CenterTelecom, Alvarion move Central Russia towards WiMAX

Details: Michael Schwartz; Category: Wireless Networks; 25 September 2007; 10137 views

Alvarion is strengthening its presence in the fast-growing market that is Central Russia. Its BreezeMAX system has been selected by inter-regional operator CenterTelecom for WiMAX Deployment in the country’s Central Federal District...

Alvarion, which provides WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, has announced that its BreezeMAX system has been chosen for a deployment project intended to cover various cities in Russia. The new network has already started rolling out with CenterTelecom, one of Russia’s seven interregional operators owned by the giant federal holding company Svyazinvest. Alvarion’s local partner for this deployment is Cedicom.

Alvarion’s BreezeMAX is set for deployment in the regions of Moscow, Tambov, Tula, and Vladimir. The first phase of the project is planned as part of the Russian Federation’s federal program for connecting hundreds of schools to a WiMAX network, offering numerous users the advantages of high-quality wireless broadband access services.

“Alvarion’s BreezeMAX solution allows CenterTelecom to provide Internet access to schools, successfully meeting the deadlines of the National Education Project and dealing with the complicated technological decisions involved,” said Vadim Kondratov, CTO of CenterTelecom. “In addition, the WiMAX network created within the national project presents a basis for expansion of WiMAX networks in other regions in the future. This will allow CenterTelecom to enlarge the number of provided services and offer equal services to all citizens in the centre of Russia, thus raising the quality of life in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation.”

“We are proud to be chosen by one of the largest operators in Russia for providing WiMAX infrastructure and professional services to this important and fast-growing market,” said Rudy Leser, Corporate Vice-President of Strategy and Marketing for Alvarion. “BreezeMAX…can enable CenterTelecom to connect its customers to WiMAX as quickly and smoothly as possible.”

BreezeMAX complies with IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service, enabling carriers to offer triple play broadband services to thousands of subscribers via a single base station. The product is also part of Alvarion’s Open WiMAX strategy – a complete all-IP ecosystem, which combines BreezeMAX and other best-of-breed systems to create an operator-centric network solution for WiMAX.

* JSC CenterTelecom is the largest fixed-line telecommunication company operating in the Central Federal District, where more than 20% of the Russian population lives.

** Cedicom Company is an authorised distributor of Alvarion in Russia and the CIS. The activities of Cedicom distributors are combined with Alvarion’s Service Centre activities within the framework of the company’s certificated training centre and certificated repair centre. In 2006 Cedicom Joint-Stock Company became the first Russian design distributor entered in the WiMAX Forum International Consortium.

*** Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and with its experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, Alvarion's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum is focused on increasing the widespread adoption of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry to Open WiMAX solutions.

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