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WiMAX Demo Sends Strong Signal |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
A demonstration of WiMax technology transmitting live video
footage from a racing yacht achieved a transmission distance of 40 kilometres,
showing great promise for true mobile broadband.
The technology demonstration, carried out by WiMAX Telecom
Group took place at the World
Sailing Championships in Austria.
The yacht set a new record for long distance WiMAX transmission
used a wireless broadband connection to relay live video footage up to 40
kilometres away.
It was reportedly the first time anyone had even attempted
to send live video footage via WiMax from a moving vehicle, let alone a yacht
moving at 12 knots.
The demonstration shows promise for service such as VoIP where
WiMAX couldbe used to replace expensive satellite links to achieve broadband
access.
WiMAX Telecom Group was awarded licensed frequencies (3.5
GHz) in Croatia
in 2005. It holds national licences in Austria
and Slovakia, where its
active networks already serve several thousand customers, and has licenses in
key regions of Croatia,
where the company plans to deploy its network at the end of 2006.
Next year, it will expand its wireless broadband network in
this coastal region using the 802.16e protocols. But the company has thje rest
of Europe in its sights with branches in Switzerland,
Austria, Slovakia and Croatia making WiMAX Telecom the only
independent, multinational provider of WiMax services.
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