Latin American telecom operator picks Hughes Network for WiMAX expansion

Telecom Lead America:  has won a contract from a Latin American telecom operator to supply an HX System backhaul solution, enabling expansion of its GSM and WiMAX wireless voice and data services in rural areas.

 

“Our advanced HX System provides operators a highly versatile and cost-effective platform enabling backhaul of both wireless voice and 2.5G/3G data services in rural areas where terrestrial fibre or microwave backhaul solutions are prohibitively expensive,” said Nick Marzella, vice president of CALA region at Hughes.

Operational on five continents and supporting over one million broadband terminal sites, the HX System is widely deployed satellite networking infrastructure in the marketplace, and is compliant with the IP over Satellite (IPoS) global standard.

Moreover, the recently announced HX System 4.0 platform delivers high-speed IP services over satellite, supporting an expanding range of multi-media, video, data and voice applications.

This contract builds on the initial HX System acquisition by the operator in 2009, which upgraded an earlier DVB-S network to the Hughes advanced DVB-S2 platform. Employing a highly efficient dynamic bandwidth allocation protocol, and with very low traffic latency and jitter, the HX System delivers both excellent voice quality and high data throughputs.

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