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NOW Wireless Broadband Changes Ahead
20 Mar 2009 | 10.38 Europe/London
The UK's only national fixed wireless broadband provider is about to change to WiMax technology.
is operated by UK Broadband, owned by PCCW of Hong Kong. In 2003 they won or acquired all of the licenses for UK fixed wireless broadband in the 3.4 GHz band and launched their "Netvigator" service, initially in the Reading area.
Recently their have been rumours of the service closing in mid April. Faisal Ahmed, VP of Strategy and Planning for UK Broadband Ltd told samknows.com that
The WiMAX service could be good news for the Reading area, as now's current services are looking a little dated with a maximum speed of 1M. It appears that outside Reading the customer's will be left stranded and we are unclear about the rollout plans for the WiMAX service.
With Lord Carter's "Digital Britain" looking to Wireless services for at least part of the USO it is disappointing to see an existing service coming to an end.
is operated by UK Broadband, owned by PCCW of Hong Kong. In 2003 they won or acquired all of the licenses for UK fixed wireless broadband in the 3.4 GHz band and launched their "Netvigator" service, initially in the Reading area.Recently their have been rumours of the service closing in mid April. Faisal Ahmed, VP of Strategy and Planning for UK Broadband Ltd told samknows.com that
"As part of our evaluation of WiMAX (4G) technology, we are transitioning
our existing (TD-CDMA) network. This will involve migrating the now
Wireless Broadband customer base in Reading to a WiMAX (4G) service.
Outside of Reading, the transition programme will regrettably mean the
loss of service to customers as we gradually upgrade the network to
WiMAX (4G)."
The WiMAX service could be good news for the Reading area, as now's current services are looking a little dated with a maximum speed of 1M. It appears that outside Reading the customer's will be left stranded and we are unclear about the rollout plans for the WiMAX service.
With Lord Carter's "Digital Britain" looking to Wireless services for at least part of the USO it is disappointing to see an existing service coming to an end.