Nortel Networks has won a WiMAX supply contract from FairPoint Communications to provide a fixed-wireless internet service in the US states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The network contract will use wireless base stations and terminals designed and manufactured by Nortel partner, Airspan.
"Nortel is a one-stop shop for WiMAX, combining leading-edge technology with the highest quality of applications and services to create the right end-to-end solution for any operator," said Scott Wickware, general manager of WiMAX, Nortel. "Nortel's WiMAX solution will provide FairPoint with everything it needs -- the speed to support today's popular online applications, the coverage to reach remote areas, and the services to keep it all running efficiently."
Nortel's fixed WiMAX solution uses technology from Airspan to run securely on the 3.65 GHz spectrum, an unlicensed spectrum band available in the United States.
The company says it is targeting internet users who currently rely on dial-up access due to the lack of broadband landline services in their areas.
FairPoint's WiMAX deployment is believed to be the largest planned WiMAX network running 3.65 GHz spectrum to date.
Posted to the site on 29th October 2008
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