JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.-ArrayComm Inc. said it has scored its second
iBurst broadband wireless system deployment, this one in South Africa. Wireless
Business Solutions, a provider of mobile data solutions, plans to deploy the
U.S.-based company’s iBurst technology throughout South Africa.
WBS expects to
cover more than 80 percent of the 45 million population of South Africa within
three years through a phased deployment of iBurst base stations being
manufactured by Kyocera Corp. WBS will begin service in the first quarter of
2005 in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban, South Africa’s four
largest population centers. Expansion to other urban areas will follow,
ArrayComm said.
The service, which is also offered in Australia, will provide
seamless delivery of 1 megabit per second data rates. Personal Broadband
Australia launched iBurst service in Sydney, Australia, in March. PBA will
introduce service to Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and the Gold Coast in
September with service in additional capitals to follow, ArrayComm said.
“We are delighted with the performance of the iBurst system,” said
Sasan Parvin, chief technical officer of WBS. “There are many systems out
there that claim to offer viable models for mobile broadband services, but we
found that the iBurst system is the only carrier-grade wireless technology that
can truly compete with the economics of cable or DSL. We are anxious to bring
the iBurst mobile broadband experience to our rainbow nation of South
Africa.”
