It looks like SOMA is adapting W-CDMA to a fixed environment....the data rates are pretty damn good.
somanetworks.com
industryclick.com
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Fixed-wireless systems based on 3G allow NLOS solutions using an integrated antenna in the home terminal unit, noted Rebecca Diercks, Cahners In-Stat (www.instat.com) analyst, in 3G Technologies as a Fixed Wireless Solution published in 2000. This saves $700 to $750 per home, she said. Other advantages include 1:1 spectrum reuse so multiple base stations and multiple sectors can operate on the same frequency, Diercks said.
Tom Flak, vice president of marketing at Soma Networks, which offers a WCDMA-based fixed-wireless solution (www.somanetworks.com), said WCDMA is better from a risk standpoint.
“We could have gone with OFDM, as well, if customers were pushing for it, but they aren't,” he said.
“The key is that (WCDMA) already is a standard,” said Peter Howley, IPWireless (www.ipwireless.com) CEO. The standards battles going on with OFDM vendors could take another two to three years before any agreement is reached, he said.
“OFDM is just an inferior approach in general,” Howley continued.
The reason so many vendors are developing OFDM is that it's easy to do, added Roger Quayle, IPWireless CTO.
“Developing WCDMA is 100 times harder,” he said.
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