Bangladesh Picks Strix

Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced that Accatel, Inc., an international carrier based in New York, has partnered with Nextel Telecom (Bangladesh) to deploy a citywide wireless mesh network in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The network is based on Strix's Access/One Network Outdoor Wireless System (OWS), a multi-radio, multi-channel, and multi-RF mesh solution that delivers the highest-capacity mesh system available today. The Strix network will provide phone and Internet service to residential and business customers in Chittagong.

Accatel is now installing 90 Strix OWS nodes for the initial network deployment, which will support 10,000 voice subscriber lines in an eight-square-mile area of Chittagong, a port city of 3.5 million people that is the commercial capital of Bangladesh. Stage 2 of the deployment, which will roll out 6-12 months after Stage 1, will add 15-20,000 voice subscriber lines. Within three years, Accatel expects the Strix wireless mesh network will employ hundreds of OWS nodes and serve an estimated 200,000 voice subscriber lines. Ultimately, Accatel and Nextel Telecom plan to expand the wireless mesh network to include all of Chittagong as well as other cities and towns within the licensing area.

"We evaluated all types of WiFi, WiMAX, and mesh networks and found that Strix has the most flexible, easy-to-deploy, redundant, low-latency, and high-bandwidth solution available today," said Gregory Borodiansky, CTO of Accatel. "In addition to being superior technically, Strix's solution is also more reasonably priced."

"In developing countries such as Bangladesh, a reliable wireless mesh network is a quick and cost-effective way to facilitate communications and bring more citizens into the world economy," Yishai Shapir, CEO of Accatel. "Strix's solution provides us with the right approach for the Chittagong market, and the company has been extremely helpful in working with us on all aspects of this new venture."

Data Source : Unstrung.com