Description:
Airspan Networks and BEC Telecom S.A. (BEC-TEL), a local carrier in the Dominican Republic, announced the completion of deployment of a large scale rural connectivity network under the Dominican Republic's Rural Public Telephony Phase II Project and the initiation of commercial operations.
The Project was inaugurated in a ceremony at the National Palace attended by the Vice-President of the Dominican Republic, the Secretary of State for Telecommunications, and other public figures. The Project, which was developed under the auspices of INDOTEL, was installed and is being operated by BEC-TEL, and has benefited over 1,750 communities in eighteen provinces in the country.
Users of the new network can make and receive local, national and international calls using a network based on fixed and mobile wireless technologies that also give Internet access and VoIP service.
Townships in the provinces of La Altagracia, Hato Mayor, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Peravia, Valverde, La Vega, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, Santiago and Santo Domingo have already benefited from the Project.