Articles tagged with: Sicily
Contract Put Out for Sicilian WiMAX Network
Italian WiMAX network operator, Mandarin Wimax has contracted with WiNetworks to build its network coverage in sicily. Deployments of the WiNetworks infrastructure have already started with expansions in multiple cities and rural areas already planned over the next months. more
Related Tags: wimax,, mandarin-wimax, winetworks, Italy
Marconi says that it has been selected to support the largest public WiMAX trial to date, providing WiMAX connectivity in Italy's Piedmont and sicily regions. The selection was made by a working party that included representatives from the Italian Ministry of Communications, the Italian Ministry of Defence, and the Ugo Bordoni Foundation, which is coordinating the trial at a national level. more
Related Tags: wimax-forum, ministry-of-communications, 802.16e, software-defined-radio, ieee
Vodafone investing in submarine cable
Vodafone Malta has begun laying a high-capacity fibre optic submarine cable between Malta and sicily, to provide Malta its second international gateway. Vodafone's new international gateway will have an initial capacity of 2.5 Gbits/sec. The capacity of the new cable will be split between voice and IP data services with an initial 40 Mbits/sec for voice and 90 Mbits/sec for data. The cable will have the potential to increase the capacity to over 1 Tbit/sec, making the system future proof in terms of capacity expansion. more
Related Tags: ict, submarine, fibre-optic
Vodafone orders underwater cables
Vodafone Malta has announced the award of a contract to Alcatel to build a Malta - sicily submarine cable system. This project will link Vodafone Malta and sicily with a high-capacity fibre optic link and will increase data bandwidth availability whilst increasing international voice capacity. In Malta, there is currently only one cable system, which supports all voice, data and Internet requirements. more
Related Tags: submarine, fibre-optic
