Tags: austar, unwired

Australia a step closer to WiMAX

Wireless broadband users in Australia could enjoy maximum surfing speeds of 75 megabits per second by mid-2006, analysts say.

Wagga Wagga gets Unwired-style broadband

Pay-TV operator and carrier Austar today launched the first of a planned 25 regional wireless broadband networks, with Wagga Wagga residents getting access to the same technology popularised by Unwired in city areas.

Around the world in.... WiMax

WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.