Datak Telecom and SAMSUNG enter Iranian WiMAX market.Summary: Datak Telecom to introduce Iran's first Mobile WiMAX See WiMAX and 802.16. Wave2 service with Samsung WiMAX solutions Datak Telecom, one of the largest broadband Internet See broadband. service providers in Iran, has selected Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Co. Ltd., a leading provider of telecom systems and mobile phones, as its sole WiMAX equipment vendor to bring the first WiMAX Wave2 service to Iran. The installation and deployment of Samsung's WiMAX network equipment will begin in Tehran this month and the first commercial Mobile WiMAX service will be introduced in the second quarter of 2010. Samsung is providing a full range of Mobile WiMAX solutions, including base stations, access service network gateways, and all the related equipment and services. "WiMAX service is perfect for the Iranian market where the population reaches 75 million but the internet penetration is still very low," said Bahman Satarian, 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 Datak Telecom. "The cooperation with Samsung, a global leader in Mobile WiMAX industry, is a good opportunity not only to introduce the latest generation of mobile data technologies in Iran, but also to accelerate the economic growth of Iran." "We're honored to introduce our Mobile WiMAX solutions to Iran with a reliable partner like Datak Telecom," said Woonsub Kim, Executive Vice President and head of the Telecommunication Systems Division at Samsung Electronics. "Working closely with Datak Telecom, we hope to advance Iranian broadband culture, and eventually expand to other neighboring countries in the Middle East and South West Asia." Datak Telecom is the Internet subsidiary of Social Security Investment Company, Iran's largest Investment house. It is the leading local operator providing broadband internet services such as ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , IP-Wireless for business and residential users in Tehran. The company is currently the only WiMAX operator in Iran with the latest Mobile WiMAX technology. Datak Telecom plans to gradually extend its WiMAX services to cover all of Greater Tehran Greater Tehran is the metropolitan urban area in Tehran Province that covers the contiguous cities of Tehran, Ray, Shemiranat, and other areas. According to some estimates, Greater Tehran hosts a population of close to 15 million residents. with various customer-centric services such as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ), video and location-based-service and more. Samsung provides its market-proven equipment to 25 Mobile WiMAX operators in 21 countries. Currently, Samsung is focusing on accelerating Mobile WiMAX business in Middle East. Mobily, the largest 3.75G mobile operator and wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 provider in the Middle East and North Africa also selected Samsung as its prime equipment vendor. Mobile WiMAX is the only available technology welcomed by most service providers across the industry, from legacy fixed-line telecom operators and wireless service operators, to broadcasting, cable and internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . The WiMAX Forum has recorded 484 WiMAX Deployments in 141 countries and forecasts that there will be more than 133 million subscribers for commercial service by 2012. 2009 Mena Report (www.menareport.com) 2009 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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