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August 20, 2007 Issue 60

	smartBridges' Nexus series unveils Wireless Solutions for Lagos Payless Broadband, a leading ISP service provider of Lagos goes the extra mile to provide total wireless solutions for its customers. more...
	Link Aggregation Link Aggregation is a technique of combining two wireless links into a single logical link to achieve a higher bandwidth and increasing the availability. more...
	CommunicAsia 2007 Review Quarter Round-up on Recent events- CommunicAsia 2007 more...
	Upcoming Events IndoCommIT 2007 at Jakarta
	Latest Nexus Product Promotion Get 15% off on any product including the just launched Nexus TOTAL products! more...

smartBridges' Nexus series unveils Wireless Solutions for Lagos

Lagos, the socio-cultural melting pot and also Nigeria's commercial centre boasts of not just largest financial institutions and industrial estates but also of being the fastest growing telecom markets in Africa. For a developing country the key step to progress is to quickly develop the infrastructure especially communications infrastructure, for businesses and individuals to function.

This is exactly what Payless Broadband Network Limited addressed while implementing a wireless network in Lagos. Payless Broadband Network Limited, one of the leading Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wanted to deploy innovative and a rich range of value-added communication services-such as Wi-Fi (WIreless-FIdelity), Voice over IP (VoIP), and VPN in a region surrounded by lagoons. It needed a partner committed to open platforms and architectures, enabled compliance with their business imperatives and had the ability to provide tailored and adaptive solutions.

After a lot of research to quickly extend their market and provide more affordable access they turned to smartBridges’ Nexus series of wireless radios for last mile connectivity. smartBridges provides a suite of end-to-end solutions combining components and the support team to its customers.

With the new high-speed, cost-effective and ultra-reliable wireless network, they are providing to businesses and residents in Lagos the economy is picking up and there is a huge demand for the services that Payless Broadband Network Limited is providing.

To find out how Payless Broadband Network Limited met these demands, click here.

Wireless Internet access has cut the last wires tethering us to our offices and home. It is truly inspiring to see how wireless technology can open someone's world and widen the horizons to wonderful new possibilities. Against that backdrop, this issue explores some insights on the possibilities of unwiring our world.

The focus being the customer success story a very interesting and “First of its kind” deployment from Lagos proving that Nigeria is one of the fastest growing telecom markets in Africa. It talks about the wireless technologies like wireless internet, VoIP, and VPN that has improved the economy and also on creating huge demand for more such services in the country.

Moving forward we take a look at the exciting times smartBridges has been having the past few weeks post the success at CommunicAsia 2007 held in Singapore over June 19-22.The theme “Total Solution for rural connectivity” proved to be a crowd puller to our booth.

The future looks even merrier as we are gearing up for another big IT trade event IndoCommIT 2007, to be held in Indonesia from September 11-13. We look forward to meet you at the event.

With loads to offer, I am confident that smartBridges will simplify your wireless deployments and give you more valuable insights for outdoor wireless networking. We value your suggestions and comments to improve our newsletter. Please click here to send us your feedback.

Sincerely,

Preethi Mohan
simplyFi Editor

smartTIPS

Link Aggregation

With increased usage and more bandwidth hungry applications, network operators always face the challenge of boosting the bandwidth pipeline without much change in existing infrastructure. Moreover performance is expected to be unchanged if not increased with additional demands.

Link Aggregation is a technique of combining two wireless links into a single logical link to achieve a higher bandwidth and increasing the availability.

airHaul² Nexus PRO [sB3021] is an intelligent dual radio wireless backhaul designed for point-to-point connectivity and is a perfect one box solution for Link Aggregation. It provides inherent, redundancy on point-to-point links with up to 45Mbps useful throughput.

Deploying and configuring airHaul² Nexus PRO is simple and straightforward for migration from traditional single point-to-point link as well as new deployments.

Click here to read more.

CommunicAsia 2007

With over 600 visitors to our booth, CommunicAsia 2007 was a grand success.

The theme for our booth was “Total Solution for Rural Connectivity”. Visitors had feel and touch of smartBridges products and solutions designed to meet the challenges of e-Governance, e-Learning, e-Healthcare and rural connectivity infrastructure.

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Bernard Chan, VP, Global Sales says “Events like CommunicAsia gives us an opportunity to come face to face with our customers. Gripe or compliment, we devote our full attention to what they have to say. The event also gives us the opportunity to show our commitment to all existing and new customer. I look forward to an even better CommunicAsia 2008”

Learn more about smartBridges events here.

IndoCommIT 2007 Expo and Forum

September 11-13, 2007

Positioned as Indonesia’s No 1 ICT event, IndoCommIT 2007 promises to provide an ideal platform for all ICT buyers and sellers with investments or likely to invest in Indonesia.

smartBridges along with Platinum Channel Partner, CGD IT Solutions will be present at IndoCommIT to showcase products and solutions that find particular application in Indonesia. Successful case scenarios will also be presented to address visitor queries.

When	September 11-13, 2007
Where	Jakarta Convention Center Booth #A40, Singapore Pavilion Jakarta, Indonesia Click here for more visitor information
Contact	Alex Loh Tel: +65 6250 0100 x8149 Email: alex.loh@smartbridges.com
Web	www.indo-commit.com

For information on other events, please click here .

Nexus Product Promotion

With the launch of the Nexus TOTAL series, filling the exploding demand for end-to-end wireless connectivity has never been easier. Now with the Nexus Bundle Promotion, it has never been more affordable!

FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS can now buy any radio of their choice for a flat 15% DISCOUNT off Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price!

Choose from smartBridges’ extensive portfolio of Intelligent Wireless Broadband products:

	Access Points	Client Devices	Backhauls
Dual Radio models	[sB3221] airPoint² Nexus PRO Product Details		[sB3021] airHaul² Nexus PRO Product Details
Integrated Antenna models	[sB3212V] airPoint Nexus PRO TOTAL Product Details [sB3213V] airPoint Nexus TOTAL 241 (2.4 GHz) Product Details [sB3214V] airPoint Nexus TOTAL 551 (5.x GHz) Product Details	[sB3412] airClient Nexus PRO TOTAL Product Details [sB3414] airClient Nexus TOTAL 551 (5.x GHz) Product Details [sB3415] airClient TOTAL 241 (2.4 GHz) Product Details	[sB3012] airHaul Nexus PRO TOTAL Product Details [sB3013] airHaul Nexus TOTAL 241 (2.4 GHz) Product Details [sB3014] airHaul Nexus TOTAL 551 (5.x GHz) Product Details
Basic models	[sB3210] airPoint Nexus Product Details		[sB3010] airHaul Nexus Product Details

All products present an out-of-the-box installation while a common management user interface makes integration into the network quick and easy.

Click here to find out how you can enjoy this limited offer and SAVE 15%!

smartBridges has developed the Nexus Platform based on state-of-the-art COFDM wireless technology. The award winning 3rd generation intelligent wireless edge platform enables new revenue generating converged IP data, voice and video services. The Nexus Platform is a rugged communications-grade wireless delivery system with superior performance and high reliability to enable cost effective deployments.

Note: The 15% discount is off Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price.

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