13 Oca 2008

Airspan Wins WiMAX Contract in Jordan

Airspan Wins WiMAX Contract in Jordan

Airspan Networks has been awarded a contract to supply ACT Jordan with its HiperMAX base stations and its EasyST indoor and ProST outdoor subscriber terminals. ACT Limited is a joint venture between Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and A.A. Turki Corporation for Trading and Contracting (ATCO) of Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of 2007, ACT Jordan secured a 3.6 GHz frequency license for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) in Jordan. The company is now in the process of deploying a nationwide WiMAX service.

Eric Stonestrom, Airspan's CEO, commneted, "This initiative highlights the growing momentum we are seeing in our WiMAX business. During the fourth quarter alone, we shipped more than 1,500 base station sectors of HiperMAX and MicroMAX to a broad customer base. In addition, the company has been recently confirmed by the Industry Analyst firm Infonetics as one of the two leading suppliers, measured by revenue, of WIMAX equipment in their most recent report."

No financial or timeline details were provided.

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