Tiny Fiji, off the coast of Australia, is the latest focus in what is becoming a world-wide debate over the relative merits of WiMAX versus 3G technologies to bring broadband connectivity to remote areas.Tiny Fiji, off the coast of Australia, is the latest focus in what is becoming a world-wide debate over the relative merits of WiMAX versus 3G technologies to bring broadband connectivity to remote areas.
The first phase of the island’s roll-out is complete and city employees, as well as business and residential customers, are enjoying connection speeds of up to 12 Mbps.
WiMAX is starting to prove itself in deployments like Fiji’s and others across the Pacific. Debate focuses on how “future-proof” the various technologies are, especially if the unlicensed 5.8 Ghz band is used.
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