NEW UK WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCESS NETWORK
Until now, broadband in the UK has been limited by BT’s effective monopoly over the last mile to a choice between the restricted bandwidth and reliability of copper wire DSL and the high cost and long delivery times of fibre-based services.
However, in order to remain competitive, UK businesses need true broadband with much greater capacity than the 1-2Mbit/s that is generally available. They also need broadband which is both reliable and cost-effective. High-capacity, reliable broadband is key to the delivery of high-speed Internet access and new IP based integrated voice, data and video applications that will allow organisations to reduce costs and improve efficiency and productivity.Libera has acquired a number of operating licences making it the largest owner of wireless spectrum designated for the delivery of broadband services in the UK. The first base station will go live shortly in Docklands and the Greater London network will be complete by early summer of 2005. Libera will then rollout a national network covering 75% of UK business sites. All that is required to receive Libera's broadband service is the installation of a small rooftop antenna on the customer's premises that is aligned to the nearest Libera base station.
Robert Condon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Libera, added “Libera will deliver business customers real broadband of between 1Mbit/s and 36 Mbit/s with the ability to quickly increase and decrease bandwidth as needs change. Installation will be in days not
months and unlike DSL services, we are also able to guarantee reliability with a strict Service Level Agreement”.
Camille Mendler, European Research Director, the Yankee Group commented “Libera’s new wireless network provides a credible alternative to BT in the last mile for UK businesses. Competition in this part of the network can only benefit both the industry and the economy”.
David Currie, Ofcom Chairman, in his keynote speech to the Communications Management Association Annual Conference, 16 February 2004 said “As a nation we have set ourselves a target for the roll-out of ‘broadband’ without having the physical infrastructure for a true broadband access network in place. We can stretch the Plain Old Telephone Services to being a mid-band network and DSL is that ‘stretch’ on copper wire, but true broadband it is not.” “Our vision has to be that we have to get to 10Mbit/s.” “The key point about the broadband inflection is that it doesn’t have to be wires, it can be wireless too”
(www.libera.co.uk)
However, in order to remain competitive, UK businesses need true broadband with much greater capacity than the 1-2Mbit/s that is generally available. They also need broadband which is both reliable and cost-effective. High-capacity, reliable broadband is key to the delivery of high-speed Internet access and new IP based integrated voice, data and video applications that will allow organisations to reduce costs and improve efficiency and productivity.Libera has acquired a number of operating licences making it the largest owner of wireless spectrum designated for the delivery of broadband services in the UK. The first base station will go live shortly in Docklands and the Greater London network will be complete by early summer of 2005. Libera will then rollout a national network covering 75% of UK business sites. All that is required to receive Libera's broadband service is the installation of a small rooftop antenna on the customer's premises that is aligned to the nearest Libera base station.
Robert Condon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Libera, added “Libera will deliver business customers real broadband of between 1Mbit/s and 36 Mbit/s with the ability to quickly increase and decrease bandwidth as needs change. Installation will be in days not
months and unlike DSL services, we are also able to guarantee reliability with a strict Service Level Agreement”.
Camille Mendler, European Research Director, the Yankee Group commented “Libera’s new wireless network provides a credible alternative to BT in the last mile for UK businesses. Competition in this part of the network can only benefit both the industry and the economy”.
David Currie, Ofcom Chairman, in his keynote speech to the Communications Management Association Annual Conference, 16 February 2004 said “As a nation we have set ourselves a target for the roll-out of ‘broadband’ without having the physical infrastructure for a true broadband access network in place. We can stretch the Plain Old Telephone Services to being a mid-band network and DSL is that ‘stretch’ on copper wire, but true broadband it is not.” “Our vision has to be that we have to get to 10Mbit/s.” “The key point about the broadband inflection is that it doesn’t have to be wires, it can be wireless too”
(www.libera.co.uk)
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