Danes Pick Cambridge Broadband

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. -- Cambridge Broadband has announced thecompletion of a successful acceptance test of its VectaStar 3500 FixedWireless Access system with Danske Telecom of Denmark. System trialshave been underway for some months to evaluate VectaStar's performancewith respect to range, data rates and quality of service.Network deployment will now continue with the deliveries of the next 10 base stations, due to take place shortly.Danske Telecom has deployed two VectaStar base stations to date, servingmultiple customer sites. In what is probably the toughest customer testso far, a tier one global carrier is using Danske Telecom and theVectaStar system to deliver a guaranteed data rate of 10Mbps. Althoughusing just a fraction of the VectaStar sector capacity of 60Mbps this isbelieved to be a record for any 3.5GHz system in a live deployment.Modulation schemes from QPSK to 64QAM have been trialled and servicestested so far include transmission of DVD quality video, full andfractional E1, and high-speed file transfer.Danske Telecom have also tested VectaStar's unique self-backhaulcapability. This allows them to send aggregated customer traffic from aVectaStar base station to Danske Telecom's point of presence using astandard VectaStar radio link, with the benefit of avoiding a costlyfibre or microwave point-to-point backhaul link. Cambridge Broadbanddeveloped the VectaStar self-backhaul capability because of feedbackfrom network operators seeking to reduce the start-up costs of deployingbroadband networks.Danske Telecom selected VectaStar to fit with its strategy of becomingthe "carriers' preferred carrier" by targeting Tier One Carriers, MobileOperators, ISPs and Professional IT Business Partners. Danske Telecom'sCEO Peter Jerry Sørensen said: "We enjoy working together with CambridgeBroadband who demonstrate a strong commitment and high levels ofcommercial and technical competences. The testing and deployment of theVectaStar 3500 system in Denmark has been very successful and both weand our pilot customers are very impressed. Cambridge Broadband havedemonstrated that their 3.5GHz system can be integrated in ProfessionalCarrier Class Services, and we are convinced that the VectaStar systemwill support our strategy for delivering high-end services to thecarrier and professional business market."Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.Cambridge Broadband Ltd.