Personal Selects Redline's RedMax For Its Hipuu! WiMax Network In Paraguay
Redline Communications Inc. the provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, recenlty announced that Personal, the Paraguayan mobile and WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, has chosen Redline's RedMAX family of products to power its Hipuu! WiMAX service in Paraguay. With Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products installed,Personal can now deliver a true WiMAX experience to thousands of businesses and residents in Paraguay's capital city.
"To meet the expectations of our Hipuu! Customers, we required a true certified WiMAX solution that has a proven track record in delivering voice, video and data communications," said Mr. Marcelo Prudencio, General Manager, Personal. "Redline is recognized worldwide as a leading WiMAX vendor with the experience and WiMAX Forum Certified systems that would ensure a reliable, scalable, carrier-class WiMAX network that supports more than 250 users per base station, which we believe is more than any other WiMAX solution."
Personal is installing Redline's proven high-capacity RedMAX system, which includes the RedMAX Outdoor Subscriber Unit (SU-O), because it can be quickly and easily installed at the customer premise. This ease of installation, combined with the network manageability and provisioning supported by the Redline Management Suite has enabled Personal to rapidly deploy and expand its Broadband network, with the ability to sustain thousands of customers per base station. In addition, the RedMAX system has enabled Personal to extend its service area to reach additional customers, with links of more than 30 km (18 miles). Redline's WiMAX solution also supports the delivery of guaranteed service levels agreements (SLA) for business and residential users, allowing Personal to tailor its service packages to suit its various markets. The Personal WiMAX network has been deployed by a collaborative deployment team that included Personal, Brightstar, a Redline Value Added Distributor and world leading wireless distribution and supply chain solutions provider, Cisco, Softnet Logicalis and Redline.
Personal has completed the roll out of the RedMAX network in Asunción and Great Asunción and is continuing its network expansion to enable the Company to offer a nation wide package of services for corporate and residential customers. Personal's initial RedMAX deployment phase generated a rapid return on its WiMAX investment, enabling it to quickly initiate network planning to expand its services to more customers in additional regions. Personal expects to triple the number of subscribers on its network by year end, resulting in one of the world's largest WiMAX Forum Certified networks to date.
Among the many objectives of Personal's WiMAX network, is its goal to increase the availability of Internet access for the Paraguayan population, especially its youth. Mr. Prudencio continues, "Along with the development of our Personal Hipuu! Service, the Company is carrying on a Social Responsibility Project which includes the donation of fully equipped computer laboratories, including personal computers, printers and free Internet access to those schools operating in low income areas of Asunción and the rest of the country."
"As carriers execute on the demand of high-bandwidth services, they have a crucial need for high capacity, high performance systems that enable them to support more users via the most cost effective means available, and WiMAX provides an optimized path to accomplish this," said John Bonadurer III, General Manager WiMAX, Brightstar. "Redline's RedMAX solution has been proven to support high concentrations of users on a single sector, providing carriers with an exciting return on investment."
Softnet Logicalis, Redline's Silver Certified Partner, has played a critical role in the WiMAX network planning and deployment phases and will continue to work with Personal to ensure maximum network performance. The integration of Cisco's core switching equipment will enable Personal to more easily manage all data traffic over Personal's entire network infrastructure.
"Redline consistently delivers industry-leading broadband wireless products that establish the most advanced carrier-class wireless networks," said Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Redline Communications. "As the most widely-deployed WiMAX Forum Certified system, RedMAX enables the performance and features carriers need to deliver increasingly advanced communications services and scalability to expand their subscriber base over time."
Redline's RedMAX Family
Redline's RedMAX family of WiMAX solutions includes the world's first complete system to receive the WiMAX Forum Certified mark for conformance to the WiMAX standards for performance and interoperability. Redline's carrier-class RedMAX Base Station (AN-100U) supports voice, video, and prioritized data traffic, enabling long-range, high-capacity wireless broadband networks. Redline's WiMAX products also include the RedMAX Indoor Subscriber Unit (SU-I) and Outdoor Subscriber Unit (SU-O) designed for enterprise and residential services. The RedMAX Management Suite enables operators to monitor and control the network, ensuring high service availability. Redline is maintaining its WiMAX leadership with the expansion of its RedMAX family to include products for additional frequency bands, applications and standards.
RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX Platform
The RedMAX 4C is the latest addition to Redline's family of WiMAX products. Operating in the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum bands, RedMAX 4C is designed to conform to the requirements for 802.16e Certification Wave 2, which is the WiMAX Forum's official certification program for Mobile WiMAX. Supporting a high concentration of subscribers, it enables operators to realize a rapid return on their WiMAX investment, with a low total cost of ownership.
The RedMAX 4C leverages Redline's proven, field tested and optimized fourth-generation technologies for TDD (Time Division Duplexing)-based Scalable-OFDMA-based systems. It provides carriers with an all-IP system that incorporates open standards to provide carriers the flexibility to deliver fixed, portable and mobile services with WiMAX. The new product family includes a modular, standardized (micro)TCA (micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture) chassis base station that is small, lightweight and easy to deploy thereby minimizing site acquisition and construction costs and speeding up site buildout timelines. RedMAX 4C will also include a suite of indoor and outdoor fixed and portable end-user devices including laptops, mobile handsets and PDAs.
About Personal
Established in June of 1998, and operated by Nu'cleo S.A, PERSONAL offers mobile telephony services throughout Paraguay. Nu'cleo S.A. is made up of 32.5% by ABC Communications (Paraguayan group) (32.5%) with the remaining 67.5% comprised of Personal Telecom, Telecom group (W of Argentina - Investments), and TIM (Telecom Italy Mobile) of Telecom Italy.
About Brightstar
Brightstar Corp. is the largest wireless distributor and supply chain solutions provider in the world. With global headquarters in Miami, FL, Brightstar serves customers on six continents. The company provides solutions to network operators, MVNOs, resellers, retailers and agents around the world and also represents the world's leading wireless manufacturers. In 2006, Brightstar generated $3.6B in revenue. For more information, visit www.brightstarcorp.com.
About Softnet Logicalis
Softnet Logicalis, a Logicalis Group Company (Group with headquarters in England), is a professional services company that has highly qualified trained professionals with expertise in Cisco, in Paraguay and several countries of Latin America. Its professional services offer: consulting services, network infrastructure services, managed network services, outsourcing services and services for routers, switches, security and IP telephony.
Softnet Logicalis is a business partner of Redline Communications providing professional services in Paraguay and all Latin America. For more information, visit www.la.logicalis.com/info(at)softnet.com.py
.About Redline Communications
Redline Communications is the leading provider of standards-based wireless broadband solutions. Redline's RedMAX WiMAX Forum Certified systems and award-winning RedCONNEX family of broadband wireless infrastructure products enable service providers and other network operators to cost-effectively deliver high-bandwidth services including voice, video and data communications. Redline is committed to maintaining its wireless industry leadership with the continued development of WiMAX and other advanced wireless broadband products. With more than 35,000 installations in 75 countries, and a global network of over 100 partners, Redline's experience and expertise helps service providers, enterprises and government organizations roll out the services and applications that drive their business forward. For more information, visit www.redlinecommunications.com.
SOURCE: Redline Communications Inc.