News, Wavion, Wi-Fi, Argentina: High-speed wireless Internet is now a reality in Argentina's San Luis Province, as the result of collaboration by Wavion, La Punta University and Xiden Networking. This is a pioneering project which brings free, wide-area Internet to a region of Argentina.

"We are proud to be the pioneers in providing wide-area, free Internet connectivity in Argentina," said La Punta University Rector and San Luis Minister of Development Alicia Bañuelos. "This is the first deployment in Argentina where Internet connectivity is provided for town-wide coverage. We believe that this project will foster economic development and tourism in the province and will help close the digital divide by enabling the children in the province to access the Internet at school and at their homes."

Wavion’s WBS-2400 spatially adaptive beamforming base stations provide extended range and higher throughput connectivity to standards-based Wi-Fi clients, such as those embedded in laptops and other notebook computers. Its Wi-Fi solution is claimed to require one third fewer units than other competing Access Points (APs) to cover the same area, with superior indoor penetration and fewer dead spots.

"We applaud the San Luis province for their vision and initiative," said Ariel Scaliter, CEO of Xiden Networking, the system integrator of the project. "We hope that this project will serve as a role model for other provinces in Argentina in providing Internet connectivity to their rural communities."

* Wavion is privately held and backed by investors including Tel Aviv-based Elron Electronic Industries and BRM Capital. Wavion headquarters are located in Yoqne’am, Israel and the company has offices in San Jose, California, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Jakarta, and New Delhi, India.

More info:

• http://www.wavionnetworks.com/
• http://www.ulp.edu.ar/