MLL Telecom today announced that it has joined the Mobile WiMAX Acceleration Group (M-WAG), which is helping with delivery of commercially viable mobile WiMAX (802.16) broadband wireless services. A trial network in Maidstone (Kent) is M-WAG’s first in the UK and is being used to demonstrate a number of different consumer and business applications.

MLL specialises in building and operating broadband wireless networks and is an active participant in the Maidstone pilot network, which runs over 2.5GHz and covers 7.5 square kilometres in the centre of the town:


The Mobile WiMAX (4G) Acceleration Group was established in 2007 to demonstrate the technology chain required for mobile WiMAX roll-out in the UK and prove the business case ahead of Ofcom’s forthcoming spectrum auction.

Consumer benefits demonstrated by the M-WAG pilot network include untethering the user’s broadband experience, making high bandwidth and high quality multimedia services – such as online games and MP3 downloads - accessible and affordable outside of the home or office.