WiMAX Mobility features will allow service providers to offer new high-value multimedia services to their subscribers. With the potential to deliver high data rates, along with mobility, it can support the sophisticated “lifestyle” services that are increasingly in demand among consumers, along with the feature-rich voice and data services that enterprise customers require.

Sintelsat-BWA Broadband Wireless Mobility is a solution for service providers and carriers, that is interoperable with their existing networks and that can augment coverage and service to end-users. Service providers can take advantage of another of today’s promising new technologies— leverage it as a source for new revenues and deliver multimedia services wherever subscribers demand them.

Because it is an IP-based solution, it can be integrated with both wireline and 3G mobile networks. This versatility opens up cost effective new opportunities for extending bandwidth to customers in a wide range of locations and for delivering new revenue generating service such as wireless video streaming.

Broadband Wireless Mobility solution mainly aims to allow service providers to reach nomadic and mobile customers equipped with portable devices and allow outdoor roaming across geographical areas of coverage. Services can make use of both licensed and unlicensed radio technologies, and provide seamless data handoff as the subscriber moves between different radio technologies allowing users to satisfy a variety of access needs.

Sintelsat-BWA Broadband Wireless Mobility uses the Mobile WiMAX standard that mainly enables the delivery of high-bandwidth services with an array of multimedia features. This technology is an enhanced wireless standard that has the potential into laptops and PDAs and makes it portable. Users can then enjoy a wireless DSL service that is accessible in moving vehicles up to 75 mph with a data rate of 5Mbps at the range of 1-3 miles.

• Portable high-speed data service
• Wider range of coverage (1-3 miles radius)
• Built-in Quality of Service (QoS)
• Supports mobility at 75mph
• High throughput (30Mbps at 10 Mhz bandwidth)
• Converged IP services
• Complementary to 3G services
• Potential for roaming in larger scale
• Upcoming multimedia capabilities
• Supports real-time voice and VoIP services
• Flexible
• Cost effective
• Potential delivery of full mobility features
• Revenue generating services such as video streaming.