Tranzeo Wireless Technologies' story at the show is about low cost and high performance. It is talking up its new family of 3.5 GHz and 5.8 GHz outdoor WiMAX subscriber units based on 802.16d.
The product family includes indoor and outdoor versions with a variety of antenna options for either residential or enterprise use. Its outdoor subscriber units for the 3.5GHz band come with 14dBi, 17dBi, and 20dBi antenna options and its indoor version incorporates an integrated 10dBi antenna. Its outdoor subscriber units for the 5.8GHz band come with 16dBi, 20dBi, or 24dBi antenna options, while its indoor version comes with an integrated 12dBi antenna.
Jim Tocher, CEO and president of Tranzeo, explains that the company aggressively priced its products for its customers and their business models. He indicated that the lower but competitive price points will enable an accelerated rollout of WiMAX networks.
The Canadian company believes that as wireless operators see improved return on investment, the WiMAX deployments will speed up. To aid in this endeavor, the company controls its costs and quality by manufacturing all of its own products in its state-of-the-art automated manufacturing facility.
The subscriber units can be upgraded and managed remotely and feature LEDs to visually indicate signal strength so that finding the optimal signal is as easy for users as it is with their home Wi-Fi routers. Both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight point-to-multipoint operations are also possible.
The company claims the units can be installed by personnel with little or no training.