Telmex, the leading telecommunications operator in Mexico, has awarded Alcatel-Lucent a major contract to deploy Latin America’s first commercial universal WiMAX network.
Serving Chile, this new network will provide full coverage for the operator’s corporate and residential customers in 24 major cities, giving them one-stop access to broadband wireless applications such as high-speed Internet, video streaming and Voice over IP.
The new WiMAX network will comply with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard for fixed, nomadic and mobile usage, and will be deployed in the 3.5 GHz frequency band using Alcatel-Lucent’s 9100 WiMAX end-to-end solution. The network is scheduled to be operational in the second half of 2007.
Olivier Picard, president, Alcatel-Lucent’s Europe and South Region, stated, “WiMAX will enable innovative telecommunications for operators such as Telmex to offer their customers cutting-edge broadband services that can be accessed from anywhere.
This contract follows Alcatel-Lucent's series of WiMAX announcements made at 3GSM World Congress, including a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 contract in the Caribbean. At the Congress Alcatel-Lucent was able to demonstrate live WiMAX coverage in the 3.5 GHz frequency band, a first for Spain."
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