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Mobily spreads WiMax coverage.


Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
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Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies).
 through WiMax, Mobily's data arm, Bayanat Al-Oula, has announced.

The company said that by successfully concluding all its tests on the network to ascertain its readiness, the company marked the beginning of the second phase of Mobily's WiMax expansion.

Mobily had already spread the service all over the major cities of Riyadh, Jeddah, Alkhobar, Dammam, Hafuf and Al-Mobarraz. Mobily's expansion comes at a time of runaway demand for the company's wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1  services, thus necessitating higher bandwidth.

Also, the portability and plug-and-play capability of Mobily's wireless routers A network device that combines a wireless access point (base station), a wired LAN switch and a router with connections to a cable or DSL service. Wireless routers provide a convenient way to connect a small number of wired and any number of wireless computers to the Internet.  necessitates that the service is available in as many locations as possible, because users want to take their routers with them and get online anywhere they want.

Enigneer Abdulaziz Altamami, Mobily's Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer, said that the company plans to blanket the Kingdom with WiMax coverage.

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Publication:Saudi Economic Survey
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Geographic Code:7SAUD
Date:Sep 27, 2009
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