14 DAY TRIAL // Nortel announced that Moline Dispatch Publishing will use Nortel WiMAX technology to deliver high-speed broadband across western Illinois and eastern Iowa through its Internet service provider, Quad-Cities Online. The new WiMAX network will allow Quad-Cities Online to deliver mobile wireless broadband services to its growing subscriber base in the Quad Cities - Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline/East Moline and Rock Island.
The low cost and high capacity of Nortel's WiMAX technology will assist Quad-Cities Online in offering a high-speed alternative to DSL and cable Internet. The 802.16e WiMAX network will provide broadband access for a wide range of bandwidth-intensive applications such as VoIP and real-time multimedia communication and will run over 2.5 GHz spectrum available to Quad-Cities Online through a long-term lease of Black Hawk College's Educational Broadcasting Service channels.
"WiMAX is an ideal solution for new entrants and innovative Internet service providers like Quad-Cities Online, because it requires minimal infrastructure to establish both fixed and mobile networks," said Peter MacKinnon, general manager of WiMAX, Nortel. "In the era of hyperconnectivity, anything that would benefit from being connected to the network will be connected. WiMAX makes it possible for service providers - large and small, new and established - to offer network capabilities that are up to the hyperconnectivity challenge."
Moline Dispatch Publishing has been an early adopter of online services, with The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus being among the first newspapers in the United States to make content available through the Internet. With the deployment of WiMAX, Moline Dispatch Publishing has the capability to change the way it reports the news, pushing the interactive multimedia news experience further through the use of technology.