PARIS (WiMAX Day). The French telecommunications operator Altitude Telecom is deploying a mobile WiMAX network in France using the 4Motion™ equipment supplied by Alvarion Ltd. “After being awarded WiMAX licenses at the second spectrum allocation in France, we needed to find the most advanced, most reliable 802.16e Mobile WiMAX vendor,” said Fabrice Ballart, Managing Director of Altitude. According to a an Alvarion press release, the company has worked with Altitude to develop solutions for corporate, ISP and residential users, and the first phase of the contract began recently with the deployment of a network in the region of Aveyron. Altitude has regional licenses for 3.5 GHz spectrum throughout France.