Chunghwa Builds WiMax Network

TAIPEI -- First WiMAX installations connect WiFi hotspots as part of city-wide broadband network Redline Communications, a leading provider of standards-based wireless broadband equipment, today announced that Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecommunications service provider in Taiwan, has successfully completed the first phase of its WiMAX and Wi-Fi access network in Taiwan. The WiMAX connections have been established using Redlines' RedMAX products - the world's first products to receive the WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) mark for a complete WiMAX system.

Chunghwa Telecom is using Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) RedMAX Base Station (AN-100U) and RedMAX Outdoor Subscriber Unit (SU-O) to connect multiple Wi-Fi zones in urban centers throughout Taiwan. M-Wave Technology Corporation, a Redline Certified Partner, is managing the network planning and implementation.

"Following on the success of our WiMAX deployments with major carriers in many International markets, we once again confirm Redline's global leadership in the deployment of WiMAX solutions for the delivery of advanced communications," said Keith Doucet, Vice President of Product Management, Redline Communications.

Redline Communications Inc.