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SIFY, a consumer Internet and Enterprise Services provider in India launched WiMAX solution with Mobility features, with the deployment of Proxim Wireless Corporation’s advanced wireless product.
Sify has deployed Proxim’s Tsunami MP.11 WiMAX product line as the core communications platform for last mile access using the 5.8 GHz frequency band. Sify has deployed over 700 Tsunami MP.11 base stations and 3,500 subscriber units to provide Internet access, voice and video broadband services to enterprise, residential and cybercaf subscribers in over 200 cities throughout India.
The Tsunami MP.11 product family of rugged base stations, indoor and outdoor subscriber units and accessories has been developed as a platform to enable WiMAX capabilities for license-free frequency bands.
On choosing Proxim, Bhaskar S, chief technology officer said, “After testing and evaluating products from a number of manufacturers over a period of eight months, we chose Proxim’s product line because the company met all our criteria, and its point-to-multipoint products offer the best packet processing capacity for last mile access.”
“As India’s premier provider of broadband access services, Sify is setting the standard for delivering the ’triple play’ of voice, data and video to subscribers wherever they are located throughout the country. We are pleased and honoured to be their partner in this effort,” commented Lionel Chmilewsky, senior vice president- International, Proxim Wireless.