Airspan Networks introduced two new broadband wireless products that operate at 3.5GHz and 5.8GHz.
The new AS4030 is Airspan’s high-end point to multipoint (P-MP) platform designed for operators wishing to offer service bundles to medium and large businesses, and to multi-tenant dwellings that require considerable bandwidth for their end users. It can also be configured for a wide range of backhaul applications, including the ability to backhaul traffic from the ever-increasing number of public Wi-Fi Hot Spots being deployed in markets globally. The AS4030 can deliver dedicated IP connections to end customers at speeds of up to 45 Mbps, or 1-4 E1/T1s or combinations of IP and E1/T1 services. The AS4030 is based on 802.16 OFDM technology and can therefore allow operators to provide service in both line-of-sight (LOS) and full non line-of-sight (NLOS) deployments, covering distances of up to 50 kilometers. The product is also a full implementation of the new WiMAX 802.16 standard and delivers 5 bits/Hz over-the-air, setting new standards of spectral efficiency.
The new AS3030 is the point-to-point (P-P) version of AS4030 and delivers IP bit rates of up to 45 Mbps, or 1-4 E1/T1s or a combination of IP and E1/T1 spans. It also uses OFDM technology, which enables NLOS P-P links of up to 10km as well as LOS links of up to 80km. In a P-P configuration, AS3030 will be able to backhaul traffic from a network that uses AS4020 or WipLL products, or from networks using 802.11 Wi-Fi technologies.
Airspan is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with its main operations center in Uxbridge, United Kingdom.
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- In October 2002, Airspan Networks acquired the Marconi Communications (Israel) Limited, which operated the broadband wireless access business of Marconi known in the market as Wireless Internet Protocol Local Loop (“WipLL”). The purchase price of approximately $3 million in cash.