Eircom Goes WiMAX<< AOL Sells UK Access Business to Carphone Warehouse | Main | Analysing Apple's iPod Mobile Phone Strategy Options >> IanFogg | October 20, 2006, 12:38 PM As we forecast they would earlier this year, Irish operators like Eircom are now using WiMAX to expand their broadband coverage. Elsewhere, we see fixed WiMAX usage in niches, like this current Milton Keynes initiative in the UK. The town has unusually challenging conditions for DSL (very long loops due to the grid road layout combined with some aluminium cabling). Please read this report to understand potential European fixed WiMAX strategies. For US readers, one additional note: what's most exciting in Europe is municipal fibre, not muni wireless! More on that topic another time. |
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