Thales wins $180m wireless order

Thales wins $180m wireless order

KUALA LUMPUR: French defense company Thales said it has won
orders valued at US$180 million from Malaysia's AtlasONE
telecommunications operator to provide equipment and services for
a national wireless broadband network.

AtlasONE would use the network to offer Internet protocol (IP)
services to both large and small businesses.

"Consumers and enterprise customers can benefit from the
availability, dependability and affordability of our wireless
broadband service," Mohammad Badry Hanafi, chairman of AtlasONE,
said in a joint-statement over the weekend.

AtlasONE and Thales signed two agreements last week for the
latter to provide equipment and services for a national
deployment of wireless broadband services.

Under the agreements, Thales would be responsible for all
facets of system integration, program management and broadband
technology solution selection for AtlasONE's transmission
network, it said. -- AFP