Contract Worth $100 Million Will Blanket 546 Rural Areas With WiMax
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Alvarion, an Israeli WiMax infrastructure company, has received a five-year contract worth $100 million to help build out a WiMax wireless broadband network in 17 states, reaching six million people in 546 rural areas. Release.
With any new technology, the biggest concern is getting pervasive coverage across the U.S. within a reasonable amount of time. Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), which is the biggest proponent of WiMax in the U.S., aims to reach 120 million Americans by the end of 2010, but that would be in mostly large cities. Yesterday, Clearwire launched in Atlanta. This project is the nation’s largest RUS-funded deployment to date.
Alvarion was chosen by broadband wireless operator, Open Range Communications, which has received funding from the Rural Utilities Service. RUS originally was focused on bringing underserved areas such necessities as electricity, telephone, water and waste disposal services, but in recent years has switched its focus to more modern services, such as technology. Open Range will start offering WiMax to rural areas by the fourth quarter.
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