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The Bulgarian telecommunications operator, Max Telecom will be using mobile WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks for deploying a nationwide WiMAX network. Navini Networks is a global provider of plug-n-play personal broadband wireless access solutions.

The services will be launched in the capital, Sofia, and then expanded nationwide in Bulgaria during 2007. Max Telecom will use WiMAX to provide both business and residential services, offering enabling services such as VOIP, DSL equivalent, and VPNs (both voice and data) and video connectivity for applications such as surveillance.

According to Krassimir Stoitcheff, CEO, Max Telecom, Navini was selected due to their experience, customer base and proven technology. As a part of their evaluation process, they conducted a live field trial of multiple vendors technology including some of the bigger names and were impressed by the performance advantages of Navini's Smart beamforming technology.

“Max Telecom is bringing mobile WiMAX 802.16e to Eastern Europe in a big way,” said Roger Dorf, Navini’s president and CEO in a statement to the press.

“We are delighted to have been selected, especially considering the competition,” he added.

Stoitcheff believes Bulgaria’s 7.5 million people represent an immense opportunity for portable high speed wireless internet.

Max Telecom plan to offer fixed price data subscriptions with VOIP bundled instead of event- driven pricing.

“Once consumers in Bulgaria experience personal broadband, it will change their lifestyles, their behaviors,” he concluded.

The deployment reportedly features Navini’s Ripwave MX8 platform, which will be certified for 802.16e mobile WiMAX with Navini’s Smart WiMAX solution. Smart WiMAX combines the Smart Beamforming technology with beamformed MIMO. This combination can double the data throughput for WiMAX subscribers.

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