CANCUN, Mexico-Northern Telecom Ltd.’s Proximity T-LTX, which allows operators to offer fixed wireless services from a wireline switching system, is now commercially available, announced the company at Mexico’s Wireless ’97 show.
The Proximity T-LTX uses Time Division Multiple Access technology to deploy additional capacity, particularly in geographic locations where adding wireline service is cost prohibitive.
Proximity T-LTX interacts with almost any local telephone exchange, maximizing the access capabilities of existing equipment, and providing for future growth.
“In situations where operators have switching capacity that is under-utilized, Proximity T-LTX increases network efficiency,” said Mike Hayes, general manager of fixed wireless access for Nortel. “This means that operators can more easily tap new market segments for incremental revenue.”
As part of the network configuration, Nortel provides a variety of cell sizes to meet customer needs in suburban, rural and densely populated metropolitan areas. All cell sites operate in dual-mode Advanced Mobile Phone Service/TDMA and offer flexibility and expandability. This is especially beneficial to operators that want to deploy analog capacity now and evolve to digital service later, added Nortel.
