TAG | Unwired launches fixed WiMAX service for businesses |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 11 November 2008 | |
  
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Unwired is offering services at speeds from 2Mbps to 10Mbps, which it says are ideal for businesses from five to 100 employees. The two product offerings are; Max PLUS contended, a symmetrical service with speeds from 2Mbps to 10Mbps for corporate grade Internet access with usage allowances from 30GB to 1TB per month; and Max PLUS uncontended offers symmetrical and symmetrical speeds from 2Mbps to 100Mbps with an unlimited usage allowance. In major metro areas both BigAir and Clever Communications have been successful with similar services. However they operate in class-licensed spectrum, which is subject to unpredictable interference from other users. Unwired's service operates in its own licensed spectrum in the 3.5GHz band and the company is touting this as a major advantage. Unwired stresses that the potential for interference will always exist in class-licensed spectrum, creating a level of uncertainty that is not present with its offering. David Havyatt, Unwired's manager regulatory and corporate affairs, said: "The unlicensed spectrum will be fine until the day it is not and you will never know when that it going to be, it all depends how many other users there are." BigAir and Clever, however claim that they are able to deliver reliable business grade services in class-licensed spectrum with minimal interference impact. Unwired as between 70 and 90MHz of 2.3MHz and rather less at 3.5MHz in all major metropolitan areas. However, Havyatt said it was more than adequate. Unwired's present consumer fixed and portable Internet access service using proprietary Navini technology operates in the 3.5MHz band. Unwired is still unable to give any clear indication of when the mobile WiMAX vendor might be announced. Havyatt said, "There are several versions of the business case and they keep changing and the vendors offer a range of characteristics [which would be more or less appropriate depending on the business case]." Redline's technology uses chips from Unwired shareholder, Intel. It already offers mobile WiMAX CPE certified by the WiMAX Forum and last month announced a partnership with Starent Networks for the co-development of a complete Mobile WiMAX solution incorporating Redline's RedMAX 4C family of Mobile WiMAX radio access network products and Starent Networks' ASN gateway and home agent products for mobile WiMAX networks. |
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