While the broadband boom continues worldwide and users demand increasingly mobile and nomadic solutions, the marriage of wireless and broadband would seem to be a win-win proposition. But what are the realities behind the hype?
Spectrum challenges remain a major factor: GSM, UMTS, 3G, etc.
* Breakdown by region - worldwide, Europe, Japan, South Korea, United States
* Frequency comparison
* 450 MHz
* 3G bands
* unlicenced bands
In-depth look into BWA technologies:
* coverage capacity
* deployment costs
* data rate
* cell sizes
* QoS issues
* regulatory issues
* availability
* etc.
New and alternative technologies are helping a growing number of players compete for a piece of the BWA pie
* incumbent or new entrant?
* fixed or mobile operator?
* in developed or emerging countries?
* in urban or rural areas?
Solution Scenarios : Which technologies for which service providers?
• Mobile operators (with 3G licences and without)
• MVNOs
• Fixed operators
• WISPs
PROFILES & CASE STUDIES
• AIRDATA
• Airspan Networks
• Altitude Telecom
• Alvarion,
• Aperto Networks
• ArrayComm
• Clearwire
• Flarion
• IPWireless
• Nextel
• Personal Broadband
• Sentech
• Vantaa
• Wi-LAN
• Woosh Wireless