Sify Technologies to roll out five city WiMAX network

The company will roll out a five city business WiMAX network in India

Sify has selected Redline’s WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its multi-city WiMAX network in India. The service provider 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 will complete in 2008.

“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,” said Arvind Mathur, Chief Architect, Sify Technologies Limited. “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.”

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.