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Telecommunications Huawei eyes Australian WiMAX market
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 29 February 2008 | |
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The wireless access service node comes in two versions. One is designed to serve 10,000 subscribers (expandable to 3.5 million), the other for 50,000 (expandable to 10 million). This equipment supports functions including voice calls to and from the PSTN, multi-party vidoeconferences (up to 128 users per conference), video ringtones, TV, gaming, and more. Huawei's base station equipment is very compact, comprising a 1U module plus a remote unit that's small and light enough to be mountable on the antenna tower. The remote unit requires just 300 watts of power, and does not require air conditioning - natural cooling is sufficient. The company claims this design will deliver operators a 30 percent saving on the total cost of ownership. Huawei has already sold WiMAX equipment in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, including wireless operators in Bulgaria, Russia and Saudi Arabia. 12 networks are already live, and as many as 30 more are in a "pre commercial" state with full deployment expected in the near future, said An Jian, director of Huawei's CDMA/WiMAX product marketing group for the Asia Pacific region. At this stage most are offering wireless broadband rather than mobile broadband due to the scarcity of devices supporting full mobility. |
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