VICTORIA – Victoria-based VCom has entered into a multi-year US$10 million agreement to supply wireless broadband equipment across India with MRO-TEK Ltd., a company based in Bangalore, India.
Subject to achieving domestic regulatory approvals for India, MRO-TEK will offer VCom’s 3.3 – 3.4 GHz WiMAX-ready products domestically in India under the MRO-TEK brand label.
This supply agreement represents one of the largest commitments to WiMAX technology in the South Asia region to date, the company says, and recognizes the surging demand for broadband in India and the country’s rapidly growing economy, especially in the business and technology sectors.
In India, national carriers, mobile telephony operators, and Internet service providers are staged to offer broadband services in either local or national markets via recently awarded local and nationwide RF spectrum licenses at 3.3-3.4 GHz, which permit deployment of two-way broadband wireless technologies. WiMAX technology is perceived as the leading contender for the use of this spectrum due to its superiority for non-line of sight performance, its scalability, and the support of industry technology heavyweights such as Intel and Fujitsu.
VCom designs, manufactures, and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless, and telephony networks. VCom’s hardware products incorporate embedded software developed by it to meet the requirements of next-generation, high-speed digital networks.
MRO-TEK is a publicly traded India corporation with a strong brand identity for broadband technologies and a nationwide sales and technical support organization.
