Telarus Selects BigAir For Sydney

Written by Adam Gosling

Friday, 26 October 2007

A Master Services Agreement with BigAir will see Telarus offering wireless data services to businesses in Sydney using the country's first 802.16d WiMAX network. The Agreement allows Telarus to sell fixed WiMAX broadband at speeds up to 25Mbps symmetric. The coverage area is the standard 1500 square kilometre BigAir footprint across the Sydney metro area. The deal only covers the Sydney market as Telarus is using Pacific Wireless to offer wireless infrastructure services to businesses in the Melbourne metropolitan area under a similar agreement Telarus signed back in April. "Telarus has interconnected with BigAir's network in Sydney, allowing us to deliver fast and efficient wireless services to business customers throughout the Sydney metropolitan area," said Jules Rumsey, Managing Director at Telarus. "The BigAir service in many cases will be appropriate for Sydney-based customers in areas where existing DSL or fiber-optic services don't meet their needs. "The addition of BigAir strengthens our data offering which now includes dialup modem, ISDN, a range of DSL offerings Frame Relay, Ethernet, ATM and now fixed wireless," Rumsey said. He added that Telarus also now has the capability to offer live and standby services over different technologies with different carriers with its new range of disaster recovery options. "Wireless services, as they are usually delivered to a mast on a roof rather than via a duct at the base of a building, have definite appeal for customers looking to put disaster recovery measures in place," said Rumsey. Commenting on the agreement, Jason Ashton, CEO at BigAir, said: "Our interconnect partnership with Telarus reaffirms the notion that wireless connectivity is a great option for businesses. "We are pleased to be working with an organisation like Telarus to deliver reliable symmetric wireless connectivity services to the business market in Sydney." Newer news items Regular Mobile Numbers Ported To Satellite Service -18/03/2008 Crazy John's Plans 20 New Stores -11/03/2008 New Satellite Broadband Begins -15/01/2008 Older news items Voda Goes In-Store At Myer -26/08/2007 Gearing Up For iPhone? -24/08/2007 Mobile Solutions Groups Consolidate -14/08/2007 Vodafone Expands Brightpoint Relationship -06/08/2007 Crazy John's To Sell People's Fixed Services -11/07/2007 Tag This Now: