TenXc to Open Development Centre in Pakistan

Source: Ottawa Business Journal
January 25, 2007 - Ottawa, Canada

Wireless systems developer TenXc Wireless Inc. is partnering with Pakistani company Coherent Designs Pvt. to establish a joint development centre for wireless products in Pakistan's capital.

Ottawa-based TenXc will be expanding its existing research and development capabilities through the new development centre in Islamabad. The centre will collaborate with TenXc's development team in Canada to design fourth-generation wireless access systems such as mobile WiMAX.

TenXc's vice-president of marketing Ross Ernst said the company chose to build its development centre in Pakistan to allow for around-the-clock development of their products, thus speeding up the process of getting their systems to market.

He added that Pakistan has been one of the leading early adapters of mobile WiMAX technology, while also providing a pool of well-educated and highly skilled engineers to work with.

"We've found a lot of demand for our current and new products in this region," said Mr. Ernst, who added that the global WiMAX market was worth $1.1 billion in 2006 and is expected to grow to $3.3 billion by 2009.

"With a rapidly growing wireless industry and early lead in global mobile WiMAX deployments, Pakistan makes a natural choice as the site of our first external development operation outside North America," said TenXc chief executive Joe Hickey in a statement. "The demand we're experiencing throughout the region for our current Intelligent RF products demonstrates the leading role countries such as Pakistan are playing on the path to mobile broadband."