Telmex, the leading telecommunications operator in Mexico, has awarded Alcatel-Lucent a major contract to deploy Latin America’s first commercial universal WiMAX network.
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Serving Chile, this new network will provide full coverage for the operator’s corporate and residential customers in 24 major cities, giving them one-stop access to broadband wireless applications such as high-speed Internet, video streaming and Voice over IP.
The new WiMAX network will comply with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard for fixed, nomadic and mobile usage, and will be deployed in the 3.5 GHz frequency band using Alcatel-Lucent’s 9100 WiMAX end-to-end solution. The network is scheduled to be operational in the second half of 2007.
Olivier Picard, president, Alcatel-Lucent’s Europe and South Region, stated, “WiMAX will enable innovative telecommunications for operators such as Telmex to offer their customers cutting-edge broadband services that can be accessed from anywhere.
This contract follows Alcatel-Lucent's series of WiMAX announcements made at 3GSM World Congress, including a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 contract in the Caribbean. At the Congress Alcatel-Lucent was able to demonstrate live WiMAX coverage in the 3.5 GHz frequency band, a first for Spain."
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