Worldmax company announced the launch in Amsterdam, Europe's first commercial wireless network based on mobile WiMax. A new type of access to compete with such giants of the telecommunications market the Netherlands, as KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile. The network covers only until the center of Amsterdam and is completely similar to conventional cellular networks, T. e. allows you to use it even on the move. Accordingly, in the long term, the new infrastructure is a threat to mobile operators, as in time will cover the entire country and will be able to offer lower-cost and high-speed data services, as well as very low-cost IP-telephony, writes eWeek.
Since the ultimate goal of this project is to deploy a mobile WiMax network on a national scale, it should be noted that this is the size of the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. However, the largest investors in the project, Intel and Greenfield Capital, while refusing to announce the amount invested. To ensure that the network has covered the whole country and the competition was all kinds of broadband access, Worldmax will have to put at least 3,000 base stations.
At first, the maintenance cost is 20 euros per month for unlimited wireless access.
Source:. Nag. ru.
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