Alcatel-Lucent has announced plans to conduct a trial of WiMAX Rev-e technology with Thailand based operator, True Corp. For the trial Alcatel-Lucent will provide True Corporation with a comprehensive WiMAX solution that operates on the 2.5 GHz frequency band, including base stations, wireless access controller, operation and maintenance center, customer premises equipment (CPE) – including WiMAX CPE and wireless cards for laptop computers.

 Alcatel-Lucent will also provide its WiMAX engineering expertise and integration services for the trial, which will take place in Phatumthanee province on the outskirts of Bangkok.

Thiti Nantapatsiri, Managing Director Home/Consumer Solution & High Speed Access, True Corporation PCL. said, "True’s initiative reflects our position as Thailand’s convergence solutions leader. We plan to offer our customers the advantages of WiMAX-based technologies that allow for seamless and uninterrupted nomadic connection to advanced services for customers in the remote areas of Thailand while on-the-go using WiMAX-enabled devices. With more than 12.5 million mobile subscribers and 570,000 wireline broadband customers under the True Group, we hope to further propel the concept of today’s convergence lifestyle with the addition of WiMAX broadband services.”

Alcatel-Lucent was recently selected by True Move to support the expansion of its GSM/EDGE network.

Source:cellular-news