With the new QoS capabilities, service providers can offer voice and data service, as well as Internet access operating at different speeds. WorldCom expects to deliver an integrated voice and data service at four levels. Sprint was not prepared to release details about its deployments of next-generation services. It did say, however, that its new equipment should be received during 2001, with deployments expected sometime in 2002. To find out what the Department of Commerce is doing, check out the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's site .
Frequencies are a precious commodity.
To find out just how precious, take a look at the U.S. frequency allocation chart . A good guide to wireless in general and fixed wireless in particular can be found in The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications written by our senior editor Andy Dornan and published by Prentice Hall.