India-based Sloka Telecom chooses Wavesat’s chipsets to develop low-cost WiMAX solutions for emerging markets

Low Cost, Small Form Factor WiMAX Network Solutions for WISPs and Cellular Operators

Sloka Telecom, a wireless infrastructure company announced that their WiMAX base station and network solutions will be powered by Wavesat’s Evolutive™ WiMAX DM256 chip. The products will be ready for trials in April 2006.

"We selected Wavesat’s Evolutive™ WiMAX portfolio for our base station solution because it is the most advanced and powerful WiMAX Forum Certified solution available on the market,” said Sujai Karampuri, CEO of Sloka Telecom. "Our unique expertise in the design of base station allows us to build from Wavesat’s EvolutiveTM platform to offer small form factor, low cost and feature-rich base stations. Sloka’s objective is to provide complete network solutions combining various wireless access technologies with a strong focus on WiMAX and WCDMA”.

Sujai Karampuri adds: “Wavesat has a strong presence in WiMAX Forum and IEEE standards bodies and have acquired a deep and strong understanding in developing various WiMAX compliant solutions. This is a unique opportunity for Sloka Telecom to work closely with such technology leaders to provide the cost-effective and appropriate solutions for carriers and subscribers in emerging markets”.

"A blend of OFDM and WCDMA technologies can greatly reduce the operators’ deployment and operating costs and, in turn, speed up the growth of wireless data,” Frank Draper, VP Sales for Wavesat. "We are excited that Sloka joins Wavesat’s growing number of innovative partners.”Our award-winning Evolutive™ WiMAX DM256 family of products is the most complete and cost-effective solution available and supports all the necessary features to design base stations as well as subscriber units for both licensed and license-exempt radio frequencies. "

About Wavesat

Founded in 1993, Wavesat Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development and supply of baseband chips for WiMAX compliant systems. Wavesat is headquartered in Montreal, Canada where it conducts research and development activities. Wavesat is a privately held company. Key investors include BDC Venture Capital, Monet Capital, Lothian Partners, Multiple Capital, Pac-Link Management Corp., Skypoint Capital Corporation, Solidarity Fund QFL and Sunsino Ventures Group.

Wavesat is a Principal member of the WiMAX Forum, a nonprofit corporation formed to certify the compatibility and interoperability of Broadband Wireless devices conforming to the 802.16 wireless MAN and ETSI HiperMAN specifications and to help accelerate the introduction of these devices into the marketplace.

Wavesat was awarded the 2005 Frost&Sullivan Technology Leadership Award and 2005 InfoVision Award for its unique Evolutive™ WiMAX Series.

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