Motorola (News - Alert) and United Information Highway Company Limited (UIH) successfully teamed up on a trial mobile WiMAX deployment in Thailand. The trial demonstrated how new wireless broadband users can benefit from the technology.

 

Motorola develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. The company deals with communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. It also delivers next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. 

 

United Information Highway (UIH) is an integrated broadband service operator providing high-speed data communication services to corporate customers in both private and public sectors through leased optical fiber networks.

 

National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) granted WiMAX trial license to UIH to perform trials in Bangkok and Phuket to assess WiMAX (News - Alert) traffic channeling capabilities in the region. UIH selected Bangkok and Phuket because there is high demand for broadband services in the region.

 

Complete mobility performance of Motorola’s mobile WiMAX solutions could be experienced, throughout the trial program. UIH is analyzing and familiarizing itself with Motorola’s mobile WiMAX technology to provide low-cost broadband services to corporate users and travelers.   

 

“The successful trials with UIH affirms WiMAX as a feasible wireless technology for the roll-out of cost-effective broadband services to urban and remote areas within a short deployment timeframe,” said Eric Starnes (News - Alert), general manager and regional director of Motorola’s home and networks mobility division in Southeast Asia, in a statement. “We believe that mobile WiMAX solutions will give UIH differentiating advantages in expanding wireless broadband offerings and other value-added services to their customers.”

“The Internet penetration rate is currently around 15 percent in Thailand, and we believe there is huge potential to market affordable broadband services to consumers and corporate users,” said Vichai Bencharongkul, president of Benchachinda Holding Company Limited and chairman of executive committee of United Information Highway Company Limited, in a statement.

 

Bencharongkul continued: “UIH is delighted to work with Motorola, a leading provider of wireless broadband with numerous successful WiMAX trials and deployments worldwide. We are impressed with the outstanding results achieved in the trials and the efficiency of Motorola’s services professionals who set up the trials within a short time frame.”

 

Motorola’s WiMAX technology will enable broadband service providers to offer better personal wireless broadband services for applications like VPN, online entertainment, video streaming, Internet telephony and online games.