TranSwitch today announced that it has received pre-production orders from a leading Chinese Telecom OEM for its Atlantaâ„¢ 80 processor for use in its WiMAX VoIP terminal equipment. 

The first widespread deployments of the Atlantaâ„¢ based WiMax Fixed Wireless Terminals (FWT) will be in Asia and Europe where rollouts are expected to begin during the third quarter of 2010. Deployments follow several months of rigorous field testing of equipment under varying network conditions to ensure interoperability, quality and performance. 

The adoption of WiMAX, a fourth generation wireless technology, is rapidly gaining momentum worldwide. According to a recent ABI Research report, 164 mobile WiMAX networks were in trial or commercial operation at the end of 2009, and the number of WiMAX subscribers is expected to grow from approximately 6 million in 2009 to over 30 million by 2011. 

“We are delighted to have been selected by our major customer as the vendor of choice for their WiMAX VoIP terminal deployments. The fast growing VoIP market presents strategic growth opportunities for TranSwitch,” said Dr. M. Ali Khatibzadeh, President and CEO of TranSwitch. “Our Atlantaâ„¢ and Entropiaâ„¢ product families offer best-in-class performance in terms of voice quality, power consumption and packet processing in the industry,” concluded Dr. Khatibzadeh. 

TranSwitch’s Atlantaâ„¢ 80 is well positioned for network deployments worldwide. Last year, Korea’s fastest growing broadband operator, SK Broadband, deployed over a million DECT VoIP terminals based on the Atlantaâ„¢ processor. Other service providers are also conducting trials of Atlantaâ„¢ 80 based equipment for their networks.