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PIPEX & Airspan launch UK
WiMAX trial
PIPEX & Airspan launch
UK WiMAX trial (23/08/05)
PIPEX Communications (AIM:PXC.L) and
Airspan Networks (NASDAQ: AIRN) today announced the commencement of a six month
WiMAX trial in the UK. This will be used to evaluate the delivery of broadband
services using PIPEX’ WiMAX spectrum and Airspan’s WiMAX products.
This is the first 802.16-2004 compliant WiMAX trial in the UK.
The
trial will be conducted in the Midlands region of the UK and involve delivering
PIPEX’ award winning home and business broadband services over
Airspan’s WiMAX last mile access products. In addition to data services,
the trial will also test VoIP services that would allow PIPEX to offer
innovative product bundles.
Mike Read, PIPEX’s CEO, said,
“WiMAX is an exciting new opportunity for PIPEX and this test will help
determine how we offer wireless broadband services to our customers using our
licensed spectrum. Combined voice and data offerings using WiMAX will enable
PIPEX to deliver differentiated products in addition to our existing services.
We are pleased to be working with Airspan, as they are one of the world’s
leading broadband wireless companies and their products will help us evaluate
the full potential of WiMAX.”
Jonathan Paget, COO of Airspan
Networks commented, “We are very excited by this opportunity. Airspan is
focusing on delivering a self-installable WiMAX solution that delivers VoIP and
IP services to multiple end-user devices, including laptops and mobile
handsets. This ‘Voice-over-WiMAX’ and
‘Voice-over-Wi-Fi-over-WiMAX’ test will allow us to fully evaluate
our technology in a carrier network environment.”
The technical
tests will include a wide-ranging assessment of the acceptability of wireless
broadband data and voice services by end-users, and a series of radio
performance measurements designed to assess the long-term stability and
availability of WIMAX. The trial will be based on Airspan’s indoor WiMAX
modem, which will enable end-users to self-install their wireless broadband
service. Future trial phases will assess the performance of other WiMAX device
types, including laptop cards and handheld devices for both fixed and nomadic
applications.
About Airspan Networks Inc.
Airspan
Networks provides wireless and fixed voice and data systems and solutions,
including Voice Over IP (VoIP), to operators around the world. Its wireless
products operate in both licensed and unlicensed frequency bands between 700
MHz and 6 GHz, including both PCS and 3.5GHz international bands. Airspan has a
strong product roadmap that includes offerings compliant with the new WiMAX
802.16-2004 standard, and software upgradeability to 802.16e from the time the
WiMAX products are introduced. Airspan is on the Board and a founder member of
the WiMAX Forum. The Company has deployments with more than 300 operators in
more than 95 countries. Airspan’s wireless systems are based on radio
technology that delivers excellent area coverage, high security and resistance
to fading. Airspan’s wireless systems can be deployed rapidly and cost
effectively, providing an attractive alternative to traditional wired
communications networks. Airspan’s new iTone VoIP system is a
carrier-class, turnkey solution that provides carriers with Class 4 and 5
solutions. iTone’s design provides customers with a wide range of
solutions with the best price/performance system for IP telephony. Airspan also
offers radio planning, network installation, integration, training and support
services to facilitate the deployment and operation of its systems. Airspan is
headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with its main operations center in
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
About PIPEX
PIPEX is a telecom
network operator and provider of broadband solutions that combines the best
infrastructure, services, support and people to make communication simple for
business. A highly respected tier one Internet Service Provider (ISP), PIPEX
Communications provides both voice and data connectivity solutions, helping
organisations to keep their lines of communication open.
Established in
1991, PIPEX was the UK's first commercial ISP, set up to deliver affordable,
high speed, high quality corporate Internet access. The company delivers the
same outstanding benefits to businesses today.
Now owning one of the
UK's most extensive communication networks, PIPEX has data centres in London,
Manchester and Leeds and over 100 Points of Presence (PoPs) nation-wide. This
includes 20 point-to-multi-point radio PoPs offering wireless DSL. In addition,
to ensure that its customers' network traffic is always routed via the fastest,
most resilient path, PIPEX has over 200 public and private peering arrangements
with large Internet backbone providers, including the London Internet Exchange,
With its unparalleled experience of connecting organisations and its
multi-award winning service, support levels and dynamic people, PIPEX is
reputed, by its clients, to be one of the safest pairs of hands in the telecom
industry. As a result, the company has achieved and retained an enviable
customer list, ranging from SMEs to blue chip companies and including
two-thirds of the UK's top 100 companies (as listed by The Times). Leading to
outstanding and unrivalled growth, PIPEX was named as one of the top hundred
fastest growing UK unquoted technology companies in the third annual "The
Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 league."
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