Sify Selects Redline’s Products for Multi-City WiMAX Network in India

Chennai: Redline Communications Group Inc. (Redline), provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and Sify Technologies Limited—in consumer, Internet and enterprise services in India—announced that Sify has selected Redline’s WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its multi-city WiMAX network in India.

Sify has deployed Redline’s RedMAX products in Delhi and Mumbai with the capacity to deliver business-class Internet services to enterprise users. Sify has also begun its WiMAX network expansion to Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. The initial WiMAX network deployment in these regions is scheduled for completion in 2008.

Arvind Mathur, chief architect, Sify Technologies Limited, said, “The launch of our WiMAX services in these five cities will further our mission of being an enabler and catalyst of the Internet for positive change in India. Redline’s proven WiMAX technologies and reliable high-speed connections with the ability to support hundreds of users per base station will ensure we deliver reliable, standards-driven, managed last mile solutions to enterprise customers that support business critical applications over Sify’s IP-MPLS network. Redline’s solutions meet the stringent requirements of our customers who include major banks, retailers, manufacturers and other enterprises that require the highest levels of performance, reliability and security for their communications networks.”

Sify selected Redline’s 3.3 – 3.4 GHz RedMAX products after a rigorous three-month evaluation process that included a number of broadband wireless solutions. The criteria for WiMAX equipment selection included WiMAX Forum Certification, high subscriber capacity, support for Service Level Agreements, security, ease of installation and cost-effectiveness.

Kevin Suitor, vice president, marketing and business development, Redline, stated, “Sify is recognized as a pioneer in wireless and corporate networking in India, with an innovative and successful model for offering communications services. With its professional approach to its network and business models, Sify is well positioned to meet its expansion targets with RedMAX.”

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