Alvarion announced today that African broadband provider Gulfsat Madagascar has chosen the company's BreezeMAX equipment to expand its network, upgrading from OFDM to take advantage of WiMAX's broader coverage and increased capacity. Gulfsat will be using Alvarion's BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which uses the Intel Pro/Wireless 5116 WiMAX chip. "We are excited to be the first service provider to bring WiMAX to madagascar," says Gulfsat CEO Mohib Pirbay.

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