Atenit deploys Wireless Access Network in the Kalmar region of Sweden

Swedish network operator ATENIT has signed a deal with twelve municipalities in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, to deploy a wireless broadband access network to give full geographical broadband coverage in the region. The Kalmar region has more than 170,000 inhabitants.

The network will be based on the UMTS TDD standard with technology developed by IPWireless. The technology has been proven in commercial deployments around the globe since 2002 with proven reliability and customer delight. Leading operators are now deploying networks in markets on five continents, e.g. in the UK, Germany, South-East Asia, New Zealand and Australia. The technology is based on a global standard backed by some of the largest players in the telecommunications industry. The subscriber devices offered would initially be plug-and-play Desktop Modems that use either USB or Ethernet to support PCs and LAN Gateways. The modems use extremely low power, and support downlink speeds of up to 3Mbps. Atenit will deploy the network over a period of six months with estimated full coverage in the Kalmar region by July 2005. ” We are delighted to be chosen as the supplier of the first mobile broadband access network in Scandinavia”, says Torvald Bohlin, Chairman of the Atenit Group. ”The Kalmar region is unique in its initiative to make the municipalities join force to invest in a state of the art wireless broadband network for the benefit of the citizens and the corporate environment. We are also proud to announce signed agreements with three leading international telecom and Internet providers as service providers in this wireless broadband network” “ We make this investment in order to offer the citizens and corporations in the region a world-class digital infrastructure. Broadband access available for everyone has been a subject for discussion for years, we have now turned talk into action creating a network available for each and everyone in our region”, says Anders Åkesson, Chairman of the Kalmar Region Federation. For further information: Torvald Bohlin, Chairman of Atenit, +46 70 6236260 Håkan Örtenholm, CEO of Atenit, +46 70 6097620 Anders Åkesson, Chairman of the Kalmar Region Federation, +46 70 3354603 Also visit www.regionkalmar.org , www.atenit.com , www.ipwireless.com and www.umtstdd.org