Dec
30
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12/30/2008 7:56 AM
Alvarion, a provider of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access and wireless broadband solutions, has bagged a $6 million contract from ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), a Costa Rican incumbent operator for telecommunications and electricity.As per the agreement, Alvarion will execute a turnkey project to offer broadband services, deploying its 4Motion solution with its WiMAX Forum certified BreezeMAX 2500 platform. The Costa Rican incumbent operator is using the 2.5 GHz frequency band.
The 802.16e network rollout is expected to commence in San Jose and the rural areas of Limon. Telerad is Alvarion's local partner for this turnkey project. The project will enable ICE to increase its network performance while providing customers with advanced means of communication.As part of the project, Alvarion will offer thousands of customer premises equipment (CPEs), radio planning, system integration and configuration support, maintenance services at customer premises, training courses, and more to ICE.
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