Proxim Wireless WiMAX Selected as Core Service Platform in Taiwan's M-Taichung Project

Proxim Wireless Corporation, self-described as a global pioneer of end-to-end solutions in Wi-Fi Mesh, WiMAX, WLAN, and wireless backhaul, has announced that its WiMAX Forum Certified Tsunami MP.16 base stations and subscriber units have been chosen by Asia Pacific Telecom Group (APTG) as the core communications platform in M-Taichung, Taiwan, a city broadband project to build a WiMAX network in four phases over two years to cover the majority of the population of Taichung. M-Taichung is part of the government-initiated Mobile Taiwan Project (M-Taiwan).

APTG consists of three companies: Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT), Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW) and Asia Pacific Online (APOL). The group integrates communications, computers, cable phone and contents. APBT will be deploying the new WiMAX network.

"Proxim's WiMAX technology and products will make it possible for APTG to deliver high-speed Internet, television -- whether video-on-demand or regular broadcasts -- and telephone service over a single broadband connection with the highest quality of service and ease of deployment," said Vincent Chih, CEO of Network & Information Technology Group, APTG. "In doing so, Proxim will help us create a high-quality, world-leading WiMAX environment and society for the citizens and businesses of Taichung."

In addition to broadband access, the new Proxim Wireless-based WiMAX network and current APTG CDMA 3G mobile network will provide the more than one million Taichung residents with other value-added services including mobile office service, VoIP Internet telephony, city tour guidance, traffic and safety mobile applications and M-Taichung portal.

"When completed, the WiMAX network supporting Taichung will serve as a model for other cities throughout the world seeking to provide similar capabilities to their residents and commercial enterprises," said Robert Fitzgerald, CEO of Proxim Wireless.