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Kent Village in the VFast WiMAX Network

Angeline — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:52:49 +0000

A small village in the county of Kent, Barham with its population estimated 1100 people seems all set to jump the queue regarding broadband internet speeds as VFast has chosen the area for its fixed wireless solution based on WiMAX technology.

As a matter of fact, the village of Barham has its nearest exchange located in Bridge that is about five kilometres from the village. This means that the connection speeds enjoyed by the villagers are nothing unsimilar to that enjoyed by most across the country; ADSL speeds of up to 1 or 2Mbps. The exchange’s size also ensures that no cheap unbundled broadband services are available.

Meanwhile, the WiMAX service floated by VFast requires the villagers to fit a miniature antenna to the outside of their property but pointing towards the network node of VFast offering the optimum signal. Beside, the WiMAX service offered by VFast also help the consumers in the village overcome a good number of issues existing with the lengthy phone lines.

Barham was provided with WiMAX wireless access as part of the policy of Kent County Council to address broadband internet notspots. VFast has launched a range of packages as well. VLite package is all about a basic package meant for web surfing with a download speed of 2Mbps. It also offers a monthly data of 15GB for GBP 17.99.

VHome is one package that offers unlimited broadband at a speed of 10Mbps for downloading. The package also packs 2Mbps upload speeds for a price of GBP 24.99. It is also expected that VMax package would in the near future upgrade to a 50Mbps service package for GBP 36.99.

WiMAX Broadband become increasingly Popular

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:32:05 +0000

The WiMAX mobile broadband internet network use for internet deployments has been emerging increasingly common across the world, according to fresh figures’ suggestions.

The figures were published by the WiMAX Forum following a research carried out by it on the context. The figures also suggested that more than 110 fresh projects were launched this year that employed this technology. This in its turn has taken the total deployment number to 519 over 146 nations.
In addition to this, the firms that sell equipment linked to the WiMAX technology has also reported considerable growth over the past year.

According to the chairman and president of the WiMAX forum, Ron Resnick the WiMAX broadband internet platform has been emerging strongly in the year 2009. He added that the WiMAX Forum membership not only helped in bringing the technology continuously to fresh markets, but also to maintain the mobile broadband services delivering spirit.

It is also worth mentioning here the claim put forward by Motorola’s head Steve McCaffey that both Long Term Evolution technology and WiMAX technology have a tremendous future ahead of them. The communications firm head had expressed his claims in an interview given to Silicon Republic website.

It is also a fact meanwhile that with LTE technology emerging as popular as ever, WiMAX could well see itself struggling to achieve the kind of popularity anticipated by bodies such as the WiMAX Forum.

The Rise Of Wimax

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:24:00 +0000

World Wide Interoperability for Micro wave Access or otherwise WIMAX is meant for the mobile broadband service. WIMAX is the latest generation digital telecommunication system with wireless technology which can support all types of transmission modes meant for MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks). The technology is designed based on the standard IEEE 802.16 which can purvey a broadband speed up to 3 Mbps without the cumbersome of wires i.e. the technical features of the communication protocol are given by this 802.16.

The technology can be applied or utilized by the gadgets like latest mobile phones (smart phones), laptops, note books, high tech digital cameras, latest music players, camcorders, some advanced gaming devices etc. It engenders prominent and scalable data transmission of all data formats with lower cost. More or less many features are similar with both Wi-Fi and WIMAX technologies. Anyways they differ in certain functionalities. WIMAX actually varies from third generation cellular technologies.

Wi-Fi functionalities basically target the services of the end users where as WIMAX is purveyed from either licensed or unlicensed spectrum of signals which may not concentrate on end users. WIMAX is purely based on connection oriented protocols where as Wi-Fi supports either connectionless or connection based protocols. With this WIMAX you can be able to get broadband access of about 50 km (30 miles) from the fixed stations and from 5 to 10 km (3 to10 miles) in the case of mobile stations. But you cannot expect such a wide area broadband service in the case of Wi-Fi which lasts only up to some 30 to 100 meters. Naturally, the QoS (Quality of Services) of both WIMAX and Wi-Fi vary.

Since this WIMAX technology is basically a protocol of second generation, you are ensured with an excellent bandwidth, maximum interference avoidance and even with a higher data rate over longer distances. In case of short distances, the bit rate is higher and in the case of long distances, it purveys a lower bit rate. So, you should choose with respect to the requirements of your network. You can achieve this WIMAX facility to your network by getting access from the nearest Wi-Fi hotspots. As a result, portable internet connection is assured with this WIMAX connectivity.

With this WIMAX connectivity, the commercialization and the fostering process of the technology of a business firm is achieved without any hassles or pesters. This latest advancement in the wireless technology engenders the mobile broadband for a number of devices in your network. The performance of this WIMAX is two to three times far better than today’s broadband solutions. Since this WIMAX suits for the deployment of business domains, the technology is most probably implemented for the business processes rather than the residential ones.

To get WIMAX connectivity, you need to install a WIMAX subscriber unit or client unit. It may be installed both indoor and out door depending on the manufacturers. Indoor installment comparatively needs a higher investment than the outdoor ones. To achieve a greater throughput, a higher gain directional antenna of a base station should be located near the client unit. So, it is clear that the rise of WIMAX plays a greater role in the case of MANs.

Ofcom Permits Freedom4 to Launch Mobile WiMAX

Broadband Fanatic — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:23:22 +0000

It was all talks going around during the past few weeks about the launch of a mobile WiMAX service in the United Kingdom. This wait by the ardent mobile broadband admirers in the country has been ended by the communications regulator of the UK, Ofcom recently when it gave permission to Freedom4 to deliver WiMAX mobile services over the 3.6GHz frequency.

This company based in the United Kingdom has been funded by Intel. The co-owner of the mobile broadband service company is the Daisy Group, and the firm already provides the businesses in Warwick, Manchester and Milton Keynes with fixed WiMAX services. It is quite remarkable that these services provide a cheaper alternative for SDSL connections.

The nod from the communications watchdog is perceived to enable the company offer a special WiMAX version that allows its customers to move around, even while enjoying seamless broadband internetconnection.

Mike Read, the chief executive of Freedom4 revealed in a statement on Wednesday that the firm was currently blessed with both technical capability and spectrum position to rollout a network with services platform, perfectly suiting the mobile and fixed mobile broadband internet wireless access competition market that was rapidly expanding .

WiMAX mobile version is considered by many as a potential competitor to Long Term Evolution technology (LTE), which in its turn is regarded as the latest upgrade to 3G technology. Here , the availability of the 2.6GHz spectrum is highly significant since it could help in extending service over greater distances, although the 3.6GHz spectrum is also good for mobile WiMAX service rollout.

In this context, Freedom4′s chief operating officer Graham Currier’s view that the company was maintaining enthusiasm regarding the auction process of the 2.6GHz spectrum, emerges quiet significant.

Comprehensive UK WiMax Rollout Could be Ruled Out

Mersault — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:09:07 +0000

A pan-UK advanced mobile broadband service based on the WiMax technology is on the verge of jeopardy due to the lack of interest of the five major mobile broadband providers in the country. This is reported to be the view point of Bluenowhere, the municipal wholesale wireless network operator.

This news would not be a surprise for the keen broadband segment observers in the United Kingdom, for the fact that at present the predominant mobile broadband suppliers were avidly wooing the LTE (Long Term Technology), which had shown a great promise in trials that were carried out in Madstone, Kent.

Currently, the WiMax technology has been engaged in to certain selected places as well as town centres that were deprived of the comforts a fixed-line broadband service. Nevertheless, there are many analysts who think that WiMax can still contribute its part in the filling of gaps in the broadband network of the country.

Even so, the communications minister Lord Carter has hardly mentioned this technology in the Digital Britain final report delivered a month back. According to Bluenowhere that is an M-WAG member, besides being a wireless network operator, the trials of WiMax technology had only been successful for ‘niche’ applications. This was reported by Zdnet.Co.UK, a technology website.

The chief executive of the operator, Harry Aldridge told the website that something that impedes a nationwide rollout of the WiMax technology is the situation that no major operator was backing it at present. He added that M-WAG (Mobile WiMax Acceleration Group) did not expect as well that any existing mobile broadband provider would accept WiMax as their 4G broadband solution.