ADC introduced the Axity Base Transceiver Station, designed for multicell deployments. The product will allow carriers to address capacity issues of super-cell network architectures and fill out coverage areas. It accommodates early deployments of single carriers and can expand to multiple carriers as capacity demand increases.
Spike Broadband Systems Inc. said it added voice services to its Spike Continuum product line. Spike Continuum Voice Solutions support both data and voice applications on a single fixed wireless broadband access platform, enabling carriers to offer Internet Protocol-based applications, as well as constant bit rate circuit services like voice.
Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. and Cable & Wireless announced they entered a 10-year agreement whereby ART will provide broadband fixed wireless services to C & W in certain U.S. markets. The agreement will generate approximately $11 million in total revenue for ART, to be paid in the first year, and a comparable amount of revenue for C &W during the term of the agreement.
Teligent Inc. began offering its Integrated Access service, which enables businesses to pay a low flat rate for a variety of digital and analog services, including voice, fax and Internet access. It works with existing phone systems, fax machines and local area networks. The product initially will be rolled out in the company’s top 21 markets.
Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it will concentrate in the near-term on leveraging its 5.8 GHz version of its AB-Access high-speed, fixed wireless product to expand into new market segments. The company said new service providers and U.S. CLECs are expected to remain soft for at least the next two quarters, and it will size itself accordingly to be more competitively positioned when those markets rebound.
Nokia Corp. completed its first commercial trials with its Nokia RoofTop Wireless Routing network solution. Nokia will begin delivering the R240 outdoor router and the RoofTop Router Management System to North American carriers and Internet service providers in the second quarter.
