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To: Warren Gates who started this subject11/5/2001 5:57:52 AM
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Orange launches fixed wireless trial
by Derek Parkinson on 05 November 2001 06:30:00 GMT

Mobile operator Orange has partnered with PipingHot Networks, a UK developer of broadband fixed wireless technology, to trial internet access and streaming video over a 3.4GHz point-to-multipoint network.

The two-month trial will deliver data rates of around 2Mbps to 10 subscribers from a single base station. Unlike higher frequencies – such as the 28GHz offered in the UK Government’s first fixed wireless auction – 3.4GHz transmissions are less vulnerable to ‘line-of-sight’ problems, offering a more robust delivery and a lower density of base stations. For Orange and PipingHot, the move is effectively a fact-finding mission in advance of the UK Government’s 3.4GHz auction, which is timetabled for November.

Fixed wireless is widely touted as an alternative to copper wire and cable-based last mile connections, but is also increasingly viewed as a competing delivery technology to 3G mobile networks. The mobile operators – still smarting after paying out £22.4bn for 3G licences – have kept any plans for fixed wireless securely under wraps until now.

The move clearly signals Orange’s determination to examine alternatives to 3G, increasing suspicions that the enormous sums paid for licences was money thrown away.

PipingHot, backed by $21m from a consortium including Atlas Ventures, The Carlyle Group, Kennet Capital and Convergence, has a management team drawing on experience with Lucent, Racal and BT among others.

netimperative.com
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