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Le-Ru Telecom Selects Airspan 3.65 GHz System for US Deployment in Missouri |
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Written by Administrator
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Feb 04, 2008 at 12:18 AM |
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Airspan Networks Inc. announced that
Le-Ru Telecom of Missouri has chosen Airspan to supply HiperMAX base
stations and related CPEs in the 3.65 GHz band in the U.S.
Airspan will supply equipment through its U.S. channel partner, Stutler Technologies.
This announcement follows the recent FCC approval for Airspan's
HiperMAX base station in the 3.65 GHz band in the United States, the
first MIMO-enabled WiMAX solution to receive such certification.
Certification on Airspan's CPE products for the 3.65 GHz is still
pending.
Le-Ru Telecom offers telephone services and various
Internet-related services as well as Digital Video Service in the rural
Missouri region. Le-Ru Telecom will use Airspan's 3.65 GHz WiMAX
solution to provide these services to its wireless customer base.
The
3.65 GHz was recently made available by the US regulatory agency, FCC,
for broadband wireless systems. While not officially sanctioned by the
WiMAX Forum for industry certification and vendor interoperability,
systems derived from WiMAX 3.5 GHz point-to-multipoint platforms
(the most popular band for WiMAX Forum Certified systems today) are
starting to emerge in this new US allocation. The 3.65 GHz band is
considered a growth opportunity for wireless service providers and
organizations seeking relatively clean spectrum. My WiMAX.com
colleague, Tim Sanders, just wrote about the 3.65 GHz opportunities yesterday.
By Jeff Orr, ORR Technology
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Wimax Deployments