Africa Com – Cape Town, South Africa, November 13, 2012 – PureWave Networks, a rapidly growing developer of LTE small cells and Mobile WiMAX base stations, today announced that it was selected by Unique Solutions as the company’s exclusive provider of mobile WiMAX base stations for Unique Solution’s planned network expansion. The planned expansion will cover Gambia’s Greater Banjul Area, and will deliver mission critical transaction clearing services to the financial services industry, including the National Electronic Payment Platform and other performance sensitive customers.

“Our customers demand the highest level of service and performance and have a low tolerance for service disruptions. This means that our network has to be built to the highest standards and deliver uncompromising performance,” said Papa Yusupha Njie, Unique Solution’s CEO. “We selected PureWave’s Quantum Mobile WiMAX platform for our network expansion after extensive testing and evaluation, and based on PureWave’s ability to deliver a quality product capable of industry leading performance, capacity and mobility.”

The first phase of network expansion is expected to be completed by December 2012, in time for the landing of a new submarine cable which will deliver new communication capacity to the Gambia and 23 other African nations. Upon completion of the first expansion phase, Unique  Solutions is planning additional growth including eventually expanding the network into Guinea and Liberia, as well as rolling out advanced services such as wireless fleet management and video surveillance applications aimed at government and corporate customers. The network will also offer broadband wireless access to schools through its “Schoolnet” programme.

“We are proud to be a part of Unique Solutions’ success and to be their chosen Mobile WiMAX platform partner,” said Don Meiners, PureWave’s CEO. “PureWave Quantum Mobile WiMAX base stations deliver unmatched quality and capacity for even the most demanding applications and in challenging service environments. We share Unique Solutions’ passion for uncompromising service and quality, and we are looking forward to a long and productive partnership.”  

For more information about PureWave and its products visit: www.pwnets.com.