Unwired subsidiary VividWireless is planning to deploy WiMAX networks nationwide in the next two years.Vividwireless will be responsible for marketing and customer service on the network and Unwired for construction and operation.

Currently the company deploying a Mobile WiMAX network throughout Perth, Australia in the 2.3Ghz spectrum. But Unwired CEO David Spence has already flagged the company’s intention to hit all major metropolitan areas by 2012 – taking on both wireless and fixed-line competition.

VividWireless is targeting March 2010 for the commercial launch of the service in the western city of Perth.

According to VividWireless, it intends to differentiate its offering from 3G services of Telstra, Hutchison Telecoms (Australia) Ltd. and SingTel Optus Pty. Ltd. on speed and quality of service (QoS) capabilities.

In a statement, VividWireless CEO Martin Mercer said, “We know that mobile broadband customers have an insatiable appetite for speed and a growing need to access the Internet wherever and whenever they want. Our network will satisfy this need for speed, delivering customer speeds up to 10 times faster than currently delivered by 3G networks at prices that are equivalent to fixed line services.”

That would pitch broadband packages from VividWireless at significantly lower prices than competitors’ mobile broadband plans.

VividWireless quotes average speeds of 4 Mbit/s for laptop users and a peak rate of 20 Mbit/s. That’s faster than the theoretical peak downlink rates offered by Optus (7.6 Mbit/s) and 3 Australia (3.6 Mbit/s), and about on a par with Telstra, which has upgraded its HSPA network to HSPA Evolved (also known as HSPA+). This delivers 21 Mbit/s downlink theoretical peak rates. Telstra intends to upgrade again to 42 Mbit/s by the end of the year.

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In early December Abigroup Telecommunications has secured a contract with VividWireless to construct the base stations for its planned mobile WiMAX network in Perth, due to launch in March 2010.Abigroup will be responsible for civil construction of base station sites and for install the antennas, cabinets and equipment and for base station testing.

Recently VividWireless has purchased Green Packet newly launched DX ‘Tower’ WiMAX/WiFi router which showcased at WiMAX Forum Congress Americas in December 2009.Apparently it will be Green Packet DX230 which works on 2.3GHz spectrum.

DX Tower is the world’s first Wave-2 compliant 2.3GHz WiMAX Integrated Access Device (IAD) featuring omni directional antennas for best-in-class performance.

( Photo courtesy of WiMAX.com )

“The Tower modem cleverly combines WiMAX and WiFi in one, allowing users to share broadband connection on-premise. Its stylish design will help us increase user adoption” said Mercer.

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