NEC has signed a framework contract with Netia, a Polish telecom carrier, for the supply of point-to-point wireless access systems, PASOLINK NEO. The new systems will be supplied to the 3G mobile operator P4, a mobile operation arm of Netia.

P4, a new 3G mobile operator that started service in Poland earlier this year, is accelerating improvement of its network infrastructure. PASOLINK NEO will be employed to carry out transmission among mobile base stations. P4 plans to install around 10,000 hops in the next 5 years, and NEC expects to provide around 1,000 hops to mainly northern and middle areas of Poland, as well as to Warsaw, to fulfill the initial demands of the framework contract.

“One of the advantageous features of NEC’s PASOLINK NEO, as compared with other wireless access systems, is its ability to handle different transmission speeds and interfaces with the same platform. This flexibility allows easier and more cost efficient expansion of networks when operators need to increase capacity or change a configuration,” said Tadashi Ugajin, General Manager of International Carrier Sales & Marketing Division, NEC Corporation.

“Furthermore, NEC’s ability to carry out full development, from customized LSI to mass production, ensures a highly reliable system of superior quality, which achieves an average failure rate of less than once in every century that will contribute P4 to save OPEX of mobile network dramatically,” continued Tadashi Ugajin.

The demand for microwave communication systems is expected to increase even further in the future with the accelerating global expansion of mobile subscribers and mobile internet services, as these systems enable rapid installation of telecommunication infrastructure.