SMART Communications, the Philippine’s cellular carrier, has launched its SMART WiFi wireless digital subscriber line (DSL) service using Motorola’s MOTOwi4™ Canopy® fixed wireless solution.

Motorola’s MOTOwi4 solutions can deliver high-speed data and voice services as an alternative to or an extension of wired solutions helping customers reach unserved and underserved residential, business and enterprise markets. The Canopy customer premises equipment (CPE) in the Philippines is a cost-effective alternative to traditional 3.5 GHz wireless local loop (WLL) alternatives and the network is faster and easier to deploy and is scalable, to meet SMART’s future growth opportunities.

SMART, with more than 22 million cellular subscribers, spent more than a year in wireless broadband trial deployments before deciding to launch its commercial services with Motorola’s Canopy wireless broadband equipment. The wireless broadband equipment supply contract between the two companies was signed in June 2005.

 “Our Canopy solutions are designed for unlicensed or managed spectrum, and provide WiMAX services supporting voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and IP data applications at price points that meet customers’ business case requirements. Wireless broadband to the home is proving to be a very powerful and useful tool in emerging markets like the Philippines where alternative broadband options are either impractical or not available,� said Raghu Rau, senior vice president of Global Marketing and Strategy, Motorola Networks.