Proxim will provide base stations and user units for an area covering 12,400 square miles.Telecommunications provider Televersa Online selected Proxim Wireless
equipment June 1 to build a WiMax network covering an area of 12,400 square
miles with a population of 2.5 million people. Televersa aims to reach 95
percent of the Bavarian region's households and businesses, while wired DSL
connections are available to only 60 percent.
Televersa has already deployed Proxim's Tsunami MP.11 base stations and
subscriber units as the core communications platform for its wireless service.
Following the deployment of a WiMax network, Televersa will be able to offer
either wireless DSL or WiMax depending upon
the customer's location.
The company's portfolio of services includes Internet access, VOIP telephony
and video streaming. Proxim's license-free MP.11 technology allows Televersa to
offer service in regions outside of Televersa's WiMax license as well as offer
Internet connections to areas with fewer than 50 customers.
"Until recently, Southeast Bavaria was at a
competitive disadvantage in comparison to other regions in Germany
because broadband access was unavailable or far too expensive for residents and
businesses," Jörg Kiessling, managing director of Televersa Online, said
in a statement.
Proxim's win is another in a series of worldwide WiMax deployments fueled by
U.S. tech
companies. Motorola, for instance, has 19 contracts for commercial WiMax
networks in 18 countries around the world.
Sprint plans to roll out the first
major U.S. WiMax project in fall of 2008 in the Washington-Baltimore and
Chicago regions.
"Even though digital inclusion is being placed
high on the political agenda in many parts of the world, there are still rural
areas in even the most advanced countries that have little or no online access,
causing social inequalities and leading to social exclusion," said Lionel
Chmilewsky, executive vice president of Proxim Wireless.
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