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SR Telecom Announces Multi-Million Dollar Order(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MONTREAL, CANADA, September 30 / MARKET WIRE/ -- SR Telecom & Co. S.E.C, a leading supplier of WiMAX Forum-certified solutions, today announced it will provide Canada-based Airtel Telecom Group (ATG) with symmetryMX(TM) solutions to support the growing demands for carrier-class wireless services in Central and Western Africa. Airtel plans to extend its WiMAX network rapidly by using SR Telecom's symmetryMX(TM) platform. This purchase will support the deployment of one hundred base stations throughout Cameroon, allowing the operator to offer premium triple-play services to enterprise and residential subscribers. The rollout is expected to begin in December, 2008 with a targeted completion of July, 2009. "We are very impressed with the performance, flexibility, and capacity of SR Telecom's symmetryMX(TM) solution, and are confident and enthusiastic about building a fruitful partnership with SR Telecom as we pursue aggressive network expansion to establish our service footprint in Cameroon," said Francois Draper, President of ATG Holdings Inc. "SR Telecom is pleased to be able to support Airtel, and we are committed to supporting their efforts to bring high-quality voice and data services to both residential and enterprise customers across Cameroon," said SR Telecom's President, Serge Legris. "Our symmetryMX(TM) solution builds upon our extensive R&D and deployment experience and offers advanced WiMAX functionality that provides operators with real business value." For the last 27 years, the SR Telecom & Co. team, now part of Groupe Lagasse, a Canadian holding company specializing in telecommunications development, manufacturing and supply, has delivered some of the most successful wireless systems in the industry. Its latest generation symmetryMX(TM) product suite is a future-proof platform that supports both fixed and mobile WiMAX. SymmetryMX(TM) delivers not only basic Internet access but also carrier class voice services, enterprise data services, and allows operators to easily develop new custom applications, such as video surveillance. About SR Telecom & Co SR Telecom & Co S.E.C. is a leader in delivering innovative and effective broadband wireless access (BWA) and WiMAX solutions that enable service providers to deploy high quality voice, Internet and next-generation telecommunications services in urban, suburban and remote areas in various licensed frequency bands including 2.3, 2.5, 3.5 and 10.5 GHz. The Company is a Principal Member of the WiMAX Forum. SR Telecom & Co is a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Lagasse. For additional information visit the Company's website at www.srtelecom.com SR Telecom, symmetryONE, symmetryMX are trademarks of SR Telecom & Co. S.E.C. All rights reserved 2008. All other trademarks are the property of their owners. About Airtel Telecom Group Airtel Telecom Group (ATG), a division of ATG Holdings, is a broadband system integrator and a telecom operator in Central & West Africa. ATG is the first low cost Broadband Carrier who has partnered with incumbent operators and National Postal Companies to offer fixed wireless telephony, VoIP, High Speed internet nationwide among other WiMAX based applications. ATG's unique & innovative business model which relies on implementing free-standing wireless mobile modules has been praised worldwide. Contacts: SR Telecom Fernando Donoso Manager Marketing 1-514-335-1210 ATG Holdings Jim Boukouray CEO 1-514-341-5777 ext 728 Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire |