Benefits of a Mobile Based Standard

The use of a mobile standard provides compelling benefits in both nomadic and fixed applications:

Mobile CPE is inherently "zero install" ;
The air-interface technology is inherently non-line-of-sight, and is designed to operate in all dense urban, suburban, and rural environments;
Directional antennas are not required;
Handover capabilities inherent in the 3GPP standard allows the CPE to always select the best available cellsite;
Even though the primary application may be "fixed", customers can benefit from the inherent portability and mobility of the technology;
Enables roaming between markets and between operators;
The standard GSM / UMTS SIM card (smart card) can be used for secure access and authentication.