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To: transmission who wrote (1835)	11/8/2001 10:41:08 AM
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The Yankee Group Projects That Worldwide Market for High Frequency Fixed Wireless Solutions Will Grow to $1.9 Billion in 2006 BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001-- Research firm foresees cost-effective, profitable deployment and service strategies emerging Businesses around the globe are looking to tap into broadband access, and high-frequency (HF) fixed wireless technologies are being positioned to meet this demand. A recent Yankee Group Report, "High-Frequency Fixed Wireless: More than Just LMDS," finds that despite the disillusionment caused by slow growth in 2001, there is a market for HF point-to-multipoint (PMP) products. However, the market for HF PMP solutions is still emerging, and there are issues yet to be resolved by both vendors and carriers that use this technology: -- Customer premises equipment (CPE) prices must decline to a cost point of $2,500 so that the average amount of CPE per base station can increase. This will allow carriers to serve more than twice as many customers from a single base station. -- Vendors must focus on the international market over the next five years. The current cost and reliability of HF PMP systems do not measure up to that of existing landline telecommunications infrastructure in the United States. According to Lindsay Schroth, an analyst for the Yankee Group's E-Networks & Broadband Access research and consulting practice, and author of the Report, "Carriers must make use of better deployment strategies--employing HF PMP fixed wireless only where the technology makes sense. This means that HF PMP fixed wireless solutions are likely to be used in coordination with other wireless and landline infrastructure."