Calgary high-speed wireless specialist Wi-LAN has received a $9-million broadband purchasing order from its key supplier of products in China.
The deal for the company’s W-OFDM-based BWS 3500 System from Wi-Comm United Communications of Beijing is just the beginning of opportunities for the licensed 3.5 GHz band globally, said Wi-LAN president and CEO Hatim Zaghloul.
W-OFDM technology, which is included in several existing and emerging international wireless communications standards, stands for wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. It enables customers to quickly download large data files over the Internet, among other applications.
The BWS System is the only OFDM-based wireless wide-area network product commercially available and certified for use in China.
“The Chinese marketplace is very lucrative and we look forward to working with Wi-Comm on developing opportunities further,” Zaghloul said.
Wi-Comm president Lok Chow said his company has been working with various operators in China for the past few months using the BWS System.
“Having Wi-LAN’s products, expertise and patented technologies at our disposal gives us a significant advantage toward growing our successful business in China,” he said.
