Tags:broadband | SDMA

Kyocera Corporation announced today that iZZinet (formerly known as MoBif Wireless Broadband) has become the first iBurst operator in the ASEAN region, installing a network of 50 iBurst base stations in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and the surrounding metropolitan Klang Valley.

iZZinet was awarded the operating licenses of Network Facilities Provider (NFP) and Network Services Provider (NSP) by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in March 2007. Since 2nd October 2007, iZZinet has been offering iBurst wireless broadband communication services to an area covering approximately 80 percent of the metro Klang Valley, home to about 4.5 million people.

As a result, iZZinet has become the second largest iBurst operator in the world after South Africa''s Wireless Business Solutions, which has built a network of 215 base stations since 2004. iZZinet''s expansion plan includes adding 70 iBurst base stations in Klang Valley by the end of December 2007; 20 base stations in Kuching by early 2008; 10 base stations in Johore Baru by mid 2008; and 10 base stations in Penang around the same time period.

The iBurst wireless broadband solution, based on HC-SDMA, has been commercialized in more than 10 countries since 2004, including Australia, South Africa, Republic of Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Norway, Ghana, Kenya, USA, Canada, Tanzania and Malaysia. Kyocera''s iBurst technology roadmap calls for upgrading the system''s downlink speed from 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps by early 2008.


Source:cellular-news