This new about Cisco/Motorola reselling Netro equipment sounds too good to be true. I'm surprised the market hasn't taken it more serious, but then everything is down.
There's a new article called "Hopping the Gap", which includes quotes from Netro:
cedmagazine.com
Network operators who might have dismissed the wireless broadband option based on previous encounters with the technology would be wrong to assume they've seen enough, says Cynthia Hillery, vice president of marketing at Netro Corp., a San Jose-based supplier of PMP access equipment. "Prior to this generation of broadband wireless access technology, the industry didn't have the technology platform it needed to deliver voice as well as data, which is what the market wants," Hillery says. "Now we've stepped beyond those limitations and are seeing preparations for service launches underway worldwide, including in the U.S."
Netro, with eight commercial pilot launches and more than 30 trials of its PMP systems in play outside the U.S., uses a combination of TDMA (time division multiple access) multiplexing of signals into ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) cells and a proprietary MAC (media access control) layer system to manage timeslots in a way that meets market needs for dynamic allocation of bandwidth, Hillery says. "TDMA is a hardened technology that is winning market confidence worldwide," she says, adding, "The year 2000 is the year of broadband wireless access." |
