Motorola secures major WiMAX contract to deliver personal media experiences across Ireland
October 14, 2009Dublin, IRELAND – October 14, 2009 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced that its Home & Networks Mobility business has been selected by Imagine to design and deploy an end-to-end WiMAX network to replace Imagine’s existing wireless infrastructure nationwide.
“Customers across Ireland will soon experience a leap forward in terms of broadband access and speeds,” said Sean Bolger, CEO, Imagine Communication Group. “Motorola’s globally renowned WiMAX solutions are quick to deploy, flexible and scalable and allow us to meet increasing demand for next-generation voice and broadband data services at home, at work and on the move.”
Imagine will use Motorola’s end-to-end WiMAX solution to deliver voice and high speed data services to residential and small to medium-sized enterprise customers as well as offering mobility in city centers, using USB dongles. The solution is also optimized for Imagine to deliver a wholesale voice and data broadband service to other internet service providers.
“Today’s announcement further solidifies Motorola’s global WiMAX leadership position and we are delighted to be partnering with Imagine on this major project, bringing WiMAX to yet another country. Operators such as Imagine are selecting WiMAX solutions to offer customers cost-effective and high-quality mobile broadband connections in regions not yet fully served by a fixed broadband infrastructure,” said Steve McCaffery, vice president, European sales, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility.
Motorola’s market-leading WiMAX infrastructure, which will operate in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band, will enable Imagine to reach a wider subscriber base, including rural areas, as well as helping meet the growing demand for broadband and other IP-based services, such as voice-over-IP (VoIP) in a cost-effective manner. Customer experience will be enhanced by Motorola’s NBBS remote device management software platform – the first commercial deployment of the industry-leading platform for management of WiMAX devices. The software platform will enable Imagine to remotely access, configure, and troubleshoot their full portfolio of WiMAX devices to ensure high quality of service levels, while lowering operational costs, accelerating new service introduction, increasing revenue, and improving customer care.
Motorola will provide deployment, integration and support services to Imagine in addition to WiMAX equipment. This will include WiMAX Access Points, such as the WAP 450 for increased coverage and capacity in a compact design and the WAP 800 with beamforming antenna techniques for enhanced performance. For customer premises equipment Imagine will offer the USBw 100 dongle for high speed mobile connectivity; the CPEi 775 which includes a built-in Wi-Fi® router and ports for VoIP; and the CPEo 450 which extends the coverage of critical broadband and VoIP services, while reducing infrastructure and support costs.
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