taiwan's recent license bid. Taiwan plans to roll out WiMAX commercial services in 2008 with six licenses issued to mobile operators in July 2007.
FET's network will be built from Nortel's Mobile WiMAX Solution portfolio with MIMO capability, including 16e Base Stations and an Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway. Nortel will also provide network management services from its Global Services portfolio. Nortel products include mobile technologies that span public and private wireless networks, providing a complete range of solutions to help telecommunications operators deliver the wireless broadband services their customers demand.
Posted to the site on 11th October 2007
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