Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: Jesus Alexander Reyes Sánchez

Claro Argentina selected Comtech Telecommunications‘ Heights Networking Platform to connect rural communities throughout Argentina with high-speed 2G/3G and LTE backhaul.

The Heights Networking Platform is a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) platform that combines Comtech EF Data’s waveforms, Heights Dynamic Network Access (H-DNA), header and payload compression engines, Wide-Area Network (WAN) and General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol (GTP) optimization, bandwidth and power management along with bi-directional adaptive coding and modulation capability. Claro Argentina will also deploy an array of Comtech EF Data products that complement the Heights Networking Platform, including the NetVue Integrated Management System, FX Series WAN Optimization, and LPOD and LPOD-R Block Up Converters.

Ronan Medina, Manager of Transmission and IP Engineering of Claro Argentina commented, “As the market-leading Mobile Network Operator in Argentina, we are happy to announce a further expansion of our network to remote communities. We chose Comtech EF Data as our partner based on its proven track record of delivering the highest performance and high spectral efficiency satellite backhaul solutions with the lowest possible jitter and delay to provide an outstanding Quality of Experience for end users.”