A fibre-radio communication network, comprising: a base station; and at least one wireless access node (100, 100a...f) which is coupled to the base station by one or more fibre optic cables; wherein the base station comprises: a switch module arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network; and a media converter rack module comprising a plurality of media converter units each being arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch; and wherein the at least one wireless access node (100, 100a...f) comprises: a media converter module being arranged to convert between the baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module comprising a local modem being arranged to convert between the Ethernet signal received from the media converter module and a wireless transmission in a 60GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal in the vicinity of the wireless access node (100, 100a...f), and wherein the wireless access node (100, 100a...f) comprises a housing (101, 301) which contains the media converter module and the wireless access point module together as a single unit, and wherein the housing comprises a transmissive window for transmission of the wireless transmissions in the 60GHz range, and wherein the wireless access point module is arranged in the housing to align with the transmissive window while being separated from the transmissive window by a gap. a base station; and at least one wireless access node (100, 100a...f) which is coupled to the base station by one or more fibre optic cables; wherein the base station comprises: a switch module arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network; and a media converter rack module comprising a plurality of media converter units each being arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch; and a switch module arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network; and a media converter rack module comprising a plurality of media converter units each being arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch; and wherein the at least one wireless access node (100, 100a...f) comprises: a media converter module being arranged to convert between the baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module comprising a local modem being arranged to convert between the Ethernet signal received from the media converter module and a wireless transmission in a 60GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal in the vicinity of the wireless access node (100, 100a...f), and wherein the wireless access node (100, 100a...f) comprises a housing (101, 301) which contains the media converter module and the wireless access point module together as a single unit, and wherein the housing comprises a transmissive window for transmission of the wireless transmissions in the 60GHz range, and wherein the wireless access point module is arranged in the housing to align with the transmissive window while being separated from the transmissive window by a gap. a media converter module being arranged to convert between the baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module comprising a local modem being arranged to convert between the Ethernet signal received from the media converter module and a wireless transmission in a 60GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal in the vicinity of the wireless access node (100, 100a...f), and wherein the wireless access node (100, 100a...f) comprises a housing (101, 301) which contains the media converter module and the wireless access point module together as a single unit, and wherein the housing comprises a transmissive window for transmission of the wireless transmissions in the 60GHz range, and wherein the wireless access point module is arranged in the housing to align with the transmissive window while being separated from the transmissive window by a gap.