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CHALLENGE
In early 2009, the timing was right to leap ahead to provide the latest 3G+ services on
its nationwide network. Wataniya Telecom Maldives, known as Wataniya Maldives, in
partnership with Aviat Networks, overhauled its atoll-hopping communication
network with TRuepoint 6500 radios to create a state-of-the art, wireless backbone
for 3G and broadband leased services.
Aviat designed a network to cover the most populous atolls spread north to south
across 820 kilometers of Indian Ocean, which makes up 99 percent of the territory of
the Maldives. Significant water expanses—the longest at 50 kilometers—could only
be covered by microwave radios. Redundant equipment and protected links were
necessary to meet the tough network reliability requirements. In the end, the
network overhaul used 26 separate microwave links with end-to-end network
management. Today, visitors and residents alike can enjoy the beautiful sunsets and
stunning fish and coral reefs even more with 3G services.
CASE STUDY
With over 700,000 visitors annually—a majority European—the Maldives visitors get colorful
sunsets, pristine beaches and full 3G mobile broadband Internet enabled by TRuepoint 6500.
TYPHOON-RESILIENT NETWORK
Aviat network engineers selected the TRuepoint 6500 in the 3+1 STM-1 configuration
to be deployed in a backbone ring. Using this configuration, the new backbone has:
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CASE STUDY
The new microwave backbone consists of 26 TRuepoint 6500 links, capable of up to Complete Turnkey
465 Mbit/s of voice and data throughput. If a link fails, the ring will switch and sustain
Services Solution
full backbone capacity, keeping voice and data alive for mobile users on all 26 atolls. Aviat provided Wataniya
Telecom with a complete
With this much capacity, the Wataniya Maldives is truly well positioned to deliver the services solution:
most innovative 3G services to its customers, including new services such as mobile
• Network design
video calling, entertainment and high speed mobile Internet connectivity.
• Transportation
THE DIFFERENCE: CUSTOMIZED CUSTOMER SERVICES • Installation
To create more than 800 kilometers of network across 27 island sites, the Aviat
Services team faced a unique challenge. Aviat South Asia operations manager • Commissioning
Animesh Tiwari notes, “Due to serious security issues with warehousing and limited • Link cutover
access to the island sites, we had to do the installation at once and do it right.” Aviat
had to plan for just-in-time delivery and installation to avoid security issues. • Operation and maintenance
training
Installation, commissioning
and link cutover were equally
As it turned out, this deployment was going to be much more than the three “S’s” of unique. Because of lack of
a typical telecom project. “We prepared the ‘three S’s’ of surveying, studying and secure storage and the
remoteness of installation sites,
searching as much as possible,” Animesh says. A fourth “S” for security turned out
TRuepoint 6500 equipment had
to be the key service that required precise planning and perfect execution. to be set up and turned up
immediately. Finally, each link
had to be activated without
SPECIAL DELIVERY—BY DHONIS dropping any of the current
traffic on the backhaul.
To transport the TRuepoint 6500 equipment, Aviat procured special secured,
waterproof shipping containers that could deal with exposed, humid conditions in After successfully going live,
open boats. At the sites, all the equipment was hauled into place by hand trolley. Wataniya Telecom received
Right after delivery, the radios and networking equipment were deployed and tested, operation and maintenance
training to sustain the
pre-empting any security problem such as equipment theft. deployment and become self-
reliant on an ongoing basis.
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CASE STUDY
TRuepoint 6500
CENTRAL MANAGEMENT OF 800 KM OF MICROWAVE LINKS
TRuepoint 6500 is the industry’s
To manage the operation of the microwave backbone, Wataniya Maldives monitors its new most compact digital trunking
network using ProVision, Aviat’s element management system. ProVision client terminals radio. It meets network demands
for ultra-high backbone capacity.
are at Wataniya’s Mobile Service Center in the capital city of Malé. The operations staff can It supports frequencies from 4-13
centrally manage the entire 26-hop network from one location and dispatch maintenance GHz in a modular design and
staff if needed from Malé. delivers up to 2.5 Gbit/s in one
ETSI rack. Features include:
• Configuration discovery