The political perception of New Zealand's broadband market performance as 'poor' has underpinned many significant changes to the telecommunications policy and regulatory environments since 2001. Most recently, this has been manifested in substantial government subsidies by way of public-private...

The paper undertakes a techno-economic analysis of a WiMax network in the unlicensed band (5 GHz) based on a network design for a medium sized, sub-urban community. WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) networks based on IEEE802.16 group of standards have been heralded as...