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Siemens supplying Algérie Télécom with technology for wireless voice and data communications for business customers
:: 20 March, 2007
Algérie Télécom, the largest telecommunications provider in Algeria, has awarded Siemens an order for the infrastructure that will enable it to set up Wireless Local Access Networks (WLANs) for business customers. The order includes 12,000 WLAN access points, WLAN end-user devices and WiMax base stations and modems from Siemens and amounts to a total of around seven million euros.
Algérie Télécom will offer business customers in the Algiers area the operation of company-owned Wireless Local Access Networks (WLANs) as a completely managed solution. Siemens will supply the operator with the entire infrastructure, WLAN-capable end-user devices and a tariffication system. As part of this contract Siemens will also maintain two pilot networks and train local technicians to service the networks.
For businesses, WLANs provide an attractive means of ensuring that their employees can be reached on company premises or in larger office complexes while keeping communications costs low. Phone calls within the company’s own wireless network, for example, are possible at no charge. At the same time, the bandwidth of a WLAN is sufficient to transmit data from internal networks and from the Internet to mobile devices.
The WLAN technology HiPath Wireless from Siemens Enterprise Communications stands out with its centralized control: Access data and security information is not located in the individual access points, but rather in the controllers. That simplifies the management of the entire network, since any technical modifications do not need to be made at every access point. In addition, the Siemens technology ensures fast and seamless handoff of calls from one access point to another. This is by no means standard in the WLAN sector, and for Algérie Télécom this aspect of the Siemens solution was a decisive argument in deciding who would win the order.
With the WiMax modem Gigaset SE 461 from Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, which is also included in the order, Algérie Télécom can connect entire customer WLANs or individual parts of a company wirelessly to the public network over large distances.
“With WLANs, we will enable attractively priced voice-data convergence for our customers, with data rates that are otherwise possible only in the fixed network. In addition to mobility, the Siemens devices also provide the same comfort and convenience as GSM and UMTS devices,” emphasized Mamoud Ramrani, Directeur de la Division WLL at Algérie Télécom.
Algérie Télécom
Algérie Télécom, a state-owned IT and telecommunications enterprise, was founded on January 1, 2003. Its creation was made possible by the restructuring of the Algerian Post and Telecommunications sector begun by the country’s government in 2000.
More about Algérie Télécom at
http://www.algerietelecom.dz
Siemens Networks GmbH & Co KG
Siemens Networks* engages in a dialog with its customers to create trendsetting communications solutions that help network operators and service providers achieve their business goals. Siemens Networks contributes its innovative strength, worldwide experience and unsurpassed implementation expertise in all areas of voice and data communications. As an innovation leader, Siemens Networks delivers customer value today and prepares customers for tomorrow with trendsetting solutions. Siemens Networks is a fully-owned subsidiary of Siemens AG and operates in about 100 countries.
* Siemens Networks will merge into a 50-50 joint venture with the Nokia Networks Business Group, creating a telecommunications powerhouse that will be called Nokia Siemens Networks. The new company will be a global communications leader with strong positions in key growth segments of the fixed and mobile network infrastructure and services, featuring a world-class fixed-mobile convergence capability. Nokia Siemens Networks will start operations on April 1st, 2007.
More about Siemens Networks at
www.siemens.com/networks
Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG, is one of the world’s leading vendors of Open Communications solutions for enterprises of all sizes, enabling business processes to be more productive, faster and more secure – with any device, network or information technology infrastructure. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG with 17,000 employees globally and headquarters in Munich.
More about Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG at
http://www.siemens.com/enterprise
Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co KG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. The company focuses on the design, development, manufacturing and distribution of the full range of Siemens Gigaset products, including cordless phones, home media devices and broadband products and services which enable seamless, integrated communication solutions for operators and consumers. The company operates worldwide with a fiscal year's revenue stream (September 30, 2006) of approximately 960 million euros.
More about Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices at
http://www.siemens.com/gigaset
Information Number: SN FN 2006 03.03 e
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