Far EasTone chooses Nortel WiMAX.

Residents of Taipei County in Taiwan will benefit from wireless broadband access when Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of Taiwan's largest telecommunications operators, launches its Mobile WiMAX network from Nortel. As a participant in the government's M-Taiwan initiative, FET will offer mobile broadband services across Taipei County. Once deployed, subscribers will be able to use the network to access high bandwidth services such as streaming video, music, IPTV, VoIP, videoconferencing and corporate applications from nearly anywhere using laptop computers or other WiMAX-compatible devices. With more than six million subscribers to its mobile services, FET is one of Taiwan's largest wireless operators. In addition to FET's involvement in the M-Taiwan initiative, the company is one of the winners of the WiMAX radiofrequency spectrum in Taiwan's recent license bid. Taiwan plans to roll out WiMAX commercial services in 2008 with six licenses issued to mobile operators in July 2007.

FET's network will be built from Nortel's Mobile WiMAX Solution portfolio with MIMO capability, including 16e Base Stations and an Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway. Nortel will also provide network management services from its Global Services portfolio.

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