Telecom Lead Asia: One of Japan’s largest mobile operators is deploying Alvarion’s carrier-grade Wi-Fi base stations in Tokyo to enable 3G data offload.
Alvarion’s Wi-Fi base stations will cover major train stations and congested areas in downtown Tokyo business districts, providing data connectivity to people and commuters in the area.
Enabling the offload of heavy traffic from the 3G network, the deployment by a top telecom operator is the initial phase of a nationwide deployment targeting crowded public spaces where data usage is in high demand.
Teruaki Tsutsui, president, Hitachi Cable Networks, Alvarion’s partner in Japan, said: “Alvarion’s Beamforming-based Wi-Fi solution allows us to provide our customer, a tier one mobile operator, the best coverage and capacity in challenging congested downtown areas, thus ensuring the highest quality of service to the end-user and a low cost of ownership.”
Hezi Lapid, president and CEO of Alvarion, said: “This win, allows the customer to seamlessly integrate our solution into their 3G network, enabling them to offload a major part of the data traffic in the most congested areas.”
Japanese train stations are amongst the busiest in the world and include some of the most creative interactive advertising techniques using smartphones, tablets and data communications, such as the QR (Quick Response) code which enables quick and easy access, creating particularly heavy data traffic which overloads mobile networks.
