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Motorola Wins Big in Pakistan
Motorola wins a major contract with Wateen Telecom-Pakistan to supply 198,000 WiMAX CPE units.
Motorola's win with Wateen Telecom is actually an expansion of an existing relationship as Motorola had already been selected to supply Wateen with an 802.16e WiMAX solution.
This expansion of the contract puts a number on the quanity of initial customer premise equipment radios that Wateen intends to field. Despite the fits and starts we sometimes see with WiMAX in the US, the International market for the technology appears very strong.
Wateen is clearly a major win for Motorola and the technology.
"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 capabilities 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," said Tariq Malik, chief executive officer, Wateen Telecom.
This deployment with Wateen is amongst the largest WiMAX deployments in the Middle East and with its network now operational Wateen is poised to begin ramping out service quickly. The company expects rapid growth during its first year in WiMAX services.
Tim Sanders,
www.TheFinalMile.net
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