Unwired

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Unwired is an Australian public company dedicated to building a nationwide, fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services. They currently provide coverage in Sydney and Melbourne. Unwired has 53,405 customers and 112 employees as of 25 August 2006 [1]. The technology used by Unwired is provided by Navini Networks [2] and Venturi Wireless Solutions.

Unwired make use of a wireless network using existing mobile phone base towers, offering speeds up to 1Mbit/s. Customers can use PCMCIA cards or external modems to connect to the wireless network. Unwired technology is portable (not mobile) due to the technology not operating while the receiver is in motion. The network operates at 3.5 GHz within a spectrum reserved for use by Unwired only.

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  1. ^ Unwired doubles revenues & customers at constant opex. iTWire.
  2. ^ Attractions of testbed Oz. PBA.

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