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Northern Italy and Island of Fiji to Receive WiMAX Networks
US$12 million order for 802.16-2004 base stations propels Newport Digital Technologies and Gil Technologies into new markets.
Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry (III) and Newport Digital Technologies (NDT) announced that it is deploying a WiMAX network in Northern Italy and in Fiji. The first $1 million of the $12 million order of WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004 base stations started shipping immediately with the balance to be delivered over the next 11 calendar months.III is consulting on the transaction for the base station and will utilize its contributions to 802.16-2004/e-2005/j/m to assist in the capacity as System Integrator and technology contributor for NDT and Gil Technologies, the Taiwan Base Station hardware manufacturer.
The Republic of the Fiji Islands occupies about 18,274 square kilometers, or approximately the size of the State of New Jersey. The islands are home to a population of 918,675. Fiji had approximately 80,000 Internet users of which 7,000 were broadband subscribers, according to a September 2007 ITU report.
"The support we have and will continue to receive from III is instrumental in securing large deployment contracts as a result of III's expertise in 802.16d/e/j/m," said Vincent Chen, Vice President of Gil Technologies.
"We shipped out the first of three shipments that will go out this quarter which will represent close to $3 million in sales for us of WiMAX base stations this quarter," said Mr. Richard Damian of Newport Digital Technologies.
By Jeff Orr
ORR Technology, LLC
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