IP Wireless finally has that big order that it has been after these past few years, shifting 600 base stations of its TD-CDMA broadband base stations to T-Mobile in the Czech republic, and boasting multiple orders of magnitude of data throughput ahead of other 3G markets, some 10 terabytes a day, in the region.
That translates to several gigabytes of data per user per month in the region, something way in excess of 3G networks including those with HSDPA.
This order now takes broadband on a handset to 60% of the Czech population, which amounts to 10.2 million people, with 100% mobile handset penetration.
IPWireless, now a subsidiary of WiMAX operator and equipment supplier, NextWave in the US, offers Time Division Duplexing base stations which are designed to work in the 5 MHz of one way data delivery spectrum that most European 3G licenses came with. It started out with a trial network in Prague and now covers all the major cities including Ostrava, Opava, Prerov, Hradec Kralove, Lysa nad Labem, Kurim, Litvinov, Slapanice and Rajhrad.
IPWireless also supplies T-Mobile with multi-mode PCMCIA data cards that support TD-CDMA, EDGE, and GPRS and USB modems.