Motorola chosen to deploy broadband network in Pakistan

Motorola, Inc. has been selected as primary supplier to Wateen Telecom, part of Warid Telecom International, to plan, design and deploy a nationwide wireless broadband voice and data network in Pakistan, with initial deployment to be completed by the second half of 2006. The Motorola solutions and integration services are the first step for Wateen to make Broadband Pakistan a reality and usher in a digital revolution, providing the access network, subscriber units, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core and services to quickly and cost-effectively connect the unconnected.

The 802.16e-based MOTOwi4 WiMAX access network and subscriber units will enable Wateen Telecom to offer broadband data services covering residential and corporate voice, Internet access, corporate IP virtual private network (VPN) and public hotspots.

Tariq Malik, Wateen Telecom, commented, “We are committed to deploying Pakistan’s first nationwide network – the largest 802.16e WiMAX network in the world with over one million users – and to enabling access to a range of voice, Internet, data and value-added services via the network. This is an important milestone in realizing our vision of ‘Broadband Pakistan’ and eliminating the digital divide by providing coverage to areas that are currently underserved.”
Malik added, “Motorola’s global strength and unique approach provide us with a turnkey offering for VoIP and data services for both residential and corporate users. Motorola’s IMS core solution will simplify service delivery, strengthening our current and future regional market position.”

Integration with Motorola’s IMS solution will enable Wateen Telecom to offer consumers voice services using VoIP (voice-over-IP) including enhanced residential voice features such as caller ID, voice mail and call forwarding. Differentiated services such as pre-paid and simple web-based subscriber account management are also included. For business customers, Wateen Telecom will offer a hosted VoIP solution with traditional business PBX and IP Centrex voice services such as conferencing, integrated with services that include find me/follow me and PC desktop integration.

Jose Figueroa, Motorola corporate vice-president and general manager of Motorola Networks, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, said, “For emerging markets such as Pakistan, Motorola’s ability to bypass legacy communication architectures and offer end-to-end integration services is very attractive. Motorola’s integration services and WiMAX solutions are based on a cost-efficient business model which enables operators to quickly realize the large revenue potential of corporate as well as residential users. The ability to bring new services to market quickly and effectively is becoming increasingly important to operators especially those in high growth markets.”

A portion of purchase price will be financed by Motorola.

http://www.strategiy.com/telecomnew.asp?id=20060523114822

wow nice news!

Mashallah

Welcome ETISALAT (new owners of PTCL) .. you are in for competition !! hahahaha

competition is good, lowers prices, increases productivity and brings innovation. Pakistan's telecoms policy is beginning to bear fruit.

True. And I am sure that not only PTCL's quality going to be much better but their domestic and international rates will also come down.

competition is good, lowers prices, increases productivity and brings innovation. Pakistan's telecoms policy is beginning to bear fruit.

Tell that to ETISALAT .. in their home turn they are the monopy their overseas calls charges are ridiculous and the way they give our special offers with hidden costs is mind bogling ..that's why I said welcome to competition (by the way even in U.A.E.) ETISALAT will be shortly facing "DU" !

this is very good news. WiMAX is ultra high technology, and its implementation is good news for pakistan and pakistanis. we will probably be one of the first countries to get this technology. this is not even in wide use in the US. Wi-Fi is still the standard. good job Wateen!

Pakistan to Get 'World's Largest' WiMAX Network

Motorola (News - Alert) is announcing this week that it will serve as primary supplier for an 802.16e WiMAX broadband network in Pakistan, to be operated by Wateen Telecom.


In a Motorola announcement, Tariq Malik of Wateen Telecom calls the Motorola agreement a "milestone" in its Broadband Pakistan initiative. He says Wateen's will be "the largest 802.16e WiMAX network in the world with over one million users," will give access to "a range of voice, Internet, data and value-added services" and will provide coverage to underserved areas in Pakistan.

The network will employ Motorola's MOTOwi4 WiMAX access network and subscriber units and will allow Wateen to offer residential and commercial services, including Internet access, data services, voice, VPN and public hotspots. Reports say that Wateen plans to unroll 193 WiMAX sites by the end of September 2006 and 600 by end of June 2007.

Motorola describes MOTOwi4 as "a portfolio of wireless broadband solutions and services that create, complement and complete IP networks. MOTOwi4 includes Canopy broadband fixed wireless for point-to-multi-point and point-to-point, Mesh, Broadband over Powerline, WiMAX and Point-to-Point solutions for private and public networks." This week at the WiMAX World Europe event in Vienna, Austria, Motorola unveiled and demonstrated its new carrier-class WiMAX solution.

http://news.tmcnet.com/news/it/2006/05/25/1659502.htm

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More and more, users are demanding wireless broadband. With a portfolio of advanced technologies, Motorola Networks’ MOTOwi4 is helping providers offer true high-speed fixed or mobile access to their customers.

Mission Seamless Mobility: MOTOwi4TM

Because users want broadband to go where they go, Motorola Networks is making wireless data transfer fast and easy, as needed for true seamless mobility. MOTOwi4’s WiMAX solutions and CanopyTM platform help people keep in touch with content and information—voice, e-mail, the Internet, audio/video streaming, and music download features—wherever they are.
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Guys i was wondering is DSL or fast internet service available in Faisalabad, Pakistan and if yes then at what rate or charges?

Yes, i think Nexlinx provides DSL services in Faisalabad. check out there website: http://nexlinx.net.pk

PS. currently, NO ISP in Pakistan provides affordable highspeed broadband connections except Maxcom, which is only available in some areas of Karachi. Hopefully, these looters will soon burn in hell, and a price + quality competition will start.

now that's what i call the long arm of the consumer.

good news. Motorola seems to providing quite a competition to PTCL.