Motorola and Advanced Info Service Launch WiMAX Trials in Thailand
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Wednesday April 30, 12:00 am ET
Trials help Thailand's largest mobile operator plan future service offerings
BANGKOK, Thailand, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is working with Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile operator in Thailand, to conduct trials of mobile WiMAX solutions. The trials will enable AIS to gain insight into the next generation personal wireless broadband services.
AIS started trials over Motorola's WiMAX Access Point-400 (WAP-400) platform in Bangkok and Lamlukka in the first quarter of 2008. The operator is studying performance of real-life applications over the mobile WiMAX network, and customer usage models in metropolitan, suburban and rural areas.
"Instead of focusing only on technology features, we evaluate how customers apply applications over WiMAX network in real life. The results have been outstanding, and it gives us an insight into how we can offer new services through WiMAX," said Mr. Vikrom Sriprataks, CEO of AIS. "Given the potential for WiMAX to become a widely accepted technology, we are delighted to work with a leading supplier such as Motorola to evaluate the capabilities and applications of the technology in Thailand." |
