More news out of the Mobile World Congress 2009 taking place in Barcelona today ; Alvarion just announced that it was hired by Orange Botswana for turnkey WiMAX™ deployment, using Alvarion’s WiMAX Forum Certified™ 4Motion end-to-end solution. The New Wimax Network will initially cover Botswana’s two largest cities Gaborone and Francistown with plans to expand to other parts of the country in the near future. Gaborone, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities along with Francistown inhabit 330,000 people. In an interview with BusinessWire Wilfried Yver Head of Internet Service Provider of Orange Botswana said” WiMAX enables a whole new wireless broadband experience for our customers… We are confident that Alvarion’s proven global expertise in wireless broadband technologies and commitment to WiMAX will help us bring superior Internet service to our end-users, now and in the future. Alvarion’s innovative technology and complete offering enables us to answer the immediate need for high-quality, yet reasonably priced Internet access in the urban areas of the country. Our subscribers are already enjoying the benefits of the technology and we are very interested in the new opportunities 802.16e WiMAX could bring to this market” Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion said. “ This deployment reiterates our commitment to the region with tailored solutions and turnkey project implementation. Orange Botswana’s adoption of our OPEN WiMAX approach enables true innovation resulting in new and competitive broadband service offerings.”
If you are interested in deploying a WiMAX network where you live, Quantum Networks headed by Ari Zoldan consults both foreign governments and private businesses on planning and implementation of WiMax worldwide.
