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Middle
East Sees Wide Adoption of WiMAX as Telecommunication Industry Continues
Robust Growth SAMENA
Telecommunications Council Leads Efforts to Help Regional Operators
Understand Benefits and Potential of WiMAX
Dubai, UAE - February 1, 2008 - SAMENA
Telecommunications Council successfully concluded a workshop on WiMAX
Fundamentals to help regional operators understand the benefits and
potential of the technology for the region's still expanding telecommunications
industry.
Sponsored by Redline Communications Group Inc, a leading provider of
standards-based WiMAX access and broadband wireless infrastructure products,
the conference attended by many regional operators gave a much better
grasp of the fundamentals of the technology and issues concerning execution,
measurement and deployment, as well as return on investment.
As a telecomm consortium promoting innovations and advances in the industry
and the region, SAMENA organized the workshop to enable regional operators
to asses the viability of WiMAX for their respective operations, especially
in broadband connectivity and applications. And although wireless connectivity
in the region has only flourished in recent years, there's a lot of
potential given that this part of the world constitutes a quarter of
the world's population," said Tom Wilson, CEO, Founder, & Executive
Managing Director, SAMENA.
"The demand for WiMAX continues to grow worldwide, and the Middle East
region has been among the first to embrace and profit from this advanced
technology," said Mr. Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Redline Communications
Inc. "The demand for advanced communications services in the Middle
East continues to grow. We believe that Redline's participation in SAMENA's
WiMAX workshop was beneficial to operators that want to take advantage
of the latest WiMAX technologies."
Wilson added that WiMAX is particularly beneficial for new entrants
to the telecommunications sector, because it enables them to compete
by building networks that can cost-effectively meet the need for personal
broadband Internet, which itself is open to a diversified set of connectivity
services that can help improve standards of living in many areas of
the region.
About SAMENA Telecommunications Council
SAMENA
Telecommunications Council is a tri-regional, non-profit telecommunications
association that embodies a community of South Asian, Middle Eastern,
and North African telecoms operators, manufacturers, regulatory authorities,
and academia. SAMENA aims to be the ultimate promoter of collaboration
and knowledge-sharing in the SAMENA region that spans 25 countries,
including Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq,
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United
Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The Council is driven by telecoms issues that operators in South Asia,
the Middle East, and in North Africa face, and is determined in providing
its advocacy expertise to help aid the incubation of novel approaches
and ideas that would provide better means for the expansion and utilization
of telecommunications in the region. Headquartered in Dubai, SAMENA
is chaired by Dr. Mohammed Ali Al Wohaibi, Executive President, Omantel
and is directed by Mr. Thomas W. Wilson, CEO, Teralight.
About Redline Communications
Redline Communications (www.redlinecommunications.com)
is the leading provider of standards-based wireless broadband solutions.
Redline's RedMAX™ WiMAX Forum Certified™ systems and award-winning RedCONNEX™
family of broadband wireless infrastructure products enable service
providers and other network operators to cost-effectively deliver high-bandwidth
services including voice, video and data communications. Redline is
committed to maintaining its wireless industry leadership with the continued
development of WiMAX and other advanced wireless broadband products.
With more than 75,000 installations in 80 countries, and a global network
of over 100 partners, Redline's experience and expertise helps service
providers, enterprises and government organizations roll out wireless
broadband networks to support advanced communications.
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