Motorola says that it has deployed a WiMAX pilot in Paris with Bollore Telecom, a holder of 12 WiMAX licenses in France. The pilot is designed to assist Bollore Telecom in designing and assessing its WiMAX network as it looks to deliver new and innovative nomadic broadband services in France.
Complying with the IEEE standard 802.16e-2005 and operating in the 3.5 GHz band, the nomadic WiMAX network is already live.
For the trial, Motorola is providing deployment, integration and support services to Bollore Telecom in addition to WiMAX equipment such as WiMAX access points, Customer Premises Equipment and PC cards.
Jean-Baptiste Chavanne, chief operating officer, Bollore Telecom, comments: "Our WiMAX trial with Motorola will enable us to not only gain a better understanding of broadband provision as we look to launch our commercial services in a new integrated multimedia model , but it also demonstrates our commitment to the adoption of WiMAX technology. We are confident that our close collaboration with Motorola will enable us to accelerate the roll-out of WiMAX in France."
Posted to the site on 18th October 2007
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