DragonWave Inc. continues to score with customers as the Ottawa-based company announced that it has landed two contracts in Europe. Prosystel SAS, a network integrator for regional operators and local governments, has selected DragonWave's AirPair system to enable WiMAX-based data and voice services in southwestern France. According to Prosystel, the AirPair product provides cost-effective wireless backhaul for new IP services for business and consumer customers in the rural areas of France. Consorcio de Telecomunicaciones Avanzadas S.A. (COTA), a regional telecommunications operator in Spain, is using DragonWave's AirPair system to converge legacy video with new voice and data services for subscribers in Spain's Murcia region. COTA estimates that it has saved 67% in monthly recurring costs and improved application performance by 70% percent by deploying DragonWave's technology to establish wireless backhaul links to support an array of IP services.

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