Sometime ago I read that NasionCom is going to introduce wireless broadband using WiMax technologies very soon. However, not much news has been heard since then.
It is glad to hear that another company in Malaysia, namely TM Net Sdn Bhd, is planning to introduce wireless broadband to area with little or no wireline service.
According to the news from the STAR.
TM Net is working closely with Intel and Alcatel. Meanwhile, to my knowledge, Intel is currently planning to conduct trial in Putrajaya and Cyberjaya area. The equipment used is so called pre-WiMAX equipment as there is no certified product in the market at the moment.
The certification process only begin mid of 2005, thus, it is expected that certified WiMAX product would only be widely available in 2006. At the moment, the price of pre-WiMAX transceiver + baseband unit is quite expensive, generally in the range of RM20K to RM40K per unit. However, it is still consider competative in some circumstances when compared with the cost of provisioning of ADSL services.
Refer to my research paper in IEEE VTC 2005 Fall
"Study on the issue of provisioning broadband services: The case of Malaysia" for more details.
However, its advantages as compared to WiFi mesh is still yet to be proven.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Thursday, September 15, 2005
802.11n standard could be delayed until mid-2007
The real data throughput of 802.11n is expected to reach a 540 Mbit/s and also offer a better operating distance than current networks. This is made possible by using multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and OFDM.
While hoping that existing two industry groups, WWiSE and TGn Sync, to harmonise and consolidate their proposal into a single proposal, rumous spread that "four major companies -- Broadcom, Intel, Atheros and Marvell, holding the lion's share of the Wi-Fi chipset market -- have formed a third camp with the aim of writing a whole new proposal.",
Industry observers have called this an offensive gambit aimed at Airgo Networks, an emerging chipmaker, to be forced it to a fundamental redesign.
Read more from WirelessDesignOnline.
Moral of the story:
poor people is alway difficult to play game with rich people who can alway show hand and this poor one just could not follow but give up
While hoping that existing two industry groups, WWiSE and TGn Sync, to harmonise and consolidate their proposal into a single proposal, rumous spread that "four major companies -- Broadcom, Intel, Atheros and Marvell, holding the lion's share of the Wi-Fi chipset market -- have formed a third camp with the aim of writing a whole new proposal.",
Industry observers have called this an offensive gambit aimed at Airgo Networks, an emerging chipmaker, to be forced it to a fundamental redesign.
Read more from WirelessDesignOnline.
Moral of the story:
poor people is alway difficult to play game with rich people who can alway show hand and this poor one just could not follow but give up
Broadband wireless access
A company with core business in fibre optic communication approached me to provide advice on venturing into wireless access business yesterday.
The company has set up its optical backbone network, FTTC for condo, apartment in PJ and Penang. This is the right move for them. In fact Korean is using this model. The price for a 2Mbps uplink and downlink is only RM60. I think many people will want to go for it. Expecially, many people have fade up with the exisitng incumbant ISP.
It is also wise to look into tappinng the advantages of Wireless, where access to user to convenient, fast, and with mobility. Sound interesting in this combination of FTTC + Wireless. I suggest to them to use WiFi mesh which can provide coverage extension, a business model proposed for WiFi mesh.
The company has set up its optical backbone network, FTTC for condo, apartment in PJ and Penang. This is the right move for them. In fact Korean is using this model. The price for a 2Mbps uplink and downlink is only RM60. I think many people will want to go for it. Expecially, many people have fade up with the exisitng incumbant ISP.
It is also wise to look into tappinng the advantages of Wireless, where access to user to convenient, fast, and with mobility. Sound interesting in this combination of FTTC + Wireless. I suggest to them to use WiFi mesh which can provide coverage extension, a business model proposed for WiFi mesh.
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