BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RWM Alliance (an Alliance Group Company), the leading Russian system integrator for wireless networks, and JSC Concern Sozvezdie, the innovative developing and manufacturing company for broadband wireless equipment and systems from Voronezh, Russia, announced today in the Mobile World Congress 2009 conference in Barcelona, that they began local manufacturing of Mobile WiMAX equipment based on Mobile WiMAX solutions from Runcom Technologies Ltd., the world's pioneer of OFDMA(r) enabling technologies for Mobile WiMAX.
Sozvezdie also announced that it will soon be able to demonstrate a Mobile WiMAX end-to-end network, providing cellular service providers a complete WiMAX network, made, for the first time, by a Russian entity.
"We are proud to have the opportunity to develop and manufacture in Russia state of the art WiMAX equipment, based on the leading OFDMA technology from Runcom," said Mr. Alexander Garmanov, Sozvezdie's CTO. Mr. Serge Alyoshin, CIO of Alliance Group and CEO of RWM Alliance, added that "Alliance Group is confident that this new WiMAX equipment will be deployed in the near future in numerous locations throughout Russia, and provide the new experience of Mobile Broadband Wireless applications and services to subscribers." Mr. Israel Koffman, V.P. of Marketing at Runcom, added that "Runcom is very excited to cooperate with Alliance Group and Sozvezdie in order to deepen the proliferation of the OFDMA technology in Eastern European countries."
About Alliance Group, Ltd.
The Alliance Group was established in 1997 with the aim of integrating the efforts of various non-governmental organizations to ensure speedy implementation of major investment projects. The Alliance Group focuses on advanced science and high-tech sectors. The Company provides professional solutions to corporate structural and economic challenges, both at the federal and regional levels. Based on well-developed business relationships with numerous Russian and foreign companies and organizations, the Alliance Group operates in Russia and many other foreign countries providing consulting, expert and managerial services at all stages of project management and focusing on consulting and R&D services in the high-tech areas. Website: www.alliance-gr.com Contact: serge@alliance-gr.com
About Sozvezdie
Concern Sozvezdie was created by a decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 2004 with the mission of improving the scientific and manufacturing potential of the Russian radio-electronic industry. Joint Stock Company Concern Sozvezdie is a holding company for many enterprises all across Russia. These enterprises are proficient in different areas of the electronic industry and able to provide customers of Concern Sozvezdie with highly efficient and high quality services and products. Concern Sozvezdie collaborates with leading telecom companies in the areas of advanced algorithm development and prototyping of wireless equipment. Concern Sozvezdie focuses its R&D activities on key wireless technologies including advanced coding, MIMO, smart antennas, and positioning and navigation systems. Website: www.sozvezdie.su Contact: avg@sozvezdie.su
About Runcom Technologies Ltd.
Established in 1997, Runcom is the recognized pioneer of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA(r)) technology, for beyond 3G, Mobile and Fixed WiMAX, LTE, Broadband Wireless Access and MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) applications. The Company offers end-to-end Mobile WiMAX solutions based on state-of-the-art and standard-based technologies and products for a wide variety of Tier-1 players in the global wireless communications arena that stand to benefit considerably from OFDMA, including cellular, wireless, satellite and telecom operators; leading wireless equipment vendors, Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) manufacturers; OEM and ODM manufacturers, system integrators, broadcasters, and integrated circuits manufacturers. For more information, visit Runcom on the Internet at: http://www.runcom.com, or contact Israel Koffman, V.P. Marketing, at israelk@runcom.co.il