Sawtel Selects Meru
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Meru Networks, the global leader
in wireless VoIP infrastructure, today announced that Sawtel Inc., a Satellite
and Wireless Telecommunications company, has chosen Meru Networks for an
island-wide Wi-Fi deployment in the Bahamas. Sawtel Inc. will implement the
Meru solution, to ensure a converged voice, data and video services to both
business and residential users across the island of Nassau. The voice
services will give users access to hosted IP PBX, PBX Enhanced Services and IP
Centrex applications.
For the 1000 node, island-wide deployment, Sawtel Inc. will use Meru’s
WLAN System outdoors and indoors to create the world’s largest virtual cell
covering a 20 x 7 mile area. Using this infrastructure, the provider will
deliver cost-effective voice and data network services with true QoS to end
users. Sawtel Inc. selected Meru’s WLAN System after extensive evaluation and
testing of wireless LAN equipment.
“We have always believed that wireless technology is the ideal vehicle for
delivering cost effective services with QoS to customers who would otherwise
not have access,” said Sawtel Inc.’s Chief Technology Officer, Eric Asare.
“Meru’s WLAN System is the only solution that could deliver toll-quality,
carrier-grade voice capabilities and the mobility and RF features required for
our deployment. Furthermore, with Meru’s virtual cell approach, we estimate
that we’ll save more than $340,000 in RF engineering costs and achieve a rapid
ROI.”
“Sawtel Inc. is a forward-thinking provider that recognized the
limitations of conventional wireless solutions for delivering profitable,
converged services to a large number of users,” stated Kamal Anand, vice
president of marketing, Meru Networks. “Because our WLAN System was designed
specifically for pervasive wireless VoIP networks, we can address the needs of
carriers like Sawtel Inc. and their users and regional providers. Deployments
like this validate the wireless VoIP carrier business model and demonstrate
the economic and technological benefits — including the superior scalability
– of Meru’s WLAN System.”
Meru Networks Inc.
Sawtel Inc.