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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (6869)	4/19/2000 9:57:00 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Mike: The UPC wireless licenses in Switzerland at 26GHz are in the LMDS region (really anything between 20 and 40Ghz should be viewed as LMDS). On the other hand the 3.5Ghz licenses in Spain are closer to what is used for MMDS in the US. Best regards, Bernard Levy PS: There are several carriers building fiber networks in Europe. KPNQwest and GTS come to mind.

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (6869)	8/15/2000 8:14:15 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: Fixed Broadband Wireless- WCOM Wastes No Time Thread- It didn't take long for WCOM to move ahead right after their plans to merge with FON fell through. -MikeM(From Florida) ___________________________ WorldCom Files for Fixed Wireless Permission 15 August 2000--WorldCom Inc. on Monday said it filed for regulatory permission to offer fixed-wireless services in more than 60 markets in the United States as part of a push to transmit Internet, data and voice services as high speeds. Fixed-wireless services send data, video and voices services through the air rather than over fiber optic cables or copper telephone wires. WorldCom said it was testing fixed-wireless technology in five markets. It planned to launch the service commercially beginning in the fourth quarter of this year and continuing into early next year. WorldCom, the No. 2 U.S. long-distance telephone company, said it filed with the Federal Communications Commission for permission to provide broadband wireless services in cities such as Boston, Pittsburgh and San Antonio. Licensing authority is required in each of WorldCom's 160 markets before commercial services can be launched. The applications for additional markets will be made at later dates, the company said. Fixed-wireless technology can be a cheaper alternative to providing communications service to rural areas or other markets that lack high-speed networks. WorldCom has said it would use a variety of technologies, in addition to fixed-wireless, to transmit high-speed services to its customers. WorldCom's fixed wireless services will use multichannel, multipoint distribution service (MMDS) technology. That technology was used in the past to provide wireless cable television service. Technological difficulties and production problems, however, hobbled the wireless cable industry's efforts to compete successfully against the traditional cable TV providers. Many of the wireless cable companies filed for bankruptcy, but the spectrum became very attractive to long-distance telephone companies, such as WorldCom, as a way to bridge the gap between long-distance networks and customer homes or businesses. "Broadband fixed wireless gives our customers a competitive, reliable choice for high speed access, especially in markets where few, if any, options exist," said John Stupka, president of WorldCom Wireless Solutions. Last year, WorldCom and its former merger partner Sprint Corp. bought several small companies with MMDS licenses, snatching up inexpensive wireless spectrum that could be upgraded for two-way, high-speed Internet services. WorldCom's fixed wireless service is part of its plan to focus on the fast growing data and Internet markets. The company has been moving away from the stagnant consumer long distance market. WorldCom last month confirmed it was mulling the creation of separate companies or tracking stocks for its consumer and wholesale voice telephone businesses. The separation of the consumer voice operations has been widely expected since WorldCom and Sprint Corp. cancelled a $120 billion merger in July following U.S. and European regulatory opposition.