Digitel Mobile Philippines will invest $9 million in Ceragon Network’s mobile backhaul equipment. It will help with the ongoing expansion of Digitel’s 2G/3G cell services. Sun Cellular, the operating name of Digitel is the fastest growing teleco in the Philippines.
The expansion project will provide 3G services in the southern part of the country. It will use native IP over long-haul microwave technology. The other expansion, in the northern part, will provide more 2G capacity.
Ceragon equipment will help Digitel migrate to an all-IP Ethernet backhaul network. It will provide better range of data, multimedia applications and voice on the operator’s expanded network. Ceragon has a proven track record of highly available, robust, cost-effective turnkey solutions and services that made it simple for Digitel to choose the equipment provider.
“Microwave is an ideal approach to quickly and easily setting up the most cost-efficient and consistently reliable backhaul network,” Patrick Lam, Senior Technical Adviser, of Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc., said “Our Ceragon-based backhaul even withstood last year’s devastating typhoon and flooding, making Digitel the only operator able to keep delivering vital telecom services to people in some of the devastated areas of the country.”
Digitel will use a mix of TD and IP-based systems from Ceragon. The TDM-based FibeAir 1500R, high-capacity SDH/SONET wireless system and the FibeAir IP-10 which combines IP and TDM networking for migration to IP.
The FibeAir IP-10 is Ceragon’s next-generation carrier grade wireless Ethernet solution. It combines IP and TDM networking, enabling mobile backhaul migration to IP with the high capacity at low cost. The FibeAir 3200T provides increased capacity, long-distance linking and simplicity of installation.
The FibeAir 1500R is a high capacity SDH/SONET wireless system that answers the need for future-proof efficient wireless solution. The system includes a variety of interfaces that get seamlessly integrated in many different network applications. It works at long, medium and short transmission ranges with different protection schemes.
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