EVDO Pakistan

WorldCall Wireless Router also available for corporate solution, image is attached.

You can connect 253 wireless connections with this device….. Wifi and WAN
options are available along with 4 LAN connections

Worlcall Router

Press Note 15 Oct 2008

Today WorldCall Telecom officialy  launches its premier data service call EVDO from Karachi Pakistan. WTL used the slogan of Footloose for its product. Company uses devices provided from “AnyData”.

EVDO Press Note

CDMA2000 INCREASES ITS PRESENCE IN ASIA PARTICULARY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA TO ADDRESS THE REGION’S RAPID WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION

More and more Operators in the Region are Benefiting from CDMA2000’s Technology platform for Performance and Adaptability for Rural Communications

KARACHI, 14 October 2008 – EVDO telecom grid (www.evdo.pk) today announced that CDMA2000^® is showing strong growth across Central Asia. Up to 23 CDMA2000 operators are bridging the digital divide in countries such as Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan by offering affordable voice and broadband data access to millions of users in both urban and rural areas. These operators have been able to sustain average revenue per user (ARPU) that is above the industry average, while providing areas that have limited purchasing power with affordable voice and value added data services. Read the rest of this entry »

WorldCall has started EVDO service from Karachi. The solution uses a USB modem (or a wireless router - if thats what you prefer) and enables wireless broadband services for laptops. This is being offered at very competitive rates by WordCall. Thanks to Faraz at WorldCall for sharing the information at Telecom Grid. Quoting the thread:

There’s no cap on downloads. Below is the tariff - for shared connections:

256 Kbps 1200/-
512 Kbps 1800/-
1 Mbps 2500/-

Device is ADU-510A,  cost Rs. 4500.

Service is currently available in Karachi with plans of expanding it to Lahore soon.

Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only, abbreviated as EV-DO or EVDO and often EV, is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access. It uses multiplexing techniques including Code division multiple access (CDMA) as well as Time division multiple access (TDMA) to maximize both individual user’s throughput and the overall system throughput. Read the rest of this entry »