WiMAX principles

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WiMAX principles

• Currently
• Alternative access technology for fixed broadband

• Next phase
• Mobile broadband with large transmission capacity

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Market drivers

• Broadband telephony will be an important driver
  for mobile broadband solutions
• Will compete with both POTS, Voice over DSL and
  GSM/3G
• Mobile access to data
• WiFi is a good market indicator
• Will the PDA return?
• Integrated networks solutions for consumer
  electronics
• Camera, PDA, cellular phone (combinations)
• Increasing user demands Access to anything,
  anywhere, instantly

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WiMAX market potential

• ADSL gap-filler
• Broadband solutions in areas where ADSL is not
  technologically nor economically feasible
• Feeding local exchanges (DSLAMs)
• Alternative to expensive leased lines or
  PtP-radio
• Private networks
• Industry and office plants, University campus,
  etc.)
• Offshore
• WiMAX attractive for broadband access offshore
• Pleasure Business
• Ski resorts
• Coastal areas
• Mobile solutions
• Nomadic broadband (hotels, airports, etc.)
• Full mobility (trains, busses, boats, ferries,
  etc.)

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Broadband on water

• Administrative services
• VPN-services for the shipping company
• E-mail, server-access, etc.
• Ticketing systems (POS-terminals)
• Shopping onboard (POS-terminals)
• Technical management and maintenance
• Supervisioning of technical installations
• Access to technical data bases for maintenance
• Broadband to the people
• Wireless broadband access for passengers

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Pleasure Business

• Ski resorts
• Extensive construction activity in attractive
  mountain regions
• Hemsedal, Filefjell, Hafjell, Oppdal, Kvamskogen
• Online after-skiing

• Coastal areas
• Attractive real estates in coastal areas
• Southern and Western part of Norway
• Cottage officeenabling extended usage

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Application areas for WiMAX
xDSL
2005
WiMAX Point-to-point
DSLAM
WiFi
Cu
WiMAX
Outdorr CPE WiFi
2006
WiFi
WiMAX Point-to-point
NGT Backbone/ Internet
2007
WiMAX
Non-Line of Sight Point-to-multipoint
Indoor CPE/ integrated in PC
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Application areas for WiMAX
xDSL
WiMAX Point-to-point
DSLAM
WiFi
Cu
WiMAX
WiMAX Point-to-point
WiFi
NGT Backbone/ Internet
WiMAX
Non-Line of Sight Point-to-multipoint
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Mobile solutions the path towards real mobile
broadband

• A natural successor to WiFi
• Nomadic broadband broadband hotspots
• A challenger to mobile 3G (UMTS)
• Larger bandwidth
• Less expensive access
• A platform for mobile 4G
• Multiservice provisioning IP-platform
• QoS support
• Transparent solution to all applications