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Viper Networks, Inc., reportedly has entered into an agreement with Menatelecom, a telecommunications operator in the Bahrain, for sales, distribution and other value-added services, as part of its recently awarded India telecom license.

 

Menatelecom is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House. In January 2007, Menatelecom successfully secured a nationwide Fixed Wireless Access license in Bahrain, which allows the company to provide customers with a full range of fixed and nomadic telecommunications services throughout the country.

 

Company officials said that in partnership with Motorola, the company has rolled out its FWA network nationwide, deploying solution based on state-of-the-art WiMAX (News - Alert) technology to provide both businesses and mass-market consumers with the latest, innovative products and services.

 

Officials said that Menatelecom is working with Motorola (News - Alert) in part because it is universally acknowledged throughout the telecommunications industry as a supplier of WiMAX technology based on the latest IEEE802.16e mobile WiMAX standard.

 

Recently TMCnet reported that Viper Networks had announced that the company's operations in Singapore have been launched through Globalcom Information Services Pte. Ltd.

 

The company earlier announced that it has entered into an agreement with GIS, a global Infocomm service provider in the Asia-Pacific region; for sales, distribution and other value-added services for its recently awarded India telecom license.

 

Incorporated in Singapore since 1994, Globalcom (News - Alert) Information Services is a privately held company specializing in network engineering, computer telephony integration technologies and business process consultancy.

 

GIS provides customer-centric, cost-effective, quality Infocomm services through the household brand names, Gobalcom and SayHi, utilizing an extensive network of business partners in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the India Subcontinent.

 

In August, Viper Networks had announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent to merge with Cirilium India Pvt. Ltd., a privately-held, profitable communications provider based in Chennai, India.

 

As previously announced, the company signed a five-year joint venture agreement with Cirilium India Pvt. Ltd. for the exclusive franchise rights with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, a Government of India Enterprise, for pre-paid international calling cards for retail inbound international traffic. This joint venture will target the roughly 50,000,000 Indian expatriate community and a floating population of Indian tourists outside India.

 

The cards will let users call from any landline, mobile, PC or any VoIP-enabled device from countries where it is proposed to be launched in the world. The card will be available both in India and outside India.

 

Viper is partnering with Cirilium India Pvt. Ltd. to own and operate this license, offering a full spectrum of national and international telecom services, including VoIP, calling cards and pinless accounts.