Broadband Wireless Access World™
Warner Robin, Georgia, City Hall
To properly understand the new 802.16 WiMAX wireless broadband Internet standard, one needs to understand its core technology, the business models according to which it may be commercialized, and the political environment in which the technology and the business model are to be deployed.
Broadband Wireless Access World spoke today about all these aspects of the 802.16 standard with three very knowledgeable WiMAX experts.
Greg Richardson, President of Civitium and Lead Consultant for Wireless Houston County Committee study
Greg Richardson is the founder and president of
Civitium. He was, until recently, the National Mobility Practice Director at
Siemens Business Services, Inc. In that position, he was the lead consultant behind the
"Wireless Broadband Report" prepared for the
Wireless Houston County Committee (WHCC) earlier this year.
In the
BWAW interview linked to below, Greg Richardson speaks in detail about the WHCC and the "cooperative wholesale" and the "private" business models according to which it might be deployed.
Under the "cooperative wholesale" model, a local government will build and operate a WiMAX platform, providing itself, schools, and perhaps non-profits with state-of-the-art 802.16 connectivity, while selling excess service capacity wholesale to private entities who will, in turn, retail it to individual business and residents.
Under the "private" model, a local government will encourage profit-seeking companies in various ways, such as through tax incentives or expedited access to the "vertical real estate" needed to deploy WiMAX, to build and operate WiMAX systems within a jurisdiction with no investment or ownership by the government.
To hear Greg Richardson discuss these choices and how they are playing out in Houston County, click
here.
Matt Stone, Warner Robins city councilmember and chairman of the Wireless Houston County Committee
Matt Stone is a city councilmember in Warner Robins, Georgia, and, by all reports, the political dynamo behind the flurry of activity in Houston Country around the issue of WiMAX and the chief instigator behind hiring Siemens Business Services to do its landmark study of 802.16 options for the county.
You can hear a conversation with Matt Stone about how cutting-edge Internet technology fits into what he characterizes as the "conservative" political milieu in Houston County by clicking
here.
Joe English, Intel's WiMAX campaign manager and director of marketing
Joe English is the WiMAX campaign manager and director of marketing at
Intel Corporation. In the interview linked to below, he explains in detail just how it's possible to send and receive massive amounts of digital information through the air, using the WiMAX technology.
Just as Matt Stone was a prime driver for WiMAX in Houston County, Intel serves as a prime driver for WiMAX more broadly, within the high-tech community and outside it. By developing chips that can provide integrated functionality to support the operations of broadband wireless networks, Intel spurs the evolution of wireless standards and accelerates its real-world deployment.
In this
BWAW interview, Joe English also discusses the applicability of the WiMAX solution to situations around the world, from the most- to the least-developed of areas. You can hear his comments by clicking
here.
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