TeleResources has chosen to partner with two of the world's leading suppliers of radio propagation planning tools. Each tool has unique features making the choice dependent on the specific needs of the user.

EDX Wireless LLC

The EDX family of products is the tool of choice by the majority of Australia and New Zealand's Broadcasting and Private Mobile Radio community with over 100 users having one or more licences. Some of the sites planned using EDX are among the most rugged in the world (see photo right)

Founded in 1985, EDX Wireless is a Limited Liability Company headquartered in the United States of America in Eugene, Oregon. A global leader and pioneer in wireless network design and planning tool technology, EDX consistently delivers powerful software products useful in the planning, deployment and optimization of any wireless system.

EDX innovation has resulted in continuous leadership in planning tool development, including "first to market" status for the following and many more:

• Fully functional Mesh Network planning tool
• "Clutter Carving" method of characterizing physical environment for wireless broadband planning (i.e. WiMAX, WiFi, etc.)
• Web-enabled use and analysis of EDX SignalPro® engineering study files
• UTD ray-tracing radio-frequency propagation modeling for Metropolitan Area Networks and In-building environments
• Automatic frequency planning for point-to-multipoint systems
• Bi-direction (uplink/downlink) MMDS studies
• Complete characterisation of adaptive "smart" antennas
• Interference analysis considering cross-polarization antennas
• Network design module, made for WiMAX network planning

Forsk

Forsk provides a high-end radio planning tool suitable for the most demanding requirements of cellular operators and able to address 2G, 2.5G and 3G network technologies.

Forsk began as a software company providing customised RF planning solutions to the telecommunications industry and was involved in the early stages of the GSM technology. In 1997, Forsk released the first version of Atoll, its Windows-based RF planning solution. Since then, Atoll has remained the most advanced RF planning platform available and has reached a leading position in the market.

Today, Forsk is a global supplier with 110+ customers in 55 countries and strategic partnerships with major players in the industry including Vodafone, Alcatel, Huawei and Nortel Networks.

TeleResources represents Forsk in Australia and New Zealand with Atoll used by the leading operators in both countries.

Atoll was designed to make it easy for developers to design software that complements the basic functionality of the product. Today Atoll has the largest range of compatible 3rd party products on the market. We have chosen to partner with some of these developers in order to provide a comprehensive solution for our clients.

Specialist modules are available from Radioplan (Automatic Optimisation) and Siradel (Specialist Propagation Models)