SR Telecom (News - Alert) & Co., a broadband wireless access (BWA) company that deploys wireless access networks in urban, suburban, rural and remote environments, announced that it will soon introduce what it claims is the industry’s first 10.5 GHz radio unit for WiMAX applications.

 

The announcement was made by the company at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress.

SR Telecom & Co. is sponsoring the Media Zone at the WiMAX Forum (News - Alert) Global Congress, June 17 and 18 in Amsterdam.

 

The WiMAX Forum Global Congress is the reputed WiMAX and mobile broadband conference and exhibition for 2008 and is the WiMAX Forum's official global event. The company's sponsorship of the Media Zone provides direct access to members of the worldwide media covering the WiMAX industry.

 

SR Telecom & Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Lagassé. For more than 25 years the company’s team has delivered some of the most successful wireless systems in the industry and its technology is at the heart of some of the world's largest BWA deployments.

 

Its latest generation symmetryMX product suite is a future-proof platform that supports both fixed and mobile WiMAX. symmetryMX combines Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation techniques with key advanced WiMAX features. OFDM is a method of digital modulation in which a signal is split into several narrowband channels at different frequencies.

 

SymmetryMX offers not only basic Internet access but also carrier class voice services, enterprise data services. It facilitates the operators to quickly and easily develop custom applications.

 

The symmetryMX 10.5 GHz WiMAX-based solution enables wireless network operators to offer enterprise services at new price points.

 

The 10.5 GHz band is a widely available band where there is sufficient spectrum to build large-scale networks that deliver enterprise-class multi-megabit services.