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The Backhaul is Wide Open
Paving the way for the mobile wireless backhaul revolution, Siklu Wireless Communications delivers carrier-grade milimetric-wave Ethernet radio solutions scalable to Gigabit capacities with paradigm-shifting price performance. Offering the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership (TCO), and incorporating on-board networking capabilities, EtherHaul™ solutions from Siklu are ideally suited for the both mobile backhaul and carrier Ethernet business services.
A Clear Market Demand
Subscriber demand for bandwidth is increasing exponentially, and data services profit margins continue to shrink. The cost and complexity of increasing mobile backhaul capacity, and the quest to lower cost per bit, is leading providers to seek new backhaul alternatives. These concerns will grow even more serious as providers plan their transition to 4G - LTE and WiMAX technologies.
Packet-based backhaul solutions allow providers to scale bandwidth on a pay-as-you-go basis, scaling to Gigabit-per-second capacity without massive infrastructure investments. However, traditional packet-based backhaul transport suffers from a number of inherent limitations - copper has limited reach and capacity, fiber availability is often limited and frequently prohibitively expensive, while traditional microwave links suffer from spectrum congestion and limited channel size.
Today, more and more providers are turning to cutting-edge technologies for wireless Gigabit Ethernet – in particular to milimetric wave technology in the E-Band spectrum, which offers significantly larger bandwidth to deliver multi-Gigabit data rates. The E-Band spectrum is expected to become the "Next Generation Wireless Backhaul Spectrum" playing an important role in easing the backhaul pains of mobile operators.
Gigabit Ethernet Radio with Disruptive Price Performance
Leveraging cutting-edge, Silicon-based Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) system technologies, Siklu offers carriers milimetric-wave, Gigabit Ethernet radio solutions with disruptive price-performance. With a TCO reduction of up to 90% compared to existing systems, and negligible E-Band frequency licensing fees – EtherHaul solutions from Siklu make Gigabit Ethernet radio an attractive, viable and cost-effective option for mobile providers.
Using 71-76 GHz regulated E-Band or the 57-66 GHz license-exempt band, EtherHaul is ideal not just for carrier mobile backhaul, but also for enterprise and Ethernet service providers. For providers seeking a viable alternative to last mile out of wireline reach, EtherHaul offers easily-deployed, low-cost wireless solutions that deliver the Gigabit bandwidth that clients need, avoiding the sometimes prohibitive expense of new fiber deployments.
Seasoned Management, Solid Backing
Serving providers around the world, Siklu Wireless Communications is based near Tel Aviv, Israel. Privately-held, Siklu is backed by a group of prominent and experienced international investment funds and private investors, led by Evergreen Venture Partners, DFJ Tamir Fishman and Argonaut Private Equity.
The seasoned Siklu management team brings broad and multidisciplinary experience from the telecommunications, backhaul network, hardware, and software markets. The company's executives have held high-level managerial positions at Intel, Alvarion, RAD Data Communications and other leading companies, and have proven success records in the international arena. Complementing the management are experienced and professional technical teams who together constitute a creative, professional and motivated industry-leading force.