Solutions and Expertise Brief if you are interested in deploying a Mobile WiMAX network in a developing economy, to bridge the Digital Divide in the most immediate, secure, low-cost way primarily by avoiding the dangers of the big vendor/small customer syndrome partner with us.
Contents Introduction to Codium Networks Solutions offered Mobile WiMAX/LTE Next Gen. BWA Expertise fielded: Business Case Analysis Technical/Network Assessment RF Planning Project Management and Deployment Services OA&M Support
Summary CODIUM Networks is the Next Gen. BWA specialist system integrator, and is prepared to support our customers with the following success-winning factors: Leadership: Kiriako Vergos, CEO of Codium - is a European pioneer in Broadband Wireless Access technologies, created the Milenio LMDS Consortium in 1998 with partners such as: Banque Paribas and Winstar (World s largest WLL operator). Built Southern Europe s first major carrier offering a truly convergent voice/data IP network. Team: A senior group of wireless and engineering professionals, which has lead Southern Europe s largest BWA network deployments. Strategic Vision: Codium s experience and profound understanding of operator requirements have led it to chose for its network roll-outs the very best Mobile WiMAX technology available today Motorola s WAP solution and to be more experienced and better qualified lf dfor its implementation than anyone else. Core Competencies : Unique 4G-specific RF planning and engineering resources deployed in 9 countries. Project Management capabilities Full turn-key solution offering: the Telco/ISP may focus its efforts on market penetration while Codium takes care of the rest, including network design, installation, integration, maintenance and operation (if required).
Summary - 2 CODIUM Networks is a small and highly specialized 4G system-integration boutique with operations in Europe, Africa and Middle East and Latin America. Year of incorporation: 2003 Staffing- at any given time and very much depending upon the number and size of projects being executed concurrently Codium fields up to 50 operations/engineering staff. Headquarters: Madrid, SPAIN Regional office: Athens, GREECE Volume of business: Codium is a privately held company and such data is not published, however it would be fair to say that with our ever growing customer list, including such prestigious organisations as the UN and the EC, revenue growth at present is very strong. Codium Networks is an entity fully vetted by the European Commission (PIC number: 999673465/01-01-08) CODIUM Networks: The network specialist in Mobile WiMAX, with the widest experience in network design and roll-out in the Southern EMEA region
Introduction to Codium Networks No.1 independent Next Gen. BWA system integrator in the Southern EMEA region. Mobile WiMAX/LTE pioneer with specialized capabilities and several network deployments across the Southern EMEA region. Collective expertise from several large scale broadband deployments across the globe.(legacy, xdsl, LMDS,GSM,UMTS and Metro-Mesh, Public Wi-Fi and Mobile WiMAX). Unique mix of best-of-breed broadband Wireless technologies and the unique know-how to implement them in the most economic and operationally robust manner.
Solutions offered: Mobile WiMAX Codium Networks is the first and most experienced Mobile WiMAX specialist in the EMEA region. Codium deployments, include the first publicly funded pre- WiMAX deployment in Southern Europe. Since then Codium has become a leading proponent and supplier of pre-mobile WiMAX and fully certified Mobile WiMAX networks across 2 continents, e.g. we supplied the very first 802.16e wave2 field deployment in Southern Europe. Codium Networks substantial experience in this field makes us quite unique in MEA and gives us the know-how to offer complete, low-risk, turn-key solutions
Solutions offered: BWA Business Case Analysis Codium Networks has developed d several business case templates for customers in different countries, that helped them to select the most profitable deployment strategy. Business consulting expertise includes successful business case analysis for: urban semi-urban and rural demographics in Europe, as well as different areas in the developing world
Solutions offered: BWA Technology Consulting Codium s BWA knowledge-base from legacy to emerging technologies is a core competence which permits us to effectively support municipal authorities in the following tasks: Preliminary feasibility study for nationwide, regional and municipal projects Public Tender specification development. RFP and RFI development and response. BWA Product comparative analysis and certification. General consulting, coordination and audit services in support of municipality
Solutions offered: RF Planning; Codium s unique advantage Codium Networks works closely with several broadband Wireless Access manufacturers and leading digital data providers to continuously evolve our RF predictive coverage simulations, based on a combination of the use of proprietary software tools continuously fine-tuned via our own empirical and statistical data bases. RF capabilities include GSM, 3G, Wi-Fi (LOS, n-los and NLOS) and Mobile WiMAX propagation models. Our customers realise that good RF planning is critical in avoiding budget over-runs and in securing revenue- generation, and Codium is uniquely positioned to offer them just that.
Solutions offered: RF Planning; Codium s unique advantage Model A: LOS Model B: LMDS Model C: Deygout Model D: Codium Proprietary This example shows a comparison among different tuned propagation models - Model D, developed by CODIUM, in collaboration, amongst others, with the University of Madrid and a world renowned authority on RF, includes digital beam-forming gain, spread delay and slow fading and clutter specific penetration losses; to ensure that RF planning simulation error is minimized.
RF Planning Examples (GSM-UMTS) Single BTS Simulations Multiple BTS Simulation
RF Planning Examples (WiMAX)
Another Codium core competency is Project Management, developed over many years of participation in complex large scale deployments in the Broadband Wireless space. Basedina flexible project plan development strategy, Codium ensures that all project tasks, activities and milestones are meticulously monitored and executed, ensuring the client a smooth network roll-out, independently of the degree of customer involvement in the process (from shared activity ownership to a turnkey based process). Solutions offered: Project Management
Solutions offered: Deployment Services In addition to its Product Supply, System Integration, ti Business Development, RF Planning and Project Management core competencies; Codium provides to its clients a complete set of professional services focused on Next Gen. Broadband Wireless Access network deployments, including: Location-based market analysis Site hunting Site acquisition License and permits application support Detailed Site engineering Network engineering Installation, commissioning for service certification and Ready Complete services Network audit/optimisation Certification training TAC support services.
Solutions offered: OA&M Support Codium has designed a fully comprehensive menu of OA&M services that allow the service provider to succesfully operate the network inspite of a lack of specialised know-how, with the Codium team giving complete 7/24 tech-support to the project. Codium OA&M professionals are fully certified to the highest standards ds for all the different platforms we deploy.
Codium Networks: Technical and logistics centers and training facilities
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Mobile WiMAX WiMAX: the first iteration of 4G networks Four classes of killer-aps aps Mobile WiMAX networks permit complete broadband d connectivity i for applications i on the go, in the following categories: Public/ Home- zones Mobile access Vehicle fleets, public works and services Security and surveillance/ machine to machine communications i Instant broadband" residential access in low penetration markets Benefits: Real time access to critical and pertinent information. Makes the information society and its applications directly accessible for users on the go. Increases public security, welfare and productivity, making all broadband services accessible ubiquitously
Some customer references Axioma(Honduras) GD Telecom (El Salvador) Ministry of Public Works(Chile) Kanitt (Argentina)
Summary CODIUM Networks is the 4G specialist system integrator, and is prepared to support our customers with the following success-winning factors: Leadership: Kiriako Vergos, CEO of Codium - is a European pioneer in Broadband Wireless Access technologies, created the Milenio LMDS Consortium in 1998 with partners such as: Banque Paribas and Winstar (World s largest WLL operator). Built Southern Europe s first major carrier offering a truly convergent voice/data IP network. Team: A senior group of wireless and engineering professionals, which has lead Southern Europe s largest BWA network deployments. Strategic Vision: Codium s experience and profound understanding of operator requirements have led it to chose for its network roll-outs the very best WiMAX technologies available today and to be more experienced and better qualified for their implementation than anyone else. Reference clients: Public supra-national agencies such as the EC or the UN Southern Europe s third largest cable operator One of Africa s premium GSM operators Several WISPs across the Southern EMEA region Other prestigious operators across the region Important Public Works Projects in several emerging markets Core Competencies es : Unique WiMAX-specific RF planning and engineering resources deployed in 8 countries. Project Management capabilities Full turn-key solution offering: the Telco/ISP may focus its efforts on market penetration while Codium takes care of the rest, including network design, installation, integration, maintenance and operation (if required). CODIUM Networks: The network specialist in Mobile WiMAX, with the widest experience in network design and roll-out in the Southern EMEA region