Comptel: Nextlink opens wireless channel

ORLANDO--Nextlink, the broadband wireless arm of XO Holdings, today announced a reseller program to make wireless connections for both backhaul and last-mile connections easier to access.

The new channel sales will make Nextlink broadband wireless spectrum available to other service providers, as well as to enterprise and government entities. XO Communications, a sister company, already sells services based on Nextlink spectrum in nine major markets.

“Nextlink’s reseller program makes it simple for partners to immediately begin offering broadband wireless service as a high-quality, economical and easy-to-deploy local access alternative,” said Nextlink CEO Bob Beran, in a prepared statement. “Carriers of all types, as well as cable companies, ISPs and power companies, can extend their network and market reach using Nextlink broadband wireless services, eliminating the high cost and slow installation times typical of fiber optic deployments.”

Nextlink broadband wireless services used the LMDS or 28 GHz spectrum the company owns in major markets across the U.S. Customers can sign up for services including DS-3 and OC-3 wireless access as well as metro Ethernet at speeds up to 100 MB/s suitable for wireless backhaul.

Options for the next service include a Turnkey Plan under which Nextlink provides all operational and network services including set-up engineering, hardware and installation; system test and acceptance and ongoing network maintenance and repair and a Self-Serve option which includes management of equipment, spectrum coordination and engineering but not sales, installation and service-related activity.

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