Unwired Fiji, a Fijian telecom company, has decided to go with Motorola for its network expansion. Motorola will deploy its end-to-end 802.16e-based WiMAX network. Unwired Fiji wants to offer advanced broadband services.
The WiMAX network deployment is expected to be completed during the current year, and the operator plans to launch services progressively this year.
“It is a challenge for us to provide reliable and superior telecommunications services cost effectively in Fiji, where the population density is low,” said William Parkinson, chief executive officer of Unwired Fiji. “Motorola’s scalable WiMAX solution provides us with a network upgrade path.”
In November last year, Motorola had deployed its first WiMAX trial network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT).
As WiMAX deployments are gradually spreading, Thailand is also embracing WiMAX networks. Tech Mahindra, Redline’s systems integrator, planned to install RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX for multi-city networks. Milcom is deploying the systems at Amata Industrial Park, an industrial hub in Thailand located outside of Bangkok.
Unwired Fiji will use the new WiMAX network to offer high-speed Internet access services to a broad range of consumers and business users. The new wireless technology will also allow the operator to provide true mobile broadband services in the next phase of development.
Users will be able to experience video on mobile devices and enjoy other media rich applications while they are on the move, realizing the personal wireless broadband vision in Fiji, says Motorola.
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