Vecima Networks Inc., Victoria BC, leading designer and manufacturer in the broadband cable and wireless network infrastructure market, recently signed an agreement to supply its VistaMAX 802.16-2004 compliant 5.8GHz wireless communications platform to the United States Air Force.
This contract is for an unclassified communications platform providing a ubiquitous network via a WiMAX/Wi-Fi hybrid deployment for up to 1000 service personnel at Bagram Air Force Base. This opens access to the Internet for personal communications with friends and relatives home and abroad. The platform will be marketed via worldwide sales and distribution channels with the direction to assist other bases and communities around the world seeking similar turnkey services. Vecima also provided installation and training services on location in Bagram, ensuring a smooth maintenance transition to the base's IT staff.
"We're happy to be able to bring non-critical communications to the men and women of the base," says Robert Forget, AVP of Product Management at Vecima. "We understand the importance of being able to keep in touch with loved ones and hope to bring people a little closer together."
Vecima Networks designs, manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless, fiber and telephony networks. Vecima's hardware products incorporate original embedded software to meet the complex requirements of next-generation, high-speed digital networks.