In North Africa region which was Libya, we already featured LibyaMAX, the first WiMAX service in North Africa.

Now WiMAX goes to West Africa and deploy in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso, also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa.

Alvarion initially deployed a network in the capital city of Ouagadougou to connect administrative offices with advanced data and voice services over WiMAX.

Based on the successful results, the Ministry of Posts and Information Communication Technology decided to award an expansion contract with full turnkey services to Alvarion.

As part of the modernization process in Burkina Faso, the Ministry plans to connect additional cities to broadband Internet starting in Bobo-Dioulasso, and to be followed later in Fada N’Gourma, Kaya, Koudougou, Ouahigouya and Ziniaré.

Alvarion will deploy its BreezeMAX® base stations and customer premises equipment for the 2.5 GHz frequency band based on 802.16e mobile WiMAX technology.

In addition, Alvarion is providing full project implementation including project management, network planning, full installation, radio planning, training services and ongoing technical support.

Noël Kaboré, The Minister of Posts and ICT said, “WiMAX is the best technology commercially available today to overcome lack of infrastructure and enable quick and easy access to all public offices. Alvarion’s technology has proven itself in Ouagadougou and we are confident that its WiMAX solution will enable us to implement the government’s strategy in the best possible way. This network will allow us to connect administration offices and governmental institutions throughout Burkina Faso using the broadband capabilities of the technology for data applications, Internet and VoIP.”

Press Release

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