Alcatel-Lucent completes first field trial of WiMAX in India

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New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) C-Dot Alcatel-Lucent Research Centre (CARC) has successfully completed its first live WiMAX field trial using Aircel's licensed spectrum, confirming that the technology is ready for commercial deployment.

The trials for the IEEE 802.16e-2005 popularly called as the WiMAX technology were conducted using the 2.5GHz band and applications in moving conditions such as video streaming, high-speed file downloads, Voice over IP (VoIP) and web browsing, Alcatel-Lucent announced here today.

''Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX solutions and their capability to offer higher throughout are poised to address service providers' challenges to offer reliable and affordable broadband services bundled with VoIP,'' said Mr Jagdish Kini, Group Chief Executive Officer, Aircel.

WiMAX technology is likely to become a widely used high-speed internet access technology like DSL and cable modem access, he added.

Alcatel-Lucent President (South Asia) Ravi Sharma said his company and Aircel both saw WiMAX Rev-e as a revolutionary broadband access technology which has the potential to provide India with widespread broadband access that can usher in economic growth, better education, health care and improved entertainment services.

WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.

It enables voice and broadband connectivity for fixed, nomadic or mobile use in urban, suburban and rural areas.

Aircel Business Solutions (ABS), a part of Aircel, is headquartered in Chennai and is a registered member of the WiMAX forum -- both in the Indian and international chapters.

ABS' portfolio includes products such as Multi Protocol Label Switching Virtual Private Networks (MPLS VPNs), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Managed Video Services on wireless platform including WiMAX.

UNI

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