Features and Benefits from Wireless Connectivity

Wireless technology and its application offers a number of benefits to both customers and users which are unique to the technology.

Whilst the value of each attribute will be requirement-dependent, the benefits available in generic terms are manyfold.

The key benefits, as provided in our customer feedback are those itemised here, and discussed in further detail below. Our Sales team will work with you to understand the requirement and priority drivers and then help identify and compare the options available to you..

1. Alternative Commercial Model.
   The application of the technology as a communications medium, whether as a single building to building link, or a county-wide WAN, is available for procurement as a one-of capital purchase, rather than only available as a leased bandwidth as is the case with other technologies and solution providers. The financial implications of this alternative model on the business are highly positive and significant since the Return On Investment available is typically 18 to 24 months dependent on the solution. Many customer groups, such as the Public Sector, will often find accessing a one-off capital budget is much easier than obtaining approval for a recurring commitment. In addition, most businesses will appreciate the logic of a spend to save argument which uses capital to create future revenue budget.
   
   
2. Service Levels
   Wireless installations are typically capable of delivering higher bandwidths and lower contention ratios in the network access layer than many competing technologies. With DSL for example, whilst bandwidths are starting to increase as DSLAM roll-outs continue, contention ratios are still high and/or prohibitively expensive as the Operators struggle to ration the inadequate backhaul from Exchanges to the Internet.
   Wireless installations also provide synchronous bandwidths as the default. This is a major differentiator as more and more organisations start to operate as a source of information, data and video, and therefore need to have reasonable upstream bandwidths as well as downstream.
   
   
3. Full IP Converged Networks
   Due to the native IP capability, wireless solutions from SIAE UK offer a converged network with full Quality of Service. This provides the significant financial advantage to the business in being able to replace a number of disparate (and sometimes costly) networks with a single network for carrying all applications - including Voice, Data, Streaming Video, CCTV, etc.
   In addition, should the business have a requirement for a different transport protocol such as ATM, Frame Relay etc, SIAE GPL can offer solution options which cater for such protocols, and even flexible mixes of protocols which can be remotely adjusted as required.
   
   
4. Geographic coverage
   With wireless technology being primarily based on point-to-point line of sight (fibre in the sky as we call it) normal obstacles of rivers, roads, railways, ravines etc are irrelevant as our technology flies overhead. This fact not only means that connectivity can be provided in most cases where alternative technology has problems, but it also helps to explain why typical wireless connections are quicker to set up and install than running new fibre cables and why wireless installations are frequently more cost-effective.
   
   
5. Retention of Investment
   Many large installations have concerns when investing in new cable or fibre runs since it is often the case that there will be a percentage of sites affected by closure, re-location etc. With cable or fibre, the one-off capital cost is written off whereas with wireless, the main investment is in the equipment which can be removed and repositioned.