Mena Telecom, an investment subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain), has announced today that it has increased the number of active friendly user accounts to two hundred on its new WiMAX 802.16e network. Numerous business and residential packages have been incorporated into the testing phase.
Mr. Abdul Razak Jawahery, Executive Manager Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain (KFH), representing KFH as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mena Telecom commented on this increase, "Everything is going as planned with our core and backup sites, and our friendly users who are testing our services have reported a significantly faster service than their previous providers, in addition to a stable web browsing experience. We are now ready for more rigorous testing, and soon, a nation-wide rollout. Our testing will now continue with a higher network load to insure accurate results and a trouble-free experience for our valued customers"
Also present was Dr. Nawaf Al-Hamer who personally received a WiMAX unit from Mr. Jawahery and now he is the latest addition to Mena Telecom's WiMAX friendly users community.
Mena Telecom has recently opened one of the first and most advanced end-to-end WiMAX 802.16e operation centers in the world. With a full nation-wide launch on the horizon, friendly test users are added at intervals to test network stability, performance and response times. The latest addition marks the success of preceding tests and readiness to continue with a full scale nationwide roll-out.
Mena Telecom has promised to revolutionize the telecommunications industry in the Kingdom and beyond, and it is now making good on that promise. Customers throughout the Kingdom will soon experience the web using the latest cutting edge wireless technology available in the world today.
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Press Release 2008
