Last Mile Access: The Business Opportunity for
Service Providers & Municipalities

Last Mile Access: The Business Opportunity for Service Providers

Whatever you choose to call it – last mile, first mile, local loop – the meaning is the same: it's the part of the telecommunications network that links users with broadband access.

As total broadband access subscriber rates and usage rise by leaps and bounds each year, service providers and municipalities of all kinds and sizes are facing a challenge: addressing customer and resident demands, respectively, for quick service delivery and high-speed network access at a low cost. The price associated with customer acquisition costs and ongoing last mile maintenance puts additional pressure on service providers and municipalities to find new ways to cost-effectively deploy broadband access services to large numbers of customers.

WiMAX and outdoor Wi-Fi mesh solutions from Proxim Wireless give service providers and municipalities today's fastest path to new markets and revenue can quickly and cost-effectively create wireless networks to capture new customers and deliver secure and reliable access to high-speed data, voice and video services.

Advantages

With Proxim Wireless, wireless networks can grow in all directions - from backhaul to laptop. Adding capacity or extending your network into new areas is simple when you work with Proxim Wireless, because Proxim Wireless is the only company to offer all the components in an end-to-end scalable wireless solution.

Applications

Last Mile Market Growth

Global Information, Inc. estimates that by the end of the decade, over 700 million broadband access lines will be in operation globally – with broadband requirements per household doubling every 18-24 months. Despite this accelerating demand for broadband access around the world, lack of infrastructure remains a formidable barrier to addressing customer needs. Broadband wireless networks will increasingly provide the solution. Global Information predicts that 15-20% of the broadband connections in markets with well developed fixed infrastructure will be based on wireless networks. In all other countries, over 50% of broadband will use wireless.