Here is some recent LMDS news from Alcatel:
ALCATEL INTRODUCES EVOLIUM? WIRELESS IP
IN ITS BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS PORTFOLIO
Paris, 17 December 1999 -- Alcatel, the worldwide
pioneer and leader of LMDS, and BreezeCOM, an Israeli
company specialized in local wireless systems,
announced today the companies have signed an OEM
(Original Equipment Manufacturer) partnership
agreement. It concerns the marketing of a local
broadband radio loop system developed and produced
by BreezeCOM and branded by Alcatel as EVOLIUM?
Wireless IP. This new radio access system will
complement Alcatel's current Broadband Wireless
Access offering.
This agreement is another significant step in the overall
value chain Alcatel is creating chiefly for Competitive
Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) for the building up of
Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) networks. These
operators, as well as incumbent operators and
full-service telecom operators worldwide, will be able to
provide quickly and economically fast access to the
Internet as well as a wide range of high-speed voice and
data services to customers in densely populated areas.
The new EVOLIUM? Wireless IP solution, a highly
advanced technology based on IP (Internet Protocol),
uses band from 2 up to 5 GHz. It is more dedicated to
the Small Office Home Office (SoHos)
segment-professionals, retailers, freelance workers, very
small businesses-who need medium rate data over IP or,
before long, Voice over IP.
Jean-David Calvet, Vice President Marketing Product
Management & Support of Alcatel's Radio
Communications activities, commented: "Every operator
expects rapid return on investment. This challenge is
especially critical for new operators, eager to rollout
revenue-generating services as quickly as possible.
Now, operators can deliver broadband access with
fiber-like quality at an affordable price right to customers
at their place of work. A great leap forward made
possible by the EVOLIUM? LMDS and EVOLIUM?
Wireless IP solutions".
The existing EVOLIUM? LMDS solution, which uses
band from 20 up to 40 GHz, is what operators offer
mainly to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) whose
data transmission rates are increasing sharply with
Internet/Intranet traffic. As of December 1999, thirty-five
operators around the globe are already running trial
Broadband Wireless Access networks using the
EVOLIUM? LMDS solution or plan to do so before the
end of the year. The Formus network-one of the world's
first and largest-is off the ground, covering a number of
major cities in Poland.
About EVOLIUM?
EVOLIUM? is the brand name of a whole range of fixed and mobile
radio solutions dedicated to ILECs, CLECs and GSM operators and
specially designed to adapt to the constantly changing realities of fixed
and cellular networks. The EVOLIUM? range of solutions includes:
ú EVOLIUM? GSM Solution
ú EVOLIUM? LMDS Solution
ú EVOLIUM? Wireless IP Solution
ú EVOLIUM? Microwave Solution
ú EVOLIUM? WLL Solution
ú EVOLIUM? 3G Mobile Solution
About Alcatel
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end
voice and data communications solutions to established and new
carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000
employees and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel
operates in more than 130 countries.
About BreezeCOM
BreezeCOM is a worldwide technology leader of wireless access
products,developed and manufactured for data and voice applications,
targeted to public operators, ISPs and private enterprises. BreezeCOM
is active in the field of Wireless Internet Access (WIA), IP Broadband
Wireless Local Loop (IP B-WLL) and indoor/outdoor Wireless LAN.
Incorporating internally developed core technologies, the products
employ point to multi-point wireless packet switching technologies,
optimized for high-speed Internet and Intranet access. For further
information, visit www.breezecom.com.
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