HFCL Infotel Ltd conducts mobile broadband network trial with NextWave's state-of-the-srt Wi-Fi infrastructure solution
Advanced outdoor Wi-Fi network utilizes NextWave Micro and Pico Base Stations for cost-effective, scalable mobile broadband performance in Chandigarh
Singapore - NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, today announced that HFCL Infotel Ltd., a telecommunications service provider in the Punjab state of northern India, is conducting a large-scale outdoor Wi-Fi network trial using NextWave's innovative MBW 2000 series micro cell and MBW 1000 series pico cell Wi-Fi base stations in the capital city of Chandigarh.
The trial, which will be deployed this summer, will measure the capacity, throughput and performance of NextWave's carrier-grade outdoor Wi-Fi networking solution, and serve as the first step to upgrading HFCL's mobile broadband capabilities, introducing a new level of mobile accessibility and customer services to the region.
More than 261 million people in India own mobile phones, making it the second largest wireless market in the world, and one of the fastest growing with more than 10 million new subscribers in March 2008.
Laptop sales have also been increasing significantly, with a 59 percent rise in sales volume in the first half of fiscal 2007-2008 (according to the Manufacturer's Association for Information Technology).
The demand for mobile broadband computing and access continues to grow and requires innovative new mobile broadband solutions, with Wi-Fi playing an increasingly larger role.
"HFCL Infotel Ltd. believes in giving the best of services to the consumer on the most advanced and customer centric platform possible, the synergies with NextWave will help HFCL Infotel Ltd. give to its consumers the next level of connectivity," said COO of HFCL Infotel Ltd. Mr G. D. Singh.
"We are pleased to work with NextWave and look forward to a relationship which will set new benchmarks for performance and customer delight."
"NextWave believes that India presents an incredible opportunity and new frontier for high-performance mobile broadband networks and we are proud to provide HFCL with the technology and solutions to meet the demands of this fast-growing market," said Bill Jones, CEO of NextWave Network Products.
"Our outdoor Wi-Fi base stations and innovative smart technology takes performance to the next level while fundamentally redefining the economics of mobile broadband service delivery."
NextWave's Wi-Fi base stations are powered by innovative, patent-pending xRF adaptive beamforming smart antenna technology, purpose-built to boost subscriber performance and densities and reduce interference.
With xRF technology, carriers can deploy fewer network devices, and still provide greater range, capacity and coverage than competing solutions.
Especially in densely populated cities like Chandigarh, this translates into significant and immediate CAPEX and OPEX savings. HFCL is currently performing the test using NextWave MBW 2000 series micro cell base stations, featuring dual-radio xRF-powered 802.11 b/g access, and MBW 1000 pico cell base stations, with single-radio xRF-powered 802.11 b/g access.
The trial area extends over a square kilometer over Chandigarh, in a mostly residential area that covers more than 1000 subscribers. Upon successful trial completion HFCL expects to expand network coverage throughout Chandigarh.
About NextWave Wireless NextWave Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVE) is engineering the future of mobility by providing next-generation mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies to the world's leading mobile operators, handset manufacturers, consumer electronics manufacturers and wireless service providers.
From mobile television and mobile broadband systems to semiconductors and device-embedded mobile multimedia software that can be found in more than 200 million handsets around the globe, NextWave is evolving the way consumers experience mobile multimedia content.
NextWave Wireless is headquartered in San Diego, California, U.S.A., and has offices in over a dozen countries. For more information, visit NextWave Wireless at www.nextwave.com. About HFCL Infotel Ltd.HFCL Infotel Ltd. (Infotel) is a business venture of the HFCL Group.
Infotel is a "Total Telecom Solutions Provider" offering Fixed Line telephony (Telephone Services), Mobile telephony, Broadband Services, Customized Data Services and Value Added Services.
HFCL Infotel Ltd provides a world class telecom experience when it comes to technology, products, customer services, Launched in Punjab in the year 2000 under the Connect brand name.
Infotel has set up state-of-the-art networks with coverage in over 136 towns of Punjab with an extensive optical fiber network coverage of over 3,500 km.
Today, Infotel is one of Punjab's leading private sector telecommunication service providers with an aggregate customer base of 486,000 (May 2008).
Infotel Broadband network supports interactive multi media services, and can handle high quality content, high speed internet access and a large number of interactive applications including B2B and B2C e-commerce.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties.
There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual events or results could differ materially from the events or results predicted or from any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, NextWave, and should not be considered as an indication of future events or results.
Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially are discussed in greater detail in the filings of NextWave with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such documents are available through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
NextWave makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect changes in events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made, except as may be required pursuant to applicable law.
SOURCE: NextWave Wireless Inc.
Media:NextWaveNetwork ProductsSuzanne McCormac,
415-577-9135 smccormac@nextwave.com or Ruder Finn
ChicagoMargaret Hoerster, 312-329-3909 hoersterm@ruderfinn.com
or HFCL Infotel Ltd.Vijay Singh Bainsla, +91-9877012623
vijay.bainsla@hfclconnect.com
Advanced outdoor Wi-Fi network utilizes NextWave Micro and Pico Base Stations for cost-effective, scalable mobile broadband performance in Chandigarh
Singapore - NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, today announced that HFCL Infotel Ltd., a telecommunications service provider in the Punjab state of northern India, is conducting a large-scale outdoor Wi-Fi network trial using NextWave's innovative MBW 2000 series micro cell and MBW 1000 series pico cell Wi-Fi base stations in the capital city of Chandigarh.
The trial, which will be deployed this summer, will measure the capacity, throughput and performance of NextWave's carrier-grade outdoor Wi-Fi networking solution, and serve as the first step to upgrading HFCL's mobile broadband capabilities, introducing a new level of mobile accessibility and customer services to the region.
More than 261 million people in India own mobile phones, making it the second largest wireless market in the world, and one of the fastest growing with more than 10 million new subscribers in March 2008.
Laptop sales have also been increasing significantly, with a 59 percent rise in sales volume in the first half of fiscal 2007-2008 (according to the Manufacturer's Association for Information Technology).
The demand for mobile broadband computing and access continues to grow and requires innovative new mobile broadband solutions, with Wi-Fi playing an increasingly larger role.
"HFCL Infotel Ltd. believes in giving the best of services to the consumer on the most advanced and customer centric platform possible, the synergies with NextWave will help HFCL Infotel Ltd. give to its consumers the next level of connectivity," said COO of HFCL Infotel Ltd. Mr G. D. Singh.
"We are pleased to work with NextWave and look forward to a relationship which will set new benchmarks for performance and customer delight."
"NextWave believes that India presents an incredible opportunity and new frontier for high-performance mobile broadband networks and we are proud to provide HFCL with the technology and solutions to meet the demands of this fast-growing market," said Bill Jones, CEO of NextWave Network Products.
"Our outdoor Wi-Fi base stations and innovative smart technology takes performance to the next level while fundamentally redefining the economics of mobile broadband service delivery."
NextWave's Wi-Fi base stations are powered by innovative, patent-pending xRF adaptive beamforming smart antenna technology, purpose-built to boost subscriber performance and densities and reduce interference.
With xRF technology, carriers can deploy fewer network devices, and still provide greater range, capacity and coverage than competing solutions.
Especially in densely populated cities like Chandigarh, this translates into significant and immediate CAPEX and OPEX savings. HFCL is currently performing the test using NextWave MBW 2000 series micro cell base stations, featuring dual-radio xRF-powered 802.11 b/g access, and MBW 1000 pico cell base stations, with single-radio xRF-powered 802.11 b/g access.
The trial area extends over a square kilometer over Chandigarh, in a mostly residential area that covers more than 1000 subscribers. Upon successful trial completion HFCL expects to expand network coverage throughout Chandigarh.
About NextWave Wireless NextWave Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVE) is engineering the future of mobility by providing next-generation mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies to the world's leading mobile operators, handset manufacturers, consumer electronics manufacturers and wireless service providers.
From mobile television and mobile broadband systems to semiconductors and device-embedded mobile multimedia software that can be found in more than 200 million handsets around the globe, NextWave is evolving the way consumers experience mobile multimedia content.
NextWave Wireless is headquartered in San Diego, California, U.S.A., and has offices in over a dozen countries. For more information, visit NextWave Wireless at www.nextwave.com. About HFCL Infotel Ltd.HFCL Infotel Ltd. (Infotel) is a business venture of the HFCL Group.
Infotel is a "Total Telecom Solutions Provider" offering Fixed Line telephony (Telephone Services), Mobile telephony, Broadband Services, Customized Data Services and Value Added Services.
HFCL Infotel Ltd provides a world class telecom experience when it comes to technology, products, customer services, Launched in Punjab in the year 2000 under the Connect brand name.
Infotel has set up state-of-the-art networks with coverage in over 136 towns of Punjab with an extensive optical fiber network coverage of over 3,500 km.
Today, Infotel is one of Punjab's leading private sector telecommunication service providers with an aggregate customer base of 486,000 (May 2008).
Infotel Broadband network supports interactive multi media services, and can handle high quality content, high speed internet access and a large number of interactive applications including B2B and B2C e-commerce.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties.
There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual events or results could differ materially from the events or results predicted or from any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, NextWave, and should not be considered as an indication of future events or results.
Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially are discussed in greater detail in the filings of NextWave with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such documents are available through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
NextWave makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect changes in events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made, except as may be required pursuant to applicable law.
SOURCE: NextWave Wireless Inc.
Media:NextWaveNetwork ProductsSuzanne McCormac,
415-577-9135 smccormac@nextwave.com or Ruder Finn
ChicagoMargaret Hoerster, 312-329-3909 hoersterm@ruderfinn.com
or HFCL Infotel Ltd.Vijay Singh Bainsla, +91-9877012623
vijay.bainsla@hfclconnect.com
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