Open Range Communications has chosen Alvarion for what the two are calling the nation’s largest Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funding deployment. It spans 17 states, 546 rural communities, and reaches up to 6 million people. With this new broadband wireless network, Open Range will begin offering 4G services to unserved and underserved customers across rural America in the fourth quarter of this year.
As part of the contract, expected to be more than $100 million over a five-year implementation, Alvarion will provide radio access equipment, customer devices (CPE) and systems integration for Open Range’s broadband wireless network. In addition to selecting Alvarion for its market-leading WiMAX platform, Open Range will rely on Alvarion for the end-to-end integration of the Open Range network solution, creating a 4G network in rural America.
