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wireless broadband

High-speed wireless transmission of data. However, the "high" in high-speed is always a changing number. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps for cellular carriers, whereas land-based broadband started at 1.5 Mbps (T1 rates). Subsequent 3G wireless systems have exceeded T1 rates, and wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) have long passed that benchmark. In any event, wireless systems are a little to a lot slower than land-based, wireline networks. For example, high-speed, wired LANs have reached 10 Gbps.

Wireless Local and Wireless Wide Area
Wireless broadband falls into local and wide area categories. Wireless local area networks (WLANs), namely 802.11 Wi-Fi networks, transmit at very high-speed, but Wi-Fi coverage areas (hotspots) are sporadic and span only a couple hundred feet. In contrast, wireless wide area networks (WWANs), provided by the cellular industry's EDGE and 3G (EV-DO and HSPA) technologies, are much slower. However, cell towers span several miles and provide contiguous data service just like they do voice. See 802.11, 802.16, cellular generations and broadband.

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Wireless broadband services will create significant opportunities for revenue growth, and cellular technologies will take the largest share, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason, the premier advisers on telecoms, IT and digital media.

Wireless broadband to exceed two billion customers by 2015 by Database and Network Journal

Mio said it will be the first in the Caribbean to provide affordable, unlimited wireless broadband Internet access and voice plans which incorporate voicemail and unlimited texting.

Mio to launch mobile voice, broadband internet access and WiMAX ... by Internet Business News

Instead a broadband wireless signal is sent around a local area using a device called a wireless broadband router which enables other computers within that area to connect to the broadband internet connection wirelessly.

What Is Wireless Broadband Access, What Can I Do with It and How Do I ... by Miguel Poza / Computers and Internet community

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