Home Who we are Engineering Equipment and Systems New Solutions Clients Contacts Work with us News archive HOME » FUJITSU WIMAX TECHNOLOGY FOR VOIP PHONES IN AFRICA WIMAX FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY FOR VOIP PHONES IN AFRICA (ASCA-CORRIERE COM.) - Rome, June 8 - Wimax and Voip. It is the new combination chosen for communications in developing countries. Fujitsu Microelectronics and Smile Telecoms Holdings have announced the birth of the first low cost Wimax Voip phone and service for African countries. The terminal will be a battery operated desk phone, equipped with a Linux interface. Specifically, Fujitsu supplies the Wimax chipset for the second generation Voip phone consisting of a low-power Wimax baseband SoC (System-on-Chip), a triple-band RF transceiver and an optimized energy management chip with a protocol stack with Wimax certification and a proprietary connection manager. Smile will use the first Wimax terminals for the launch of its network in Uganda. '' Smile's goal is to allow customers residing in developing countries to communicate easily and economically - explains Irene Charnley, CEO of Smile Telecoms Holdings -. The partnership started with Fujitsu Microelectronics, to develop a low-cost phone with innovative technological features, represents an important aspect of Smile's vision ''. The ultimate goal of the Wimax Voip project is to allow "ubiquitous" communication in developing countries, as specified by Makoto 'Mac' Awaga, General Manager, Mobile Solutions Division of Fujitsu Microelectronics. '' An optimized communication system was born which is the first of its kind to be introduced on the market, an economical and low consumption Voip Wimax telephone able to meet the needs of emerging markets. This extraordinary combination between Wimax and Voip will allow services to reach new regions and open up new markets and prospect new uses ''. Convert Telecomunicazioni S.r.l. Viale Luca Gaurico 9/11 - 00143 Roma - Tel. +39.06.87655859 - info@converttelecomunicazioni.com C.C.I.A.A. Roma N. 1185233 del 3.12.2007 - P.IVA/C.F. 09731401007 - Cap.Soc. 440.000 Euro i.v. Ideazione e realizzazione grafica e piattaforma di inserimento contenuti: LAG Consulting - realizzazioni applicazioni web