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Delta Telecom to make available new WiMax-Mobile services in two months

28 January 2009 07:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Aynur Veliyeva - APA-Economics. Under a contract won from Delta Telecom, a fast growing service provider in the Caucasus region, Alcatel-Lucent is deploying Azerbaijanâ€™s first commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network.
This new network will provide Delta Telecomâ€™s customers with high-speed Internet access as well as other data services and voice over IP (VoIP).
It accommodates stationary, nomadic and mobile applications and will complement Delta Telecomâ€™s existing fixed broadband services in sparsely populated areas, where technical and economic factors sometimes make fixed broadband deployments impractical.
Delta Telecom said the installation of base stations is on track of completion.
The completion of installation was delayed to March from January because of the equipment supply delay.
18 base stations have been installed in Baku, Absheron and Sumgait. The installation of necessary infrastructure will be complete in Southern and Northern regions of the country by March.
This technology enables to get connected even while cruising at 120km-h in a car.
On the basis of the license # 001514, given on December 30, 2005 by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Republic, the company "Delta Telecom Ltd" renders Multi-purpose and Universal Communication Services. Delta Telecom is a qualified creator and installer of corporate Satellite communication networks and provider of Satellite Communication services. Delta Telecom is also an official distributor of Hughes Network Systems (the world leader of VSAT technology production), of Eutelsat (the world Satellite communication operator), and of Pandatel AG (the leading fiber-optic equipment manufacturer) in the Transcaucasia region. Delta Telecom was founded in 2000.
Delta Telecom collaborates with leading international telecommunication operators, including companies such as Newtec (Belgium), Xantic (Holland), Avitec (Sweden), Ipnet(Denmark), Pandatel, Siemens, Motorola, Rohde&Schwarz ( Germany), Eutelsat (France), TEKDigitel, Kinemetriks, Hughes Network Systems, Ipricot, Patriot, IDB Systems(USA). Delta Telecom Companyâ€™s local partners include state and private enterprises as: Azerbaijan National Academy of Science, Ministry of Taxes, Ministry of Finance, The International Bank of Azerbaijan, State Customs Committee, MKT-Cotton, AzerCot, RISK, Rapid Solutions, AP Moller Mayersk.