ELECOM, LAND TRANSPORT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY - ISBN 92-64-02398-4 © OECD 2006 2. TELECOMS INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030 Figure 2.13. AWTS offer lower infrastructure cost Wireless transceiver and router on lamp post, for mesh WiFi network in Chaska, Minn., USA using Tropos MetroMesh equipment with KarlNet point to multipoint radio backhaul and OSS from Pronto Networks, for billing, etc. operated by municipality. Source: Financial Times, 15 June 2005, IT Review, P. Taylor, Freedom to roam makes new pioneers of Minnesotans. Clearwire offers WiMax in Belgium US Broadband wireless provider Clearwire - commercial WiMax network in Belgium. Initially deployed kit from NextNet Wireless with coverage of 60 per cent of Brussels and about 75 per cent of Mont St. Guibert. Number of subscribers not released. Plans Firetide and Transnumeric Deploy WiFi Mesh Network to expand the service throughout Belgium. in Gordes, France New Technology for Community SEPT. 12 2005- Uses pre-WiMax equipment in the 3.5GHz spectrum band and 40 base stations Firetide, Inc., together with its French partners Transnumeric and Xavier deployed. 2 different data packages offered- Dalloz Consulting, today announced deployment of a WiFi mesh network downlink speeds up to 1 Mbps and uplink for the rural village of Gordes, in the Luberon, France with high speed speeds 256 Kbps, alternatives to DSL in rural areas. Internet access is shared through downlink speeds of 3 Mbps and 512 Kbps on access points connected to a Firetide wireless mesh network in an area the uplink. covering a square kilometer. "The Gordes deployment is part of French Monthly tariffs €28.99 for slower package Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's call for projects providing high- and €78.99 for the faster. Later this year it will speed access and services for the territories." - Alain Ducass, Chief, use NextNet WiMax standard products. Digital Country Planning Office of the Prime Minister. Press release Source: Fierce WiFi 10 AUGUST 2005. Moreover the new technologies can offer mesh network