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First Nationwide Mobile WiMAX Is Targeted For Ghana: Page 2 of 2

Tubb said there is a great amount of activity by broadband vendors and entrepreneurs in Africa, because the Continent is considered ripe for the new technology. Mobile WiMAX has the great advantage of being able to be deployed in areas that haven't been built out with existing broadband and telecommunications infrastructure like DSL and cable broadband.

Tubb noted that Navini has been deploying mobile WiMAX in other countries. The Texas firm's biggest installation is in Australia, where some 60,000 subscribers have signed up for the wireless broadband service. Tubb said roaming between Sydney and Melbourne was recently implemented.

While the mobile WiMAX installations currently being installed are officially "Pre-Mobile WiMAX," vendors including Navini are guaranteeing they will operate when the WiMAX Forum officially blesses the technology. Navini is utilizing its Ripwave MX solution with its Smart WiMAX solution in the Ghana network.

Incorporated in 1995 as a licensed ISP, Internet Ghana has serves the country and the West African sub-region. Initially, service was provided through its satellite earth station at Adabraka and linked to the U.S. via the Verestar Internet backbone. Currently, the Ghana ISP is connected via SAT-3/WASC from Accra to Portugal, connecting by trans-Atlantic cables to Sprint facilities in New York.