[Johannesburg, 20 June 2006] - Nigerian private telecommunications operator Startech Communications has almost completed the roll-out of a WiMax project in Abuja to meet the needs of the country's growing telecoms subscriber base. The commercial launch of the project will take place within two weeks.
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This is according to Oyaje Idoko, manager at Startech, who explains that the operator is using the BreezeMax 3500 version of WiMax, designed from the ground up. It follows IEEE 802.16 standards and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology for advanced non-line-of-sight functionality.
OFDM is a spread spectrum technique, which combines good noise resistance, immunity to reflections and efficient use of the spectrum, says Idoko.
He adds that the company's decision to deploy WiMax is borne out of the need to take advantage of the features the technology has to offer.
“The system supports broadband speeds enabling ‘triple play' (audio, video and data) services to thousands of subscribers.”
