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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (21081)	4/3/2002 6:46:49 AM
From: Dexter Lives On	Respond to of 196650

Soma is a small company with a little device that could usher big changes into the Wi-Fi world. With over 100 patents filed, the company's technology is still in trials, but the dreams are big for licensed and unlicensed spectrum. by Gerry Blackwell [January 2, 2002] The problem by now is all too familiar. You want to be able to sell your customers high-speed Internet access, but you don't want to have to sell your soul to the phone company to get that last-mile access. Building your own wireless network from scratch using unlicensed spectrum is one way to solve it—the solution of choice for many ISPs, in fact. But San Francisco-based wireless equipment developer Soma Networks Inc. may have another. Soma, a relatively unheralded start-up—the company was in stealth mode for over a year and is still not aggressively promoting itself—has a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) system that works for now only in licensed 1.9 GHz PCS spectrum. It will compete with 3G and hybrid systems such as M/ERGY from Com Dev International. But Soma claims its system will deliver up to 10 Mbps over the air—compared to more like 2 Mbps for M/ERGY. The company expects carriers will be able to provide economic DSL-level Internet access (about 1 Mbps) plus up to two toll-quality telephone lines to homes and very small businesses equipped with its patent-pending SOMAport gateway, an "intelligent network appliance." But wait a minute. How does this help you, the ISP? ... isp-planet.com

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (21081)	4/3/2002 8:48:05 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196650

ANALYSIS: NTT Com Service To Spark Broadband Battle Wednesday, April 3, 2002 nni.nikkei.co.jp TOKYO (Nikkei)--The planned start of a wireless, high-speed Internet access service by NTT Communications Corp. will likely push broadband communications service providers into competition in such areas as price, communications speed and convenience, according to industry sources. Related Story: NTT Com To Start High-Speed Wireless Net Access Service In 2003 The new service, which is expected to be launched as early as summer 2003, is a potential competitor with such broadband services as asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) and fiber optics services. As of the end of February, the number of domestic ADSL subscribers stood at about 2 million, while that of fiber optics totaled 18,000. The monthly fee for the new service will be just above 5,000 yen, including the basic charge for Internet Protocol phones. This is slightly more expensive than monthly ADSL services plus the basic phone charge of 1,750 yen. But NTT Com is touting its ease of use to expand the service. Specifically, the long-distance phone company says the new service, unlike ADSL, will not require any engineering work for setting up communications lines since it will link subscribers with a phone station via radio. In other words, subscribers will be able to use the service immediately after the wireless communications equipment is installed, company officials claim. As for fiber optics service, its communications speed of 100 megabits per second is superb. But the technology requires subscribers to make a large investment to build fiber optics lines into their households. It will likely take several more years before the service comes into full-scale use, the sources predict. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Wednesday morning edition)