If Safaricom 3g and Orange 3g plus offer unlimited services, Wimax is as good as dead?
I hope they don't put other SPs' out of contention by offering unlimited on the 2 wireless platforms. The 2 products are a serious contender because they do not need branding in bandwidth terms i.e 256k, 512k etc. Also, a SOHO upto 10 users business can use the above services and prices will have dropped drastically. I wonder what the Wimax/Wireless community will offer on their service platforms to counter such a move by the above operators? -- Sign on my car is " L " plates : c#.net
I think that is not likely to be the case. The two have the core biz to offer calls(calls will always come first) and the data services they offer is based on best effort. For wimax providers they will just deploy mobile wimax (802.16e) that solves the issue. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:42 AM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
I hope they don't put other SPs' out of contention by offering unlimited on the 2 wireless platforms. The 2 products are a serious contender because they do not need branding in bandwidth terms i.e 256k, 512k etc. Also, a SOHO upto 10 users business can use the above services and prices will have dropped drastically.
I wonder what the Wimax/Wireless community will offer on their service platforms to counter such a move by the above operators?
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Job Njogu <jnjogu@gmail.com> wrote:
I think that is not likely to be the case. The two have the core biz to offer calls(calls will always come first) and the data services they offer is based on best effort. For wimax providers they will just deploy mobile wimax (802.16e) that solves the issue.
If I was 3g or 3g+, I'd be looking at fixed costs of BTU channel allocation to clients which is guaranteed monthly business. Then brand internet packages on this with the bandwidth throughputs like 256kbps, 512kbps or 1Mbits. Mobile wimax may not be successful in plenty of areas, as the higher freqs mean LOS issues with attenuation around buidlings, trees, rain fade and moisture, external antenne kits and expenses of installations. The clever network strategists who come close to GSM is iburst which is 1.9Ghz I think. I think Wimax will be used by Soho, Sme, Corporate for things like fixed ip addresses, vpns, mail hosting, web hosting, sms web gateways. But this market is not as extensive as end users. So tough times ahead for many wimax companies unless they have some other formulas to stay in the market. Rgds.
700Mhz band to be auctioned soon in Kenya? On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Job Njogu <jnjogu@gmail.com> wrote:
I think that is not likely to be the case. The two have the core biz to offer calls(calls will always come first) and the data services they offer is based on best effort. For wimax providers they will just deploy mobile wimax (802.16e) that solves the issue.
If I was 3g or 3g+, I'd be looking at fixed costs of BTU channel allocation to clients which is guaranteed monthly business. Then brand internet packages on this with the bandwidth throughputs like 256kbps, 512kbps or 1Mbits.
Mobile wimax may not be successful in plenty of areas, as the higher freqs mean LOS issues with attenuation around buidlings, trees, rain fade and moisture, external antenne kits and expenses of installations. The clever network strategists who come close to GSM is iburst which is 1.9Ghz I think. I think Wimax will be used by Soho, Sme, Corporate for things like fixed ip addresses, vpns, mail hosting, web hosting, sms web gateways. But this market is not as extensive as end users. So tough times ahead for many wimax companies unless they have some other formulas to stay in the market.
Rgds.
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