UK Broadband
The UK Broadband Group (UKBG) provides equipment and wireless services and solutions to the telecommunications industry, service providers, channel partners and the public sector in the U.K. The Group holds multiple licenses for both fixed and mobile spectrum. It offers include 4th generation Wireless Technology (4G), Wi-Fi, Wireless Ethernet and fixed high-speed wireless link services, as well as wholesale wireless data capacity. UKBG is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW and it combines the role of being PCCW's 4G wireless technology centre with building a wireless services, and wholesale data capacity business in the UK focused on B2B and B2G customers, in particular the public sector and businesses looking for wireless data solutions for their needs in CCTV, mobile working, education, healthcare, disciplined services, transport, data offload, wireless Ethernet and resilient connectivity. (source: http://www.ukbroadband.co.uk/)
In reality, although the company won several of the auctions for UK fixed wireless broadband access licences in 2004, and purchased several more in post-auction deals, its UK consumer wireless broadband service (known variously as Netvigator, and later Now! Broadband) has never had a significant roll-out and subscriber numbers are negligible in comparison with the potentially addressable market. Their Netvigator service has actually closed down in some geographies where a service was initially offered.
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