DragonWave Inc announces a multi-year exclusive supply agreement with Unwired Australia to supply wireless backhaul for the forthcoming Vivid Wireless Perth network. Vivid Wireless—Australia’s first “4G” mobile WiMAX network deployment—will rely on DragonWave’s Horizon Compact for backhaul connectivity of up to 200 Mbps initially.

DragonWave Inc. announces Horizon Quantum, delivering the industry’s leading microwave capacity and slashing carriers’ cost per bit. The new DragonWave solution provides dramatically more bandwidth than legacy microwave solutions - up to a record-breaking 4 Gbps per link. Quantum requires half as much carrier rack space and integrates key nodal intelligence that enables network operations to be dramatically streamlined and simplified.

xchange magazine presented DragonWave with the Best of 4G Award for DragonWave’s new Horizon Quantum packet microwave solution in the Best 4G Enabling Technology Innovation category. The awards recognize leaders in the development, deployment and service of next-generation telecom technology. Nominations were open to all parties involved in 4G technology, products and services, and selected by a panel of 4G subject matter experts.