Ofcom Permits Freedom4 to Launch Mobile WiMAX
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.
