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ONEMAX, a new and innovative broadband wireless access provider serving the Dominican Republic, and Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) have announced the launch of the first worldwide WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network in the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum.

 

In the Dominican Republic, ONEMAX is the first service provider to offer subscribers and visitors wireless high-speed broadband Internet, multimedia and Voice over IP (VoIP) services. With WiMAX (News - Alert), a flexible wireless technology that enables people to access high-speed, high-quality broadband wireless services wherever they are, it is possible to provide truly “universal” wireless broadband access in fixed, nomadic and mobile environments.

 

Alcatel-Lucent’s WiMAX solution integrates the latest technological innovations, such as “beam forming” and MIMO. With the solution, a service provider can dramatically reduce the number of radio sites needed to provide coverage with beam forming. MIMO also helps make radio links more robust, nearly doubling the capacity delivered in dense urban environments.

 

As the first operator to commercially introduce WiMAX Rev-e services, ONEMAX is at the forefront of this technology. The WiMAX solution provided by Alcatel-Lucent will help the company to offer subscribers and even visitors, fast, reliable connections to the Internet in both fixed and nomadic environments. This is true especially in areas where there is little or no DSL coverage. The network deployed in the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band represents a significant milestone in the commercial introduction of WiMAX services and highlights the opportunity that WiMAX represents for operators worldwide.

 

Raoul Fontanez, ONEMAX CEO, said in a press release, The launch of ONEMAX is generating a great deal of excitement in the Dominican Republic, an ideal market for WiMAX technology because of its strong economy and relatively large and young population of more than 9 million people whose rapidly growing demand for broadband services needs to be met. We are going to open the door to the new concept of Mediacom provider: Internet, telephony, and new communication services. With this concept information technology and entertainment are fully integrated in our customer’s daily experience. We greatly appreciate the work performed by Alcatel-Lucent to date. We selected Alcatel-Lucent as our exclusive partner because they were the first to delivery WiMAX Rev-e solutions.”

 

 

 

 

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