Ceragon agrees $6m Telefonica Brazil World Cup LTE deal

Source: Globes, Tel Aviv, IsraelJuly 23--Wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks Ltd.迷你倉 (Nasdaq: CRNT; TASE:CRNT) has agreed $6 million deal with Telefonica Brazil unit Vivo.Ceragon will be the wireless backhaul partner for the next phase of Vivo's nationwide LTE network. Ceragon will supply Vivo with a range of short haul solutions based on its FibeAir family of products and full range of turnkey services. Ceragon solutions will help boost Vivo's network capacity as it expands and upgrades its network, delivering a vastly improved user experience to its subscribers.Vivo is Brazil's largest mobile operator and offers a wide range of telecommunication and broadband services to more than 91 million Brazilian subscribers.Vivo network director Leonardo Capdeville said, "After years of working with Ceragon's solutions, we are convinced that Ceragon has the expertise, reach and technological vision to meet Vivo's target to achie文件倉e full LTE coverage before the World Cup in 2014."Ceragon president and CEO Ira Palti said, "With the 2014 World Cup looming on the horizon, Brazil's operators are all racing to deploy their LTE networks. Ceragon is excited to play a part in this nationwide LTE deployment and to continue to build out the infrastructure for future growth."The current agreement is in addition to Ceragon's global partnership with Telefonica. Ceragon is currently active in Telefonica deployments in 6 national markets. The Telefonica Group, a global Tier-1 telecommunications company and one of the world's leading integrated operators, offers communication, information and entertainment solutions in 25 countries, servicing more than 300 million subscribers.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) Visit the Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) at www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/nodeview.asp?fid=942 Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉