Tranzeo WiMAX Equipment Approved for 3.65GHz Spectrum in Canada

Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of wireless broadband and WiMAX (News - Alert) communication systems, has received Industry Canada approval for its WiMAX Broadband Wireless equipment to operate in the recently released 3.65-3.7GHz licensed frequency bands.

'Industry Canada's decision to free up 50MHz of spectrum at 3.65GHz is great news for Wireless Internet Service Providers looking to offer low cost, high quality broadband Internet service,' said Dave Gelvin, general manager for the WiMAX product line at Tranzeo (News - Alert), in a statement.

Gelvin said that the company’s industry-leading low cost WiMAX solution is ideal for rural broadband and dedicated enterprise applications.

The company’s TR-WMX-365-pBS pico base station and TR-WMX-3 family of customer premise equipment are available for immediate deployment in Canada.

In January Tranzeo Wireless Technologies (News - Alert) had announced that it has been selected by Nth Air, a service provider deploying broadband wireless services, as their WiMAX and WiFi (News - Alert) equipment partner to build out a nationwide network.

The value of the first purchase order to Tranzeo is US$4.5M bringing the current backlog of all purchase orders to US$21.6 million.

Nth Air has contracts to install an initial network to service 28,000 subscribers in three states with a plan to build out similar services nationwide. The first installations will occur in California, Florida, and Texas beginning in February.

Nth Air is a wireless broadband service provider deploying a nationwide 3.65 GHz WiMAX network in underserved markets. Nth Air provides completely integrated, end-to-end wireless broadband solutions from business class connectivity to transport access, disaster recovery, broadband properties solutions, professional services, and managed services.

In December Tranzeo Wireless hadreceived purchase orders from their North American distributors worth US$1.52 million. The orders include both Wi-Fi and WiMAX radio systems.