DigitalBridge Communications Uses Alvarion's WiMAX Platform

By Anuradha Shukla

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) has launched a WiMAX network using 2.5 GHz licensed spectrum in Rexburg, Idaho, based on Alvarion's (News - Alert) BreezeMAX 802.16e platform.

 

Initially, this commercial WiMAX network is expected to serve more than 7,000 homes and businesses in Rexburg and the surrounding areas. DBC plans to extend service coverage in Southeast Idaho and Montana in the coming months.

 

Residential service plans reportedly deliver speeds up to 3 Mbps. Subscribers can connect anywhere in the DigitalBridge service area by taking their modem with them.

 

DBC’s is selling its new service, BridgeMAXX, online, over the phone, and at select local retail locations. BridgeMAXX features plug-and-surf technology, using Alvarion’s BreezeMAX Si (self-install) WiMAX (News - Alert) customer premises equipment (CPE). The technology allows customers to quickly set up and begin using their high speed connection.

 

Alvarion's solution is based on its OPEN WiMAX strategy, which aims to create an operator-centric network solution for WiMAX. This enables a mix and match of best in class network elements and service capabilities optimized for each operator.

 

Kelley Dunne, CEO of DBC expressed his excitement to put Rexburg at the forefront of WiMAX deployment in the United States.

 

“With the immediate availability of Alvarion's 802.16e-based solution in 2.5 GHz, we are able to offer high speed Internet service where it has not been available before, or as an alternative to DSL or cable,” said Dunne in a statement to the press.

 

“We have developed a highly-scalable network deployment and back-office platform that enables us to take advantage of WiMAX economics to bring broadband to communities nationwide,” he added.