Central America Businesses Are Now Empowered to Enter the Global Economy Through Broadband Over Power Lines or BPL

Wednesday April 12, 5:07 pm ET


DORAL, Fla., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ANEW Broadband "lights up" one of Managua's largest shopping centers. Paul Choiseul, Chief Technology Officer for the Miami-based telecommunications services provider and broadband over power line integrator, flew to Managua, Nicaragua last week to oversee the installation of ANEW permanent MDU/BPL deployment. The solution combines Motorola's pre WIMAX wireless system for backhaul with broadband over power line systems targeting buildings, condominiums and municipalities in South Florida and several new deployments throughout Latin America.
As the Internet continues to become the backbone of the international economy, Miami and ANEW are at the center with the right location and the state-of-the-art IT infrastructure. Together they have become the high-tech link between the United States, our neighbors to the South, Europe and the rest of the world. As an example, the NAP of the Americas in Miami is the "landing point" of international undersea cables, multiple power grids, and other telecom infrastructure investment. South Florida is now the dominant connecting point to the Caribbean and Latin America. "We are being very successful bringing our expertise to the marketplace in the Americas and we expect this to be an area of significant growth for our company," said Daniel Contreras, Chief Executive officer for ANEW Broadband.

"BPL is good news for consumers and for competitive service providers alike. ANEW plans to launch a bundled package of Internet access, voice and video, also called "Triple Play." More choices will put pressure on the cable and telephone companies but at the end will help consumer choice and Internet equality. The offers are expected to be available by the end of the year, in selected markets," said Carlos Lopez, Chief Marketing officer for ANEW Broadband.

ANEW was hired by Nicaraguan wireless networking firm Sistematica to deploy a system in one of Nicaragua's largest shopping centers. Sistematica has over 15 years of experience with wireless deployment and contributed to the fast turn-around on the backhaul of the network, said Choiseul. He arrived by plane on a Sunday and the wireless backhaul was installed and working by Monday. The gear took a mere three hours to install and instantly every electrical outlet at every store under our electric transformer had broadband service. Nicaragua has the second-lowest teledensity in Latin America only after Haiti, said a report from Australian research firm Totel. The government privatized telecommunications in 2004, said the report. Now Telcor is "very friendly and open to new entrants" in the telecom industry, said Choiseul. The Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) created a springboard for new telecommunications businesses in Nicaragua and neighboring countries, he explained, and the nation's stability and economic growth helped bring investment and new business.


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