Airspan to Provide Wireless Local Loop Services to Mobitel Subscribers in Nigeria; Warri Region of Nigeria to Benefit from Voice and High-Speed Data Services.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- Airspan Communications Ltd., a market leader in fixed wireless telecommunications, today announces a contract with Mobitel, a Lagos, Nigeria-based telecommunications operator, to deploy a wireless local loop (WLL See wireless local loop and PHS-WLL. ) network in the Warri region of Nigeria. The network will provide a full range of voice and data services to residences and businesses in the region. Using Airspan's AS4000 broadband CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. system, Mobitel will initially deploy 4,500 high-quality residential and business telephony lines, together with a number of 64 kbps high-speed data services and a payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt infrastructure. Once the Warri project is complete, Mobitel plans to expand its Airspan WLL network throughout the country. "The Nigerian telecommunications market has become extremely competitive with recent deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. , but Airspan's technology is providing us with a strategic and competitive advantage," said Charles Joseph, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Mobitel. "Wireless local loop enables us to deliver critical services to our customers rapidly and cost-effectively, and provide enhanced services such as high-speed Internet access that will take our company into the future." "There are tremendous business opportunities for operators like Mobitel as the Nigerian government paves the way to meet the growing communications needs of the population," said Stephen Mallinson, Airspan's senior director of marketing. "We are seeing increasing demand for WLL services on the African continent. The agreement with Mobitel follows the successful completion of a wireless payphone network in Tanzania, and together with our deployments in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, confirm Airspan's position as a leading vendor of WLL technology in Africa." About Mobitel Mobitel is a provider of telecommunications services in Nigeria, licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the independent regulatory body for the Nigerian telecommunications industry. The NCC created under Decree number 75 by the Federal Military Government of Nigeria on 24th of November 1992. for nationwide operations of wireline, wireless, prepaid and other value-added services. Presently, Mobitel serves the important Victoria Island business district of Lagos Nigeria using copper and fiber cables. The company is poised to become a major player in the newly deregulated Nigerian marketplace and plans to provide a minimum of 200,000 new lines by the year 2002. About Airspan Communications Airspan is dedicated solely to fixed wireless telecommunications and has an established and proven track record with deployments in more than 50 countries around the globe. The AS4000 product line provides customers with an optimum fixed wireless infrastructure delivering voice, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , circuit- and packet/IP-switched data services, providing the most comprehensive wireless alternative to a wired network infrastructure, with no compromise on available service or quality. Airspan's CDMA technology, designed for both ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. and ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. , provides service and range performance unparalleled in the industry. A robust and future-proof platform, the AS4000 caters to the escalating data needs of Airspan's clients and customers, and is backed by comprehensive support services including training, installation, maintenance, commissioning and consulting. For more information, please visit http://www.airspan.com. |
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