MENLO PARK, California, United States—Interwave Communications, which sells compact wireless voice communications systems and broadband wireless data networks, announced a US$4.4 million contract with Micronesian carrier FSM Telecommunications Corporation to deploy its GSM-based cellular and broadband access network equipment throughout Micronesia.
Interwave’s system provides wireless coverage over the region’s islands through standard communications infrastructure equipment, including base stations, switches and radios, which are connected by broadband links. The company said the system reduces the number of satellite hops between islands and, through its patented switching technology, increases network performance and quality of service while decreasing network congestion, call interference and expensive backhaul costs.
