Wagga To Get WiMax Trial

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 05 April 2006

In what is believed to be Australia’s first trial of the super-fast wireless broadband standard WiMax, Austar and SP Telemedia have announced Wagga residents will get the first chance to try out the new technology. According to a report by The Australian, the first commercial trials will include Wagga Wagga due to the aggregate demand, but other regions will be close behind. SP Telemedia chief executive Michael Simmons told The Australian: "Wagga is a definite pilot. We're in discussions with a couple of regions that we'd like to move into sooner than others because of aggregated demand." The grand plan is to roll out the Austar network across 55 regional centres covering some 750,000 regional homes. Some non-commercial pilots of the new technology have already been held in Australian including an Intel showcase at the Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne where it was demonstrated sending X-rays from a trackside medical centre at the Grand Prix circuit to the Alfred Hospital. Intel has made a long term commitment to the technology and is expected to include WiMax connectivity in its notebook chipsets starting next year. Related news items Symbol Builds A Bridge Between RFID and WLAN -07/12/2006 Intel Demo's Mobile WiMAX Chip -07/12/2006 ACMA Hunts For Useful Spectrum -05/12/2006 1 Million Wireless Broadband Users Up For Grabs -20/11/2006 Future Mobile: Samsung P9000 -07/11/2006 Newer news items BigAir Makes Smart Home Acquisition -04/07/2006 Airwaves Get Faster With Linksys Draft-N -03/07/2006 Longcheer Signs Qualcomm Licence For 3G Data Card -21/06/2006 WiMAX Demo Sends Strong Signal -21/06/2006 Cebit: A Wireless World -08/05/2006 Older news items BigPond Drops Price As Unwired Adds Pressure -03/04/2006 More Wireless Broadband For Melbourne -02/04/2006 WIRELESS 4Th MOST POPULAR ACCESS TECHNOLOGY -28/02/2006 WIMAX STANDARD FINALLY RATIFIED -08/12/2005 Big Play For BigAir -28/11/2005 Tag This Now: