ZTE Wins Jamaican WiMAX Deployment Contract

­Digicel Jamaica says that it has awarded a contract to China's ZTE for a full turn-key solution for phase one of its 2.5GHz Mobile WiMAX network. Under the agreement, ZTE will install a nationwide network across all 14 Parishes of Jamaica, covering 60% of the population at launch.

This is part of an initial investment of US$22.7 million dollar investment by Digicel.

"We are delighted to be building the country's first nationwide WiMAX network in partnership with ZTE. Its leading product solutions and world-class technology experts will help us ensure that Digicel Broadband provides the best coverage, the best value and the best service in the wireless broadband market in Jamaica," said Mark Linehan, Digicel Jamaica CEO.

Set to launch in 2010, the Digicel Broadband service will be true 'plug 'n play' as users will be able to plug in a simple small wireless device to their computers (laptops or PCs) or other internet-ready devices and they will be connected to the world wide web.

Posted to the site on 25th September 2009