So with BellSouth having Navini in 2.3GHz and AT&T Alascom having Alvarion BreezeMAX, who was the first to have a full fledged 802.16x deployment? "Among the fist" is easy to say.
-Dee Alaska Wireless Systems 1(907)240-2183 Cell 1(907)349-2226 Fax 1(907)349-4308 Office www.akwireless.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Leary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:07:53 -0800 Subject: RE: [WISPA] Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy WiMAXtechnology > If you note the date, you can see this is a few months old. They now > have 2.5 GHz gear. > > Patrick Leary > AVP WISP Markets > Alvarion, Inc. > o: 650.314.2628 > c: 760.580.0080 > Vonage: 650.641.1243 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dawn DiPietro > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:16 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy > WiMAXtechnology > > Ball State receives FCC approval to test and deploy WiMAX technology > > By kpaul, Section BSU > Posted on Sat Dec 09, 2006 at 11:46:47 AM EST > By Anthony Romano > > MUNCIE, IN - The "wireless world" will be watching Ball State's Office > of Wireless Research and Mapping (OWRM) closely as it becomes among the > first to test and deploy WiMAX technology in the United States. > > Using a six-month experimental license granted by the FCC, the OWRM is > partnering with Alvarion and Digital Bridge Communications to test WiMAX > > technology on equipment at 3.5GHz, a frequency used outside of the > United States. > > Testing is being done at this higher frequency because there is > currently no equipment available for testing at 2.5 GHz, a frequency > that will be used to provide broadband services such as cell phones and > Internet in the United States in the coming months. > > "The goal is to find out as much about this technology as possible, and > then begin sharing the information with others who are anxiously > awaiting for 2.5GHz WiMAX technology to arrive," said O'Neal Smitherman, > > Ball State's vice president for information technology. > > Researchers from OWRM are putting the WiMAX technology through a variety > > of tests in order to find out more about connectivity, throughput, > capacity, signal strength and penetration inside the home under > variables such as weather, trees, elevation and distance. > > Smitherman says several telecommunications companies have already > expressed interest in the test results because of valuable information > it will provide in the future development of broadband services to more > rural and underserved areas of the country. > > "Through testing and deployment over the next 90 days, we will be able > to examine the performance of the WiMAX platform based on the IEEE > 802.16 standard, as well as have an opportunity to fine tune our GIS > mapping capability using real data," said Smitherman. "This will give us > > the data needed to accurately predict and map signal coverage anywhere." > > Digital Bridge Communications, a provider of broadband wireless services > > to rural and underserved communities, will assist the OWRM in the > testing and deployment of true WiMAX technology. Equipment being used > for testing comes from Alvarion, the world's largest manufacturer of > wireless broadband. Afterimage GIS, a company that specializes in RF > modeling, design and market analysis will also assist in the study. > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ************************************************************************ > ************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & > computer viruses(190). > ************************************************************************ > ************ > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > ************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & > computer viruses(42). > ************************************************************************ > ************ > > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp > Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses(84). > ************************************************************************************ > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses. > ************************************************************************************ > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
