Du Signs an agreement with iBwave Solutions

iBwave Solutions, the world’s in-building standard design and planning software provider, today announced that du, the integrated telecom service provider in the UAE, have signed an agreement to plan state-of-the-art indoor wireless networks on high-rise buildings in the UAE. du offers voice, data, video and content services over fixed and mobile networks to consumers, businesses and carriers

In the UAE’s fast growing market, in-building wireless networks have emerged as an essential operational backbone in commercial buildings. They provide reliable access to data to support the latest mobile applications, and satisfy mobile end-users’ increasing demands for superior in-building coverage. du is therefore taking advantage of this market growth by implementing the most up-to-date wireless networks and support systems. With iBwave’s RF-vu software and solutions, du can make sure that the end-to-end standard software solution will minimize possible errors and provide fast and accurate results through improved monitoring and reporting tools for guaranteed project outcomes.

Hatem Bamatraf, Senior Vice President - Network Development, du, said: “du and iBwave share a common goal to provide customers with state-of-the-art wireless mobility services in the UAE. RF-vu will enable us optimize network efficiency to deliver reliable and innovative services that fulfill our promise to enable better user experience of various services for our customers. We are confident that RF-vu will ensure us long-term sustainability within our operational structure through secured documentation and flexible designs, allowing us to support current and future technologies and deliver on our promise of product and service excellence”

“It is an honour that du selected our flagship product as their official standard in-building platform to design and plan wireless networks of remarkable high-rise buildings that are surging in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which are mapped as worldwide icons of innovative architecture,” says Mario Bouchard, President and CEO of iBwave Solutions.

This new business opportunity is important to iBwave since it propels the company to offer their solutions in a region where the economical development surge is spurring a countless number of new high-rise constructions, all of which must be equipped with wireless cutting edge technologies.

October 13,2009