Dragonwave And Execulink Telecom Partner On Broadband Network In Ontario

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is partially funding the service deployment as part of Ontario’s Rural Connections Broadband Program, which is designed to bring broadband access to the province’s underserved areas.
“Execulink is pleased to extend access to high-speed Internet to the residents and businesses in Oxford County. With the help of DragonWave, we are able to provide a high-quality and affordable product to our consumers,” said Jonathan E. Scott, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations with Execulink Telecom. “After extensive evaluation and a public bid in which many solutions were considered, we chose the Horizon Compact because it allows us to offer the best Quality of Service (QoS) to our customers. Plus, its superior technical design translates into significant ongoing savings in operational expenditures (OPEX), and implementation is essentially seamless.”

Execulink Telecom is using the DragonWave solution for about 30 backhaul connections across the 2,000-square-kilometer county. The Horizon Compact—a single, small, all-outdoor chassis integrating traditional split indoor modem and outdoor radio functionality—offers Execulink Telecom the flexibility and scalability to quickly introduce next-generation services such as digital voice, support for backup facilities, alarm systems, disaster recovery and security.

“The Horizon Compact supports the cost-effective introduction of high-quality services in numerous underserved markets around the globe,” said Peter Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer of DragonWave. “We are especially proud to work with Execulink Telecom and Alliance in this project benefitting our neighbors in Oxford County, as OMAFRA has identified broadband access as one of the key requirements in the expansion of rural Ontario’s economy.”

DragonWave Horizon products operate in both licensed and unlicensed radio frequencies between 6 and 38 GHz. An uncompromised product design delivers pure “packet” microwave performance with software-scalable, ultra-low latency transport of up to 4 Gbps per link. Extremely easy to deploy and manage, DragonWave products deliver carrier-grade (99.999%) interference-free performance in next-generation IP networks.