Pipeline Wireless has announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC (News - Alert)) has awarded them a nationwide license to provide WiMAX wireless services in the newly released 3.65 GHz band (3650-3700 MHz).

 

Pipeline Wireless, a full-service, WiMAX (News - Alert)-ready, services provider covers nearly 2,100 square miles of Eastern Massachusetts, and expects to be fully WiMAX compliant in about 60 days. Leveraging the FCC license, Pipeline Wireless will be able to provide high-quality, high-bandwidth services over a quasi-licensed frequency. In addition to reducing the possibility of interference, this capability provides higher link budgets, and allows Pipeline Wireless to offer a no-truck-roll installation to its customers, thereby lowering installation costs.

 

Pipeline Wireless now intends to offer its multipoint, multi-megabit services to customers in near-line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight situations, due to the lower frequencies used in 3.65GHz WiMAX deployments, while still using carrier-class equipment and low-cost customer premises equipment. The company believes that this will give them a competitive edge over most of the area’s smaller wireless providers, which don’t have the capability to offer WiMAX due to its cost and complexity, particularly in highly congested RF areas.

 

Michael Daly, president and CEO, Pipeline Wireless noted that Pipeline Wireless will be able to broaden their service offerings and their customers will reap the benefits of utilizing WiMAX technology.

 

“Our application was approved and we are excited to deploy WiMAX technology in our coverage area,” said Daly in a statement.

 

Pipeline Wireless further explains that WiMAX will enable their company to service multiple customer profiles on the same platform. This will eliminate the need to separate low- and high-bandwidth customers while delivering an even broader range of services for both private networks and Internet circuits.