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October 21, 2010

Nexaira Introduces HANA MAX High Availability WiMAX Network Adaptor

By Deepika Mala
TMCnet Contributor

“HANA MAX,” the High Availability WiMAX (News - Alert) Network Adaptor has been launched by Nexaira Wireless, Inc. It is the newest addition to Nexaira's line of High Availability Routing solutions.

HANA MAX is fully integrated 13 DB gain antenna in a secure tamper proof enclosure. HANA MAX's inclusion of a high gain WiMAX antenna helps to improve the signal strength and also reduces noise providing superior speed, reliability and network access for WiMAX networks being deployed by companies such as Sprint (News - Alert) and Clear.

The built-in management and security features of HANA MAX allow it to act as a primary router or provide real time failover for wireless, DSL, T1, or cable network connections.

"WiMAX's use of higher frequency decreases signal coverage compared to 3G, which combined with initial deployment of WiMAX today being dependent upon existing 3G cellular tower locations, will result in many customers being out of WiMAX service range. HANA MAX's high gain antenna enables WiMAX service providers, resellers, and systems integrators to offer complete business solutions to customers in search of WiMAX solutions for both primary service as well as having diversity in their network architecture," said Rusty Wright, vice president of product development at Nexaira, in a press release. "This is the right product at the right time to address the growing market demand for high availability business continuity solutions for applications such as Kiosks, ATMs and replacement of DSL and T1 as the primary service solution."

HANA MAX bundles all necessary components into a ruggedized enclosure, including a WiMAX router with connection management and a passive high gain directional antenna, all powered over Ethernet cabling using HANA's power injector and ruggedized flame retardant case allowing placement into the building's air plenum.

"HANA MAX addresses a variety of WiMAX deployment issues while potentially generating incremental revenue for the service provider and dramatically boosting customer satisfaction," commented Carl Silva, chief scientist for Nexaira, in a statement. "In addition to providing WiMAX speeds, using WiMAX diversity in IT network infrastructure, the HANA MAX will eliminate construction costs of alternate service or building entrance facilities. The mean time to repair of a WiMAX connection is considerably less than wireline, and a business owner's revenue will no longer suffer simply because their wireline network connection failed."

WiMAX modems from Sprint and Clear are supported by HANA MAX. It also comes equipped with Nexaira's patent pending i3GUI and user-friendly broadband routing firmware, NexWare, that enables automatic connection and configuration using both CLI and OMA-DM standards based device management.

Some of the striking features of HANA MAX include: 100 percent router hardware redundancy via VRRP; HANA MAX is fully compatible with Cisco (News - Alert) and Juniper routers; IPSec origination and termination, and GRE origination and termination, to ensure safety of customer information and to reduce the cost of these features in deployment; XtremeSpeed WAN optimization optimizes connections for WiMAX for the highest possible speeds.

In related news, to deploy its carrier class management platform, Site Boss 2.0, NxGen Networks Inc., a provider of value-added products and services for construction companies, selected Nexaira Wireless’ Business Class Router.


Deepika Mala is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jaclyn Allard


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