DigitalBridge Communications Deploys First Mobile WiMAX Network

(Business News & Technology News, 1 Jul 2008)

DigitalBridge Communications (DBC), a telecommunications service provider focused on using WiMAX to deliver broadband services to underserved communities, has launched the first commercially available Mobile WiMAX network using WiMAX Forum Certified 802.16e equipment in the U.S. with service in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. DBC's new mobile capability enhances its fixed high-speed wireless Internet service by enabling customers to access data "on the go", as they move throughout Jackson Hole. DBC will continue to expand its mobile service in the Jackson Hole area where its network will reach millions of residents and visitors, and then add mobile capabilities to its nearly three million-population footprint.

DBC was the first provider to launch a fixed and portable WiMAX service on WiMAX Forum Certified equipment for consumers in the US. Selling under the BridgeMAXX brand, its new mobility service plan offers 3Mbps download for less than $40 per month. Current BridgeMAXX fixed-service users can add the mobility feature for a bundled price of less than $30 per month.

The BridgeMAXX service is plug-and-surf technology that allows customers to set up and begin using a WiMAX high speed Internet connection in a matter of minutes. For most residents, service can be accessed using a small portable modem or a device that connects to their computer. The wireless high-speed Internet service employs licensed radio frequencies to provide service instead of traditional coaxial cable, telephone wires or satellite dishes. WiMAX is a secure, high-speed, long-range wireless Internet technology.

The DBC BridgeMAXX network is powered by Alvarion's 802.16e BreezeMAX 2.5GHz base station, which incorporates SentieM technologies in the end-to-end Mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution. Alvarion was one of the first few base station vendors to receive the recent WiMAX Forum certification for meeting the global standard for wireless broadband mobility. This makes Jackson the first community in the US to be able to experience true mobile Internet service at broadband speeds, on a state-of-the-art network using the newest wireless technology in the world.

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