LIMA, Peru and RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- EMAX S.A., an Internet service provider based in Lima, Peru, has launched the first personal broadband network in Peru, using wireless pre-mobile WiMAX solutions from Navini Networks, the leading provider of pre-mobile WiMAX equipment.
Lima is the capital of Peru, and the first deployment to over 8 million POPs. The deployment in Lima has been very successful, with estimated coverage area of over 700 square kilometers. EMAX plans to expand into 7 more cities all around Peru.
EMAX selected Navini after a thorough comparison and testing of various vendors and determined that Navini's technology is the only one that met EMAX's requirements offering a real NLOS capacity and proven commercial experience.
"The acceptance of wireless broadband has been really good, with clients who look for simplicity and the ability to move in the coverage area, as well as ease of activation," said Mr. Genaro Delgado Parker, President of EMAX. "Clients can buy this in the retail store."
"Navini's Ripwave(R) MX solution offers EMAX the ability to quickly cover Lima and the rest of Peru, as well as provide customers with plug-n-play wireless broadband," said Roger Dorf, CEO and president of Navini Networks.
In less than a year, EMAX has exceeded its planned subscriber numbers and is now planning to completely cover Lima. This ambitious plan will see complete coverage of Lima/ Callao in 2007.
"We want national coverage in broadband and are already planning expansion into the main cities of Peru - Trujillo, Piura and Arequipa," added Mr. Delgado Parker.
In the meantime, EMAX is planning to obtain spectrum in the rest of Peru in order to expand to other key areas. EMAX will be the first company of mobile WiMAX 802.16e in Peru.
About EMAX:
EMAX S.A. is a part of the company TC Siglo 21 (TC 21st Century), a cable TV operator in Lima, Peru, owned by Vicmar, an GDP Investment Inc. TC 21st Century is a company with more than 15 years experience in the Peruvian market. Part of its video offer is carried out through the MMDS system, due to the fact that it possesses the LIMA /CALLAO license of the MMDS band 2.5-2.7 Ghz.
EMAX began operations in 2004 as an Internet Service Provider with operations in Lima, Peru.
About Navini Networks:
Navini Networks is the leader in providing portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions, with the largest commercial deployments in the world, over 70 commercial networks in 6 continents and strategic partnerships with industry leaders. Navini is the only company that has the patented Smart Beamforming technology, enabling personal broadband for the mass market today, with a seamless upgrade to the Mobile WiMAX standard to deliver Smart WiMAX(TM). (Smart WiMAX(TM) is the combination of mobile WiMAX with Smart Beamforming & MIMO). Navini's Ripwave(R) MX portable, zero-install(TM), non-line-of-sight (NLOS) solution consists of customer modems, base stations, and element management systems (EMS) that run in the full range of spectrums with software upgrades to the IEEE 802.16e standard.
Navini Networks is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum and the IEEE 802.16e committee. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
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