Nth Air, a wireless ISP, and Fujitsu Network Communications, have launched WiMAX services across Denver which will be available for the 5,000 delegates and 15,000 members of the media expected to attend the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver next week.
The fixed point-to-multipoint network will provide broadband wireless Internet data, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and video services for businesses and municipalities. WiMAX point-to-point connectivity is also available to connect users staying at different hotels. Up to 1 Gbps symmetrical, dedicated, scalable services are delivered to support subscriber needs.
“Reporters or city officials and their staff members may simply not have time to head back to their hotels to file stories or transmit important information to each other,” said Craig Niemeyer, chief executive officer and president of Nth Air. “By subscribing to our WiMAX service, they’ll receive high-speed wireless Internet access directly from the convention center with the same kind of connectivity they’d get with their own networks at the office,” added Niemeyer.
The Fujitsu WiMAX solution that Nth Air purchased operates in the “lightly licensed” 3.65 GHz spectrum. Fujitsu delivers fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment and the professional services that support wireless network design, installation and provisioning.
Sprint and Clearwire plan to jointly launch a Mobile WiMax service in Denver in the coming months.
For suburban Denver, a group called the Colorado Wireless Communities planned to build a massive WiFi network that spans 10 cities, 200 square miles and more than 600,000 people in the northwest metro area. But C-Com, the Boulder-based vendor picked to install the system, has not been able to raise enough money to fund the deployment of the network. The project is now on the back burner.
The major wireless carriers - AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile - all have boosted capacity at the major venues including the Pepsi Center, Invesco Field, the Colorado Convention Center and even some downtown hotels.
Meanwhile, Pipeline Wireless has awarded Redline Communications a contract to provide WiMAX products to support Pipeline’s first WiMAX network rollout. Redline will supply its RedMAX AN-100U base station for Pipeline’s deployment in downtown Boston. A commercial launch will take place within the next few months.
Pipeline holds a nationwide licence to offer wireless internet services using spectrum in the 3.5GHz band, and covers nearly 2,100 square miles of Eastern Massachusetts.
Light Reading has a list of some Current WiMax Operators & Service Deployments.
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