CHENNAI: C-DoT Alcatel Research Center (CARC), a joint venture between the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) and Alcatel-Lucent, has announced that the trial run of its WiMax Rev-e end-to-end solution has just commenced. It has also indicated that the customer premise equipment (CPE) designed and developed by the company will be ready by the middle of May.

The company was established in September 2005 with the objective of designing and developing ready-to-commercialise broadband wireless products and reference designs compliant with WiMax Forum standards. The focus of this centre is on providing a wireless broadband solution for the Indian environment through domestic production and commercialisation of the technology.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, R. Poornalingam, Chairman of the CARC, said the non-availability of copper and the poor quality of available copper had proved a big problem for improving broadband penetration in developing countries. The target for broadband connectivity in India was 20 million by 2010, he said. Being a mobile technology, WiMax Rev-e, he said, could help India hit the target easily. "We are on schedule. Our products are ready," he said.

Patrick Veron, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said, "WiMax Rev-e is not just another technology. It is a key mass market enabler to bring relevant technology to users." While the potential end-users (quite huge in size) were seeking low cost voice and Internet access, the service providers were keen to tap this market, he said.

He saw the world going wireless and broadband. Asserting that WiMax Rev-e had the capability to offer cheap voice calls and high speed Internet, he said the solution was cost effective compared to 2G and 3G technologies.

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