Following a successful upgrade of an analog MMDS system to digital, HITRON Ltd. has successfully launched an integrated Wireless Internet System.

The new system allows HITRON to offer high speed Internet service to the same footprint of TV subscribers served by the existing digital MMDS system, using the existing transmitter and repeaters.

The system upgrade involved integrating the Base Station DOCSIS equipment to the existing transmitters and implementing an upstream return path.

Subscribers have the option of using two-way transceivers allowing for simultaneous digital TV and wireless Internet service in remote areas of Papua New Guinea.

It was particularly important to HITRON to be able to use existing MMDS repeater sites and infrastructure because of the high cost of acquiring, commissioning and maintaining repeater sites in remote locations.

According to Greg Morgan, VP of Engineering at Hitron, “The modular design approach proposed by Cable AML for our system has allowed us to upgrade with minimum disruption of service to our customers while modernizing our wireless plant and adding significant revenue potential.”