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Arab Telecom Deploys Aperto Gear In
Nationwide Rollout In Kuwait
Other topics:
WiMAX Technology Solutions,
Broadband Wireless Performance Testing
Aperto
January 23, 2007
Arab telecom deploys Aperto gear in nationwide rollout in Kuwait.
Kuwait City, Kuwait -- Aperto Networks, builder of the
world's most advanced WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) base stations and
subscriber
units, today announced that Arab Telecom is deploying a nationwide
broadband
wireless network in Kuwait using Aperto's state-of-the-art broadband
wireless PacketWave(TM) gear. |
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Arab Telecom is deploying
Aperto's PacketWave base stations operating in the
3.5 GHz band in a nationwide rollout covering Kuwait's population of 2.2
million people.
The company is using Aperto's gear to offer a range of connectivity
services
to enterprises, small businesses and residential users in urban and
rural
areas throughout Kuwait. The applications that will be available through
Aperto's broadband wireless platform include remote WAN/LAN access,
corporate intranets and extranets, high speed internet access, file
transfer, interactive distance learning, video conferencing, information
broadcast and telemedicine. The data rates range from 128 kilobits per
second, up to multiple E1's.
"After a thorough evaluation of several wireless broadband solutions
providers, we came to the conclusion that Aperto Networks had the most
advanced and the most stable platform," said Ahmed Ebraheem, managing
director, Arab Telecom. "We were especially pleased with the Quality of
Service and the routing and advanced networking features built into
Aperto's
platform. Its flexible architecture ensures a future proof evolution as
we
implement new subscriber services in the coming months and years."
"We are delighted that Arab Telecom has chosen Aperto Networks' robust
access network equipment to power Arab Telecom's multi-service access
platform," said Manish Gupta, vice president of marketing and alliances
for
Aperto Networks. "We look forward to our partnership with Arab Telecom
as
it rolls out new data, internet and video service applications to its
growing user base."
About Arab Telecom
Arab Telecommunications, founded in 1982, is a privately-held Kuwaiti
shareholding telecommunications company committed to delivering advanced
telecommunications technology to Kuwait, and in the future, to the
Middle
East and Africa, at large. Visit www.arabtel.net <http://www.arabtel.net/>
About Aperto Networks
Aperto Networks helps leading service providers deliver affordable
wireless
voice and broadband profitably by building the world's most advanced
WiMAX
base stations and subscriber units. Aperto fundamentally changes the
economics of delivering voice and broadband services through IP-rich,
point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks, allowing carriers to
offer
a wider variety of services to more customers using less equipment. Its
carrier-class WiMAX technology offers industry-leading subscriber
density,
quality of service, ease of use and reliability. Aperto is a founding
board
member of the WiMAX Forum as well as a founder and lead contributor to
IEEE
802.16a/d/e and the ETSI-BRAN standards. Serving more than 200 customers
in
65 countries, Aperto Networks is based in Milpitas, California. Visit:
www.apertonet.com <http://www.apertonet.com/> .
WiMAX Forum and WiMAX Forum Certified are trademarks of WiMAX Forum.
PacketMAX and PacketWAVE are trademarks of Aperto Networks. |
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