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Sprint (News - Alert) Nextel has awarded Nokia the four Texas markets of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin as part of Sprint Nextel's mobile WiMAX network expansion plan.
Nokia (News - Alert) will deploy WiMAX infrastructure, including the Nokia Flexi WiMAX (News - Alert) Base Station, at sites throughout the four Texas markets, enabling Sprint Nextel to deliver wireless Internet broadband access to consumers, businesses and governments.
"Nokia's WiMAX solution provides Sprint Nextel a highly cost-effective network infrastructure solution for delivering broadband wireless Internet connectivity to its Texas customers," said Mark Louison, head of Nokia's Networks division in North America, in a statement. "Nokia has extensive experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining high quality networks in North America, and will apply best practices to ensure the highest level of service for Sprint Nextel's WiMAX customers."
According to Nokia, its Flexi WiMAX Base Station helps operators optimize the costs of operating WiMAX infrastructure equipment through its small, modular size. Its compact size and lightweight, weatherproof design minimizes the space, power consumption, and physical effort required to install and run high-quality WiMAX networks.
Nokia will also supply its Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway (News - Alert) and NetAct network management platform as well as planning, deployment, and care services.
"Nokia's expertise in delivering end-to-end wireless technology solutions, coupled with Nokia devices that enable enhanced multimedia content, will enable Sprint Nextel to provide our customers with reliable, high-quality WiMAX service," said Barry West, Sprint Nextel president, 4G Business Unit, in a statement.
Apart from supplying Sprint Nextel with WiMAX network infrastructure, Nokia will also develop WiMAX-enabled mobile devices, including multimedia computers and Internet tablets.
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Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking.
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