US Wireless Broadband美國無線寬頻上網計畫採用LTE 4G技術, 而非Wimax技術.
PLANS have been unveiled to to build a high-speed wireless broadband network that would cover more than 90 per cent of the United States by 2015.
New York-based investment firm Harbinger Capital Partners said it has signed a $US 7 billion agreement with Finnish-German giant Nokia Siemens Networks to "deploy, install, operate, and maintain'' a broadband network called "LightSquared.''
"The nationwide LightSquared network, consisting of approximately 40,000 cellular base stations, will cover 92 per cent of the US population by 2015,'' LightSquared said in a statement.
"In addition, from commercial launch it will offer the entire nation coverage through its satellite,'' it said.
LightSquared said it expects to launch commercially in the second half of next year and to cover at least 100 million Americans by December 2012.
The partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks was announced one day after the Finnish-German giant announced plans to buy most of Motorola's wireless network infrastructure assets for $US1.2 billion.
LightSquared plans to use LTE, or Long Term Evolution, technology for its fourth-generation, or 4G, wireless broadband network.
