Pipex, which holds one of two UK licences for WiMax spectrum, is teaming up with Intel to roll out services
Intel and Pipex are to team up for the UK’s first commercial WiMax deployment, with plans to have several major cities covered in 2007 or 2008.
A new venture called Pipex Wireless, majority-owned by Pipex but backed to the tune of $25m by Intel, aims to create a faster, further reaching version of Wi-Fi.
“It’s the big brother of Wi-Fi with better coverage and fewer aerials,” said Mike Reid, Pipex chief executive.
It may also mean Big Brother in another sense: one potential WiMax application outlined by Pipex would see cameras mounted on street furniture for road traffic surveillance.
That aside, the firm believes the technology will have a wide range of uses, although the initial focus will be on urban conurbations and creating another service on top of existing telecoms services.
Pipex declined to comment on reports that it came close to doing a deal with BT to give the telecoms giant access to its WiMax licence, one of only two national licences in the UK covering the radio frequencies required.
Attention may now turn to PCCW which has the other licence but, seemingly, no plans to use it.
Intel and Pipex are to team up for the UK’s first commercial WiMax deployment, with plans to have several major cities covered in 2007 or 2008.
A new venture called Pipex Wireless, majority-owned by Pipex but backed to the tune of $25m by Intel, aims to create a faster, further reaching version of Wi-Fi.
“It’s the big brother of Wi-Fi with better coverage and fewer aerials,” said Mike Reid, Pipex chief executive.
It may also mean Big Brother in another sense: one potential WiMax application outlined by Pipex would see cameras mounted on street furniture for road traffic surveillance.
That aside, the firm believes the technology will have a wide range of uses, although the initial focus will be on urban conurbations and creating another service on top of existing telecoms services.
Pipex declined to comment on reports that it came close to doing a deal with BT to give the telecoms giant access to its WiMax licence, one of only two national licences in the UK covering the radio frequencies required.
Attention may now turn to PCCW which has the other licence but, seemingly, no plans to use it.
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