Motorola To Build WiMax Network In Pakistan

by Heather McLaughlin

Motorola recently announced that they’ve been selected to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network in Pakistan. They are working with Mobilink (an Orascom Telecom Company), a long standing customer of theirs to bring WiMax to the region.

Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will design, plan, deploy and optimize a WiMAX network for Mobilink, deliver integration and support services as well as indoor and
outdoor customer premises equipment (CPE) units to enable faster adoption of the operator’s WiMAX offering.

Covering major metropolitan areas such as Lahore and Islamabad, the new Motorola-based 802.16e-2005 WiMAX network will enable Mobilink to extend its current service offering beyond cellular and data offerings to high speed broadband and VoIP services for fixed line residential and business subscribers. This is Motorola’s second WiMAX 802.16e network in Pakistan,
with the first being a turnkey end-to-end nationwide WiMAX/IMS network awarded in 2006. This is also Motorola’s fourth commercial WiMAX deployment in the Middle East and Africa region, which further reinforces Motorola’s regional as well as global leadership.

The addition of this WiMax network will provide rapid broadband access in geographic areas where broadband coverage was not previously available.

The total amount of the purchase price will be financed by Motorola.