The UK's largest Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) provider, On-Communications (O-C), has adopted the new generation wide-area WiMAX broadband wireless technology. Airspan Networks will supply the new network, which will be used to replaced the ISPs existing infrastructure and in any future expansion.

On-Communications provides broadband wireless business-to-business Internet Services that offer a guaranteed bandwidth with performance similar to a dedicated leased line, but at lower costs with greater bandwidth flexibility during busy times.

Following extensive trials, all new base station deployments will use Airspan’s MicroMAX technology, while existing networks will be replaced with equipment compliant to the WiMAX standard. On-Communications has already deployed a FWA network in London, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds and Oxford, making them the largest FWA ISP in the UK:


Airspan's WiMAX kit has also been used by other UK FWA ISPs, including FREEDOM4 (news) and the Isle of Wight based cable provider, Wight Cable (news). The WiMAX Forum recently began certifying the first 2.5GHz Mobile WiMAX Products (news).