Brazil's CERTEL deploys Alvarion's BreezeACCESS(TM) Wireless DSL

World IT Report, Mar 10, 2004

The Tel Aviv-based Alvarion Ltd., a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, announced that CERTEL (Regional Electrification Cooperative of Teutonia Ltda.), an electric utility in Brazil's Vale do Taquari region, has begun deploying Alvarion's BreezeACCESS(TM) Wireless DSL solution in Lajeado and surrounding cities. Using the advanced network, CERTEL will provide high-speed Internet access and Voice over IP (VoIP) services utilizing the unlicensed 2.4 GHz frequency bands to its business and commercial customers.

"Although Brazil is developing rapidly, many regions still lack high-speed Internet access, and some even lack basic access services," said Alberto Sindelar, Managing Director of CERTEL. "Alvarion's versatile broadband wireless technology allows us to turn our existing infrastructure into a cost-effective way to fill the telecom service gap, providing costumers with high quality services and low prices. We plan to install Alvarion base stations quickly on our towers, and then to begin offering revenue-generating services to both business and residential customers."