Alvarion, a provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, was chosen by Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Posts and Information Communication Technology, Burkina Faso, for the country’s first 802.16e WiMAX deployment.

Alvarion initially deployed a network in the capital city of Ouagadougou to connect administrative offices with advanced data and voice services over WiMAX. Based on the successful results, the Ministry of Posts and Information Communication Technology decided to award an expansion contract with full turnkey services to Alvarion.

As part of the modernization process in Burkina Faso, the Ministry plans to connect additional cities to broadband Internet starting in Bobo-Dioulasso, and to be followed later in Fada N’Gourma, Kaya, Koudougou, Ouahigouya and Ziniaré.

As part of this initiative, Alvarion will deploy its BreezeMAX base stations and customer premises equipment for the 2.5 GHz frequency band in the major cities of Burkina Faso.

In addition, Alvarion is providing full project implementation including project management, network planning, full installation, radio planning, training services and ongoing technical support.