Debate over broadband technologies involving platforms such as wireline and wireless is not new. World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are emerging as a good combination that can compete with services offered by traditional telephone service providers.

 

WiMAX is said to be the best alternative means of broadband Internet access. Both operators and individual subscribers have started to enjoy them. Licensed WiMAX is less expensive, easier to manage, user-friendly, and more reliable than mature network last mile delivery means.

 

WiMAX deployment is a fraction of the cost of deploying any other broadband technology and compliments VoIP as a means to deliver feature-rich, cost-effective applications to businesses in underserved markets. VoIP has also taken off among enterprise users.

 

“VoIP offers a broader spectrum of services while reducing costs to subscribers and service providers alike. In enterprise markets, VoIP is an increasingly well received offering, as VoIP revenues continue to grow every year,” said a media statement from NextPhase Wireless, a company focused on providing connectivity services and solutions to enterprises.

 

“When bundled with broadband Internet access and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), a WiMAX triple play becomes very attractive to more subscribers. Given the QoS, security and reliability mechanisms built into WiMAX, subscribers will find WiMAX VoIP as good as or better than voice services from the telephone company,” NextPhase commented.

 

"Voice, video and audio are demanding applications that require quality of service and business customers expect to see strong service level agreements which are not offered by cable companies and are associated with cost-prohibitive copper and fiber infrastructure of the phone companies but are not suited to underserved markets," said Tom Hemingway, CEO of NextPhase Wireless.

 

"Thus, the customer base these providers are selling to has been less than receptive to either pitch opening the door for WiMAX providers able to offer even greater value to what was once only an Internet subscription base on pre-WiMAX networks," Hemingway added.

WiMAX is in position to expand its global. Operators, who are planning to offer WiMAX services, will have a number of enviable services to bring to the competitive market. For instance, WiMAX service providers will offer additional value to potential voice, streaming video and streaming audio to customers. With this, quality conscious users can free themselves from the telephone company's control on these services.