PCCW Ltd from Hong Kong has detailed that its UK company, UK Broadband, has launched a high-speed wireless Internet service, NETVIGATOR, which enables connections 10-20 times faster than standard dial-ups.
PCCW said some 300,000 private homes and businesses in Aldershot, Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Wokinghamix be the first to enjoy the service, which offers wireless broadband to private homes and commercial offices.
The service enables users to connect to the Internet without the need for a telephone line or cable connection.
PCCW the largest telecoms provider in Hong Kong where their broadband service is provided to over 700,000 customers.
After this launch, UK Broadband will announce its national roll-out plans for the UK and Northern Ireland, which is expected to take place in August.
UK Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCCW, acquired 13 of 15 licenses auctioned in the UK last year for wireless broadband services. It later also acquired the remaining two licenses.
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