Aviat Networks, Inc. WTM 4000 Platform Selected by Wisper Internet for Rural Broadband Network Expansion
December 06, 2021 at 04:05 pm EST
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Aviat Networks, Inc. announced that Wisper Internet (Wisper), a multi-million dollar wireless internet service provider (WISP) headquartered in Mascoutah, Illinois, has selected the Aviat all-outdoor WTM 4000 radio platform to support its delivery of high speed broadband to underserved communities throughout the Midwest United States. The company evaluated Aviat's solution against four other manufacturers using criteria including performance, online design and ordering with fast delivery, remote license and capacity upgrades, comprehensive in-country support, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Wisper, a winner of the FCC's Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF II) auction, is using its award of $220.3 million to upgrade and expand its service. Aviat's WTM 4000 platform is a key part of this expansion, and includes the industry's highest system gain all-outdoor radios to reduce antenna sizes; the only available single box multi-band radio to support 10 Gbps over long distance up to 10 miles or more; and a compact single box E-band radio to delivering up to 20 Gbps over short distances. Wisper is purchasing the Aviat radios through Aviat's e-commerce site, the Aviat Store, and taking delivery of in-stock radios within days, enabling Wisper to minimize stocking, accelerate network deployments, and expand its service across six states.
Aviat Networks, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a supplier of microwave networking and wireless access networking solutions. It designs, manufactures, and sells a range of wireless networking products, solutions, and services. It also offers routers and a range of premise and hosted private cloud-based software tools and applications to enable deployment, monitoring, network management, and operational assurance of its systems as well as to automate network design and procurement. It also sources, qualifies, supplies, integrates, tests, and supports third party equipment such as antennas, optical transmission equipment and other equipment necessary to build and deploy a complete telecommunications transmission network. It provides a full suite of professional services for planning, deployment, operations, and maintenance of its customersâ networks. It offers a suite of wireless transport and access systems for microwave and millimeter wave networking applications.
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