Motorola Inc. has agreed to supply Wateen Telecom-Pakistan with 198,000 end-user WiMAX customer premises equipment (CPE) devices for both indoor and outdoor use. Complementing the company’s nationwide WiMAX network, which is built using Motorola’s 802.16e WiMAX and IMS solutions, the CPE units will provide subscribers in Pakistan with unprecedented wireless access to agile and affordable data and VoIP services in one of the world’s most rapidly growing telecoms markets.
The CPEs will provide consumers, small businesses and Pakistan’s largest enterprises access to wireless services, from basic telephony and fast Internet access to high-end data services such as virtual private networks (VPN) for banks and other organizations.
Tariq Malik, chief executive officer of Wateen Telecom, said, “The availability of our WiMAX network is a major milestone for Wateen Telecom and for the telecommunications potential of developing economies. Our network puts Wateen at the global forefront of the WiMAX telecoms industry. Motorola’s capability to effectively deliver WiMAX 802.16e solutions and CPEs ahead of the industry and our early adoption of this technology has given us the opportunity to be the first to offer WiMAX 802.16e-based broadband voice and data services in Pakistan.”
Ali Amer, vice president sales, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility, added, “Wateen Telecom’s nationwide WiMAX network is set to bring in a new era of connectivity and access for Pakistan. This initial CPE order, which enables subscriber access to the network for services from basic wireless telephony through to secure data connectivity for the country’s largest corporations, is part of the expansive WiMAX eco-system, further demonstrating to other markets the reality and viability of WiMAX and Motorola’s ability to deliver.”