Huawei, Intel to equip R&D centre for KACST

HYDERABAD, INDIA: Huawei, a provider of telecommunications network solutions, signed amemorandum of understanding (MoU) with Intel Corporation to equip the newly set up Wireless Technologies Research and Development Center with state-of-the-art solutions.

Abdulziz Al-Noghaither, GM, Intel Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Liu Qi, CEO, Huawei Saudi Arabia, signed the MoU in a ceremony attended by His Highness Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud, vice president, Research Institutes at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).

Huawei would provide base stations, access network gateway, authentication servers etc to build access and core WiMAX network in KACST. The centre aims to use these equipment to showcase WiMAX technology, test interoperability and optimize network performance in order to guarantee effective operation of various client end-user devices on operators’ WiMAX networks.

KACST would host the centre whose operations will expand to serve the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. The center would conduct validation for WiMAX infrastructure equipment and terminals, interoperability testing, studies for performance optimization, pre-certification for qualified products and experimentation with new WiMAX services and applications.

In addition to accelerating the deployment of WiMAX wireless broadband services, the lab would make use of best known methods from other regions to help stimulate new innovative ideas for network deployment in the region. The lab would also address WiMAX mobility and broadband coverage problems in the region as well as other challenges such as validation of end-to-end network deployment.