Israel : Celtro announced expansion into the U.S. mobile market. Celtro's
expansion is driven by the growing challenges mobile operators face
with bandwidth and service delivery in the cellular backhaul and transmission
infrastructure. These bandwidth and service delivery issues are fueled
by the rollout of WCDMA, future migration to HSDPA radio technologies,
and new broadband mobile services.
Celtro's DynaMate
cellular backhaul switching solutions are based on Celtro's unique
Cellular Traffic Switching technology and integration with TDM/ATM/IP
switching. The cellular backhaul switching solutions multiply the
effective network capacity and maximize network efficiency and flexibility.
For operators, the resulting benefits are increased revenues, improved
customer satisfaction, and savings on network expenses.
Since 2004, DynaMate products
have been deployed by 10 leading mobile operators serving more than
100 million subscribers in Europe, Africa and Latin America. The field-proven
2G/3G converged backhaul solutions have been deployed in rapidly expanding
networks to support a growing subscriber base, new mobile data services
(i.e. GPRS, EDGE) and rollout of new 3G technology.
GeoResults Inc., an Atlanta-based
telecom database marketing and consulting firm estimates that approximately
24% of cellular carrier revenue is spent on transport costs, and GeoResults
equates this to a $2 billion annual expenditure on cell site backhaul
for U.S. mobile operators. GeoResults also projects that mobile operators
will spend an estimated $31 billion on cellular backhaul over the
next five years.
"U.S. mobile operators
will need to address the cellular backhaul network or they will not
be able to realize the additional revenue they're expecting from subscriber
growth fueled by the delivery of new broadband services," said
Ron Zor, chairman and chief executive officer of Celtro. "Celtro's
converged cellular backhaul switching solutions maximize capacity
in the backhaul while enabling the rollout of new services. The result
for operators is significant savings in operating costs combined with
new revenue-generating opportunities."
The Celtro management team
includes seasoned technologists and business leaders with many years
of successful experience in the wireless transmission industry and
with mobile operators. Celtro targets the mobile market through its
direct sales force and global network of agents and distributors,
as well as joint sales opportunities with leading global mobile and
transmission vendors.
About Celtro
Celtro provides innovative
cellular backhaul switching solutions for mobile operators worldwide
that improve service delivery and increase network efficiency. The
resulting benefits to the operators are increased revenues and improved
customer satisfaction, as well as reduced capital and operational
expenses. Celtro was established in 2001 as a business unit within
ECI Telecom, and in September 2003 was spun-off as an independent,
privately owned company and became a member of the ECI Group.