Alvarion (Nasdaq:ALVR; TASE:ALVR) today announced that Serbia's incumbent operator, Telekom Serbia A.D., has placed an initial $3.6 million order for its advanced eMGW solutions to support voice and data services.
Installation of equipment has already begun in Parnicko Brdo (Novi Pazar). This order is the first to be received under a previously announced frame agreement with Telekom Serbia which will use Alvarion field-proven solutions to establish its telecommunications infrastructure to suburban and rural areas of the country.
The network will be designed and built using Alvarion's technology. Design, and whole engineering will be done by the Ei COMgroup KONSING d.o.o. Alvarion's regional distributor, TeleGroup d.o.o., will be responsible for logistics of the import of equipment, project and installation of the customer premises equipment.
The eMGW solution, operating on 3.5 GHz, will provide voice and fast Internet services for homes and small businesses in a number of Serbia's southern regions, including Novi Pazar and Nova Varos. The eMGW system provides cost-effective infrastructure solutions especially in this mountainous region with low-density population and rough terrain.
Telekom Srbija a.d. is the national telecommunications service provider of the Republic of Serbia. Established in 1997, it is owned jointly by Serbia's Postal Authority (PTT Serbia) (80%) and OTE, the Greek full-service telecommunications provider (20%). It provides the full range of telecommunications services, including fixed and mobile voice, data communications and Internet access, to more than 2.4 million subscribers. Its networks cover 92% of Serbia's population and 66% of its geographic area.
Ei COMgroup Konsing is one of the Balkan Region's leading telecommunications engineering, integration and consulting groups. It was formed in January 2002 as a joint venture between Ei Corporation (30%), one of the leading Yugoslav electronic and telecom companies, and COMgroup International (CGI) (70%), a leading US telecommunications consulting group.
TeleGroup d.o.o. Belgrade was founded in 2001 as a daughter company of TeleGroup Ltd., the London-based telecom services provider. TeleGroup provides complete, tailored network infrastructure systems to premier customers throughout the Balkan region.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on Tuesday, September 14, 2004