LMDS PLAYERS:
Here is an article about the LMDS marketplace !
I'll appreciate any info about the equipment suppliers, especially Netro.
THE PLAYERS.
10/19/98 Electronic News (1991)
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LMDS is only starting to roll out in the market, and for the moment, minus a few pioneers using point to multipoint technologies at frequencies just under true LMDS rates, are only being offered on a trial basis. No providers have, as yet, built out and licensed services, though much will change in 1999.
Also, a variety of manufacturers are talking about offering solutions that are based on slightly different techniques, which have neither been tested nor developed.
Among service providers; Telegint and Winstar are the most aggressive players. Most of the other more-than-100 carriers are still in equipment review stages.
Telegint is operating at the 24 gigahertz frequency and Winstar at both the 38 and 28 gigahertz frequencies. Telegint, which is already in Los Angeles, wants to launch in 15 cities, and has plans to leverage service offerings. It plans a breakout phase in 1999, followed by a gradual ramp-up.
Winstar has a resale strategy involving the resell of incumbent local loops, and plans to install switches and switching lines, and interconnect them with fiber. Eventually, they want to go 100 percent into wireless.
Advanced Radio Telecom in Seattle, is using the spectrum, too. Also using the frequency for disaster recovery and backup through point-to-point links in the 38 gigahertz range, are ART and TCG.
And equipment makers are already anteing up. They include Lucent, Nortel, Newbridge, Ensemble, Wave Trace, Hughes, Ericsson, Stanford Telecom, Alcatel, Pcom, Siemens, Netro, Bosch Telecom, Philips UK. Motorola, too, is a player, but has not been quite as vocal about its involvement in the Internet space.
Thus far, Stanford Telecom is working with Alcatel to develop electronics, while Broadcom is making chips for cable modems and subassemblies. California-based Solaritec is focusing on radio front ends. Though it has no contracts, as of yet, Ericsson considers itself one of the first to market. It is developing gear for the 28 to 31 gigahertz ranges. The company is targeting mid-sized and small businesses, and, occasionally, home offices or larger businesses.
Ericsson is also developing LMDS based on TDMA access, which is not currently available, the company says, from anyone. Ericsson believes that it will be first out with reliable TDMA products.
The company is also developing Delta services of up to 37 megabits per second, capable of carrying voice, data and circuit switched services via a package radio through which Ericsson can supply high-capacity to a number of end-users at low costs, and point to multipoint radio including radio access node and network terminal for end-users' premises based on ATM and TDMA. That product will be available at the end of next year .
To tap into LMDS, Lucent acquired a business from Hewlett-Packard specializing in broadband networks. The company uses a different approach to narrowless local loop technology: fixed wireless technology through sectored-cells, for communication between the customer premise and the hub.
Nortel's technology differs in the way remotes are accessed.
The company's focus is on broadband wireless, not just LMDS, which means multiple frequencies that range from two to 40 gigahertz, under its "Reunion" trademark. Nortel has systems up and running that range from 24 to 38 gigahertz in 10 major cities. The company will zoom in on driving data networks into customer networks, through a pipe to connect the local area network into a wide area network.
Though Nortel is in early phases of deployment, it began its first trials in February, and will have commercial service in July. The company plans a nationwide rollout through services offered next month by Teligent. Another service provider, Winstar, is using its technology in Washington D.C. Also, Dutch company Versatel is trialing in Holland at the 28 gigahertz frequency.
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