Alcatel-Lucent announced (July 12, 2007) they had signed a two-year contract for the supply and installation of the first next-generation WiMAX network in France, using standard 802.16e

Based on the latest standard IEEE 802.16e-2005, the new radio network will use the 3.4 – 3.6 GHz frequency band. It will enable professional and residential subscribers alike to connect to broadband Internet in fixed and nomadic environments.

“This first WiMAX reference in France confirms Alcatel-Lucent’s commitment to this technology, which is at the core of our universal broadband access strategy. It shows moreover that we are devoting the best of our R&D resources to satisfy our customers in France and throughout the world.”

Impact on Galileo-Radar (GR)

The emerging trend of deploying WiMax 802.16e in Europe has a significant impact on the way the Galileo-Radar Personal Device (GR-PD) will communicate with the Galileo-Radar Social Network Arena (GR-SNA). WiMax means Internet broadband, and the the 802.16e standard means Mobile-WiMax. GR will benefit from Broadband Mobile Internet meaning - allways connected, allways communicating, allways on.

The GR-PD client application will be able to transmit information to the GR-SNA server, from time to time, without the need for the user to start a communication session as is demanded today with GPRS cell phone applications. Most of the GR communication will be Machine to Machine (M2M) with out the need of any involvement on behalf of the user.

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