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Nextel Broadband: Take Two?

Posted by timothy on from the future-unevenly-distributed dept.

Atryn writes "Many of you may recall the Nextel broadband trial of Flarion's Flash-OFDM Technology in Raleigh, N.C. last year. They have since shut down that trial. Now, Nextel has announced a new broadband trial of UMTS TD-CDMA in Washington, D.C. for this fall. Other coverage here and company press releases from Nextel and IP Wireless."

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  1. Re:Broadband over CDMA by Em+Adespoton · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Just out of curiosity, how is the parent offtopic?

    The news posted talks about broadband trials coming out around the world, emphasizing CDMA 2.5MHz broadband by NexTel. The article that I linked to shows that in Canada and Mexico, 2.5MHz CDMA has been commercially viable for over a year.

    My point was that the information about NexTel is nothing earth shattering, only reporting that a company that has failed with one cellular broadband technology is now running a pilot of technology that has been proven in the field for a significant amount of time.