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Edelman for WiMAX Forum
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WiMAX Forum More Than Doubles Membership with Addition of Major Operators,
Infrastructure and Equipment Providers
AT&T, Covad, Siemens mobile, PCCW, ZTE Corporation
Among 39 New Members Joining Forum
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jan. 14, 2004 – The WiMAX Forum, dedicated to certifying the interoperability of
broadband wireless access (BWA) products based on global standards, announced today it has more than
doubled its membership from 28 to 67 members in a matter of five months. Reflecting the growing
industry-wide confidence in BWA standards, operators such as AT&T (NYSE: T), Covad (OTCBB:
COVD) and Hong Kong-based PCCW (SEHK: 0008 and NYSE: PCW) and infrastructure providers such
as Siemens mobile (NYSE: SI) and China-based ZTE Corporation (SSE Code: 0063) joined the Forum.
Among the new members are a number of established BWA original equipment manufacturers including
Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Beamreach Networks, Intracom (ASE: INTRK), KarlNet, NextNet
Wireless, REMEC (NASDAQ: REMC) and Vyyo (NASDAQ: VYYO). For a complete list of WiMAX
Forum members, visit www.WiMAXForum.org.
“We are delighted to have the active participation of prominent operators, infrastructure providers and
BWA innovators that share the belief that interoperability of standards-compliant systems are essential to
delivering cost-effective broadband services on a global scale,” said WiMAX Forum President Margaret
LaBrecque. “BWA is here, it’s proven, and its potential is clear, and WiMAX Forum members are
critical in driving growth and delivering innovation for the industry. This is the first of what will be many
significant milestones for the WiMAX Forum this year, as we work to bring WiMAX-Certified™
products to market.”
Through WiMAX-led efforts, the economies of scale made possible by standards-based, interoperable
products will drive price and performance levels unachievable by proprietary approaches. As a result,
service providers across global markets will be able to deliver economical broadband data, voice and
video services to both residential and business customers.
“With the IEEE 802.16a standard, carriers are able to offer enterprise and residential customers more
options for broadband connectivity at a lower cost. For many people worldwide who cannot get access to
broadband connectivity via cable or DSL, the new wireless technology will be their way to the Internet,”
explains Christoph Caselitz, president of networks within the Information and Communication Mobile
Group of Siemens.
“AT&T is investigating network access alternatives for both its business and consumer customer base.
Standardization and interoperability efforts, like those proposed by WiMAX, traditionally drive down
costs. We would welcome that outcome with broadband wireless access systems,” said Christopher Rice,
director of Broadband Networking Technology at AT&T Labs Research. “We look forward to
participating in WiMAX, working with their members, and providing carrier insight into how broadband
wireless solutions can be used to cost-effectively deliver network services.”
Building on the organization’s growth and momentum, the WiMAX Forum will host “WiMAX Forum
Day” Tuesday, January 20 in San Jose, Calif., immediately preceding WCA’s 10th Annual Technical
Symposium and Business Expo January 21 – 23. This open session, coupled with a series of WiMAX
Forum member presentations during the Symposium, will highlight the organization’s recent activities
and future roadmap for delivering WiMAX-Certified products. A complete agenda is available at
www.WiMAXForum.org.
Please visit the WiMAX Forum booth at the WCA Symposium, No. 416.
About WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to help promote and certify the
compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI
HiperMAN wireless MAN specifications. The forum’s goal is to accelerate the introduction of these
devices into the marketplace. WiMAX-Certified™ products will be fully interoperable and support
Metropolitan Broadband Fixed and Portable Applications. For more information about the WiMAX
Forum and its activities, please visit www.WiMAXForum.org.
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“WiMAX-Certified” is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum.
 
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Il WiMax sostituirà 3G?


Data: 22-03-2004 - Voto:- Votanti: 3 - Lettori: 733

Proprio quando gli operatori di telefonia mobile sembravano aver trovato un po' di pace dopo la corsa alla costosa tecnologia 3G, ecco spuntare direttamente dall’industria dei computer il WiMax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access).
Il WiMax è una potente tecnologia wireless con tutte le carte in regola per dare un’ulteriore svolta al mercato della telefonia mobile. Nokia e molte aziende finlandesi, hanno già puntato le loro attenzioni al suo sviluppo, ma il principale sostenitore di questa tecnologia è il gigante dei chip Intel; chiaro segnale dell’interesse che il WiMax suscita anche in altri settori.

Il WiMax è uno standard industriale che va sotto il nome di 802.16 ed opera su frequenze da 6 a 11 GHz. Le principali caratteristiche dell’802.16 sono la velocità, grazia alla banda di 74 Mbps, unitamente alla sua vasta portata, che può raggiungere i 50 Km. La tecnologia 3G, nonostante sia decisamente più veloce della maggior parte dei normali telefoni cellulari attualmente in commercio, è circa 30 volte più lenta del WiMax e ha una capacità di copertura di 10 volte inferiore.

Con tutte queste potenzialità non ci sarebbero dubbi sul futuro delle telecomunicazioni, ma le aziende, si sa, regolano spesso l’andamento del mercato in base ai propri interessi. Le compagnie di telefonia mobile hanno infatti speso troppo per ottenere le licenze per radio frequenze legate alla rete 3G e stanno ancora investendo ingenti capitali per la realizzazione e il potenziamento della rete. La logica conseguenza è che difficilmente decideranno di abbandonare la tecnologia 3G ed i loro investimenti. Per evitare quindi di tagliare fuori il WiMax, il suo spettro delle frequenze radio dovrebbe essere lasciato libero. Grazie a questo vantaggio gli operatori potrebbero quindi decidere di passare al WiMax, incentivati dalla quantità di banda maggiore e dalla necessità di installare meno stazioni e ridurre ulteriormente i costi.

Un provider oggi potrebbe impiegare fino a 3 mesi per fornire una linea T1 ad un’azienda; con 802.16 occorrono pochi giorni. Inoltre con una banda di 74 Mbps un singolo settore di una stazione WiMax (che è in genere composta da massimo 6 settori) potrebbe fornire 60 linee T1 per aziende e coprire centinaia di abitazioni con servizi DSL.
Le compagnie che non hanno ancora una rete mobile possono invece iniziare la realizzazione di una nuova a costi molto bassi, riducendo il gap rispetto alla concorrenza ed arricchendo così il mercato di nuovi operatori.

Il WiMax sembra essere la tecnologia giusta al momento giusto: le previsioni di un centro di ricerca ed analisi hanno evidenziato il calo costante delle entrate provenienti dalle chiamate effettuate da telefoni di rete fissa negli ultimi anni. Secondo gli studi la loro percentuale calerà di circa il 20 percento nei prossimi 6 anni e buona parte sarà dovuto proprio all’aumento delle chiamate su rete wireless.

Anche Adrian Nemcek, responsabile della divisione che si occupa dell’infrastruttura wireless di Motorola, è convinto delle potenzialità di WiMax: "E’ un’opportunità di svolta per gli operatori di rete fissa; WiMax è una tecnologia dirompente. Credo che sarà la realtà per molti consumatori entro tre o massimo quattro anni. Se il 3G non riuscirà ad affermarsi in questo lasso di tempo, avrà vita breve". Queste dichiarazioni trovano d’accordo la Merrill Lynch che afferma: "Le tecnologie wireless sono il futuro. Secondo recenti stime l’80% delle chiamate provengono dall’interno di edifici o campus dove tecnologie come il Wi-Fi lavorano al meglio. I continui ritardi di 3G sono una grande opportunità, per Wi-Fi e WiMax, di recuperare il terreno perduto".

Il grande ottimismo attorno WiMax è evidente: Intel rilascia comunicati almeno tre volte a settimana e prevede di inserirlo nei propri chip nel 2006 potenziando di circa l’80% tutti i personal computer; Motorola, per soddisfare le varie tipologie di utenti, sta già pianificando di dare agli operatori delle reti con accesso integrato via radio che può gestire 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMax e le possibili future evoluzioni.

Ma come mai allora le compagnie telefoniche hanno investito tanto nel 3G se WiMax è così potente? L’industria delle telecomunicazioni ha accolto il 3G perché prometteva una migliore qualità delle chiamate vocali molto vicina a quella della rete fissa, una velocità decisamente migliore per il traffico dati e quindi la possibilità di offrire servizi multimediali come video, download di email, musica e giochi interattivi. Il WiMax era ancora allo stato embrionale ed era designato solo per il traffico dati, mentre 3G offriva sia dati che voce. Al giorno d’oggi questo diventa poco rilevante poiché gli operatori di telefonia stanno trasferendo l’intero traffico voce sulla rete Internet, usando la conveniente tecnologia Voice Over IP (VoIP). Il VoIP rende infatti più semplice e meno costosa la gestione della rete grazie al crollo del costo per bit di traffico.
Con questi presupposti gli esperti prevedono che WiMax si affermerà all’incirca nel 2006 prima negli Stati Uniti e successivamente in Asia e Europa.
 
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PCCW and Shanghai Telecom
Premium International Data Services with 100% commitment


Hong Kong, March 28, 2004 ? PCCW-HKT Network Services Limited (PCCW) and China Telecom Group Shanghai Telecommunications Corporation (Shanghai Telecom) have allied to offer a premium business data-carrying service between Hong Kong and Shanghai, complete with a unique one-stop-shop service and money-back guarantee.

Under the guarantee, PCCW and Shanghai Telecom will offer 100% SLC (Service-Level Commitment) which promises rebates of up to 20% on monthly charges, if the 100% availability pledge is not met. This alliance between PCCW and CT-Shanghai also covers a rebate of up to 50% on the first month's service charge if there is a failure to install by an agreed date.

Relying on the one-stop-shop service, Hong Kong business customers can now simply contact PCCW for all ordering, billing, and fault reporting issues between Hong Kong and Shanghai, and avoid the inconvenience of having to liaise with each of the carriers.

China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. (CSCL), an affiliated corporation of China Shipping (Group) Company, has signed on to be the first customer to enjoy the benefits of the premium 100% SLC between Hong Kong and Shanghai. Operating 10 of the country's international container liners and domestic coastal routes, China Shipping Container Lines demands a reliable network to process shipments and vessels' information in real-time; circuits between the two major ports in Asia?Hong Kong and Shanghai are particularly crucial.

"PCCW's offering gives the company complete confidence in the Shanghai-Hong Kong network because it adds value to after-sales and quality service relationships. This collaboration gives our data transmission reliability and proves significant meaning to the PCCW and Shanghai Telecom success," explains CSCL representative, Mr Yi Fei. PCCW is the first IT&T player to offer this premium data service with Shanghai Telecom which further strengthens their relationship.

Madame Ke Die Juen, Director of Major Accounts Management Department of Shanghai Telecom, said: "Co-operation with PCCW allows us to deliver premium data communication service between Shanghai and Hong Kong and continue adding value for our customers. The 100% SLC service is a major commitment to our philosophy of 'customer first, service foremost'."

PCCW shares the same view and the same objective with Shanghai Telecom?to best serve its clients, said PCCW's President of Global Business, Tommy Chung. "Our corporate customers tell us that quality of service is a high priority in terms of data solutions in and out of the PRC. Under this new arrangement, we can guarantee the kind of quality customers want, giving them peace of mind."

Last year, PCCW rolled out its 100% SLC network service between Hong Kong and Beijing, and the major cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan, and Shenzhen. Shanghai is the latest addition to implement the 100% SLC network services.

About PCCW

PCCW Limited (SEHK: 0008, ADR-NYSE: PCW) is the largest communications provider in Hong Kong and one of Asia's leading IT&T players. Hong Kong's image as a center of technology excellence continues to be enhanced by PCCW's innovation, especially in new generation fixed-line telephony, broadband, IT, wireless and delivery of home entertainment. Internationally, PCCW provides cutting-edge technical services to network operators, and enables organizations to bring their business to Asia and take Asian business to the rest of the world. The Company's English name was changed in 2002 from "Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited" to "PCCW Limited".

To learn more about PCCW, go to www.pccw.com
 
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Intel nudges first WiMax enabled county

Written by Karl Bode

Intel continues to push its WiMax brand as the last mile wireless savior of the future. Their push now takes them into the municipal residential broadband arena, where the first "802.16 county" is being born in Georgia. -

Intel, Nokia, Fujitsu and several other companies recently founded WiMax, a new corporate entity dedicated essentially to hyping the 802.16 wireless technical standard Intel has has been trying to make popular for years. According to Intel, the standard provides coverage over an area of 30 miles, compared with the 300-foot range of the now common 802.11b wireless LAN. The standard is primarily tailored for the development of MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks), and is more of a complement for Wi-Fi than a replacement for it.

Using wireless technology for "last mile" connectivity is hardly new; in the late nineties the FCC auctioned off bandwidth for something called Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS). The supposed perk of technologies such as 802.16 and LMDS is that they're less expensive than comparable alternatives. Only this time, with Intel and other big players at the helm tinkering with various 802.16 flavors (802.16, 802.16.2, 802.16a, 802.16c) some (like this Inquirer journalist) think Wimax could be the proverbial kick in the pants the wireless sector needs.

Intel is certainly one of them, calling the specification "the most important thing since the Internet itself." Opinions differ among technophiles about the usefulness of the 802.16x wireless specification, but that hasn't stopped its well funded march toward large scale commercial - and now municipal adoption.

Spotted via Jim Baller's muni-network mailing list, the Macon Telegraph and MuniWireless.com chime in on Intel's latest Wimax push. The company is hoping to make Houston County, Georgia the first county to be fully wired (or un-wired as the case may be) via Wimax.

The project is still in the planning stage, with the $2 million dollar price-tag being the obvious obstacle. Not Intel, as their primary motivation is to "help the county get started by providing experts to study the issue and possibly selling the necessary start-up equipment," according to the Telegraph. Intel did however fund a $30,000 wireless technology lab in a local area high school.

Both reports claim county residents will see service in the $15 to $30 a month range, once two communications towers, each providing service in a 30-mile (48-km) radius, are built. Local providers Cox or BellSouth would obviously provide the pipe to the web. Wimax's technical specifics can be found at the WiMax forum website.
 
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