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Airtel selects symmetryMX for WiMAX rollout across Cameroon

MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - September 30, 2008) - SR Telecom & Co. S.E.C, a leading supplier of WiMAX Forum-certified solutions, today announced it will provide Canada-based Airtel Telecom Group (ATG) with symmetryMX(TM) solutions to support the growing demands for carrier-class wireless services in Central and Western Africa.

Airtel plans to extend its WiMAX network rapidly by using SR Telecom's symmetryMX(TM) platform. This purchase will support the deployment of one hundred base stations throughout Cameroon, allowing the operator to offer premium triple-play services to enterprise and residential subscribers. The rollout is expected to begin in December, 2008 with a targeted completion of July, 2009.

"We are very impressed with the performance, flexibility, and capacity of SR Telecom's symmetryMX(TM) solution, and are confident and enthusiastic about building a fruitful partnership with SR Telecom as we pursue aggressive network expansion to establish our service footprint in Cameroon," said Francois Draper, President of ATG Holdings Inc.

"SR Telecom is pleased to be able to support Airtel, and we are committed to supporting their efforts to bring high-quality voice and data services to both residential and enterprise customers across Cameroon," said SR Telecom's President, Serge Legris. "Our symmetryMX(TM) solution builds upon our extensive R&D and deployment experience and offers advanced WiMAX functionality that provides operators with real business value."

For the last 27 years, the SR Telecom & Co. team, now part of Groupe Lagasse, a Canadian holding company specializing in telecommunications development, manufacturing and supply, has delivered some of the most successful ...