Tipped by the independent 2/01/2004

........."And so to our traditional "wild card". Pipex Communications, formerly known as GX Networks, is a telecoms company created by one of the entrepreneurs behind Ukbetting, Peter Dubens. It has been assembled from six smaller players. The ambitious company is generating cash for the first time but is still not widely followed in the City. It could be an undiscovered gem".

The key question here is "cell handover"; this is not permitted in some European licenses making WiMax a non starter as a competition to truly mobile devices in Germany and France. There's also the minor problem that it only works at less than 100 Km/h.

Niels...

Is that speed your referring to or celluar coverage?

I think you write about "Cell Handover" for true nomadic connectivity.
How do we find that out for sure?

Andrew, it's the maximum speed you can move at without breaking the signal. Yes, "cell handover" is the ability to switch seamlessly from one cell to another, essential for true mobility. I don't know how we find out, perhaps someone here can help?

Just a few extracts from my reading session this morning....look at the two links at the bottom....good background info and may help. 3G -v- WiMax....then theres the next generation....802.20 and 802.22 ??? godsake!

Neils....I think the answer of "cell handover" is in these articles. The standard caters for 'line of sight' and 'non line of sight'. Not totally clear about what speed you will be able to travel at and get good connectivity. In vehicle capabilities is only one piece of the jigsaw.

Mobile WiMax moves customers and dollars from expensive cellular networks to less expensive but more diverse and widespreadand possibly overlapping and competitivenetworks operated by large and small firms alike. The diversity and extend of the deployment to come puts Intel into the supplier catbird seat. They are trying to become the dominant force in mobile WiMax

WiMax has a huge array of benefits for carriers that want to roll out WiMax in the same way they deployed DSL: few truckrolls (because of good non line of sight protocols) and lots of ratcheting in bandwidth offered to provide discrete services that mimic DSL and cable modems. These benefits are more appealing to carriers that are trying to integrate broadband wireless into an existing portfolio. These carriers are also in a better position to bundle applications on top of WiMax thus making it more reasonable for them to eat or subsidize a $500 CPE cost than even a large regional ISP or municipality.

The article also walks through mobile WiMax, which hasnt been finalized yet and is possibly due in late 2006. The Economist points out Intels previous failures to deliver on anything like a timetable, so 2007 might be optimistic, still.

I admit that I like the idea of mobile WiMax, but I have a hard time believing that it will seem like a good idea when its actually ready to be deployed. With the increase in speed and sophisticated of systems based on or parallel to Wi-Fi and 3G cellular, its just hard to see mobile WiMaxs place in that ecosystem by the time 2007 rolls around. [link via

802.16e, due to be finalized in October 2005, adds hand-off capability, thereby supporting portability and mobility. Operating in the 2-11GHz range, it is designed for point-to-multipoint applications and does not require LOS.

Where LOS can be achieved, WiMAX cell coverage can as much as 50 km (31 miles). Under NLOS conditions, the typical cell radius might be in the range of 8 km (5 miles). The fixed wireless standards provide for shared bandwidth up to about 70 Mbps per BS. The level of actual throughput depends on LOS, distance, air quality, interference and other factors that can affect signal quality. Mobile network deployments (802.16e) can be expected to provide up to 15 Mbps of shared bandwidth within a cell radius of up to three kilometers.

http://www.commweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=166403898

http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/August2004/8196.htm

Some interest been shown here today. Pre results next week. Still no movement in this mule yet. Come on Pipex show them what you are made of. LOL

Nudged up.

More than nudged up now. Well done Pipex. Good results due then? If I sell now I can buy some bread or if I hold on I may get some jam aswell. Decisions Decisions.

Good grief! PXC gone up ! I'm holding on for the jam and the cream on top !
That's if it doesn't give up the rise on Monday... you know what this one's been like over the past few years..

Skyhigh we want the cherry too

of course we do ! nearly forgot !

Its only what we deserve. LOL next week

Come on pipex you want to move the price. Results due on thursday.

Few Surprises Expected In Pipex 1H >PXC.LN

Monday, September 05, 2005 7:38:41 AM ET
Dow Jones Newswires



1124 GMT [Dow Jones]--Pipex (PXC.LN) 1H results Thursday should contain few surprises after July update detailed most important metrics - revenue, customers and margins - says Baird which has a neutral rating. Expects 1H to have shown a good performance from hosting and network services although this will be offset by a slowdown in broadband subscriber growth. Looks for further detail on these trends, and will focus on prospects for 2H and 06. Further investment to improve broadband performance may be required - stays cautious until this issue is resolved. Trades flat at 9.25p. (NPF)

few surprises except for doing well and building for healthy finals in 6 months.

I believe the days of the SP being sub 10p are running out....we'll look back in a year or two and realise how cheap it was!

:-)

surely few surprises = no movement in the share price then!

some have been following this share for 2 years already and its still as boring as it was... lol

i hope it does go above 10p, but right now there are other's rising quicker (YOO), and have been for several days.

Skids you are right. But the moment we let go of Pipex you know what will happen. (Yoo) I have been following...... Nice movement

Troys,

PET has gone mad today on the long awaited contract announcement. Made my profits, so may come back into PXC - I'll decide first thing tomorrow morning ;)

skids

Nice one Skids. Great result .......LOL

Been a while on the this BB - Used to hold this Pipex..eventually I sold out and glad I left, thats no disrespect to the holders..
Its still actually lower than when I sold out 18months back and switched to CTm instead which has risen 40%..! fr, brave but paid off..om 40p to 64p and still rising...

This was a good decision on my part

Good luck to all..

Pipex Communications PLC
08 September 2005

8 September 2005

PIPEX COMMUNICATIONS PLC
RESULTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2005

PIPEX Communications plc, the provider of broadband, hosting and network
services, today reports its results for the half-year ended 30 June 2005.

Financial Highlights
Turnover up 47% to 64.1m (H1 2004: 43.6m)
Gross profit up 44% to 29.3m (H1 2004: 20.3m)
EBITDA before integration costs up 32% to 7.5m (H1 2004: 5.7m)
Profit before tax and amortisation of 2.5m (H1 2004: 2.0m) up 25%
Free cash inflow of 5.4m, from an outflow of 1.3m in H1 2004
Balance sheet cash of 12.5m (December 2004: 11.3m) and net debt of
19.0m (December 2004: 20.6m)

Operational Highlights

Acquisition of Donhost Ltd for 6.4m strengthened the Hosting division
Total customer numbers for the Group increased 38% to 524,000 compared to
the same period last year
o Broadband customers rose 75% from 123,000 to 215,000
o Hosting rose to 260,000 from 142,000
o Domain names rose to 1.2m from 0.8m
Data centre utilisation now 70%
10-15% of new broadband customers also taking voice

Post period end
Commenced Local Loop Unbundling
Trial of 3.6 - 4.2 GHz spectrum to test WiMAX


Peter Dubens, Executive Chairman, commented:

'I am pleased to report record sales, EBITDA and free cash inflow for the first
half of the year. We will continue to focus on the key growth areas of broadband
and hosting both organically and through acquisitions where we again see a
window of opportunity to increase shareholder value, as we did in 2003 and 2004.

'The initial orders for unbundling local exchanges have been given to BT and we
are confident that this will lead to a greater utilisation of our network,
better margins and enhanced product offerings to our customers in the future.

'We see the momentum for wireless broadband gaining pace and we look forward to
the results from the first official UK WiMAX trial utilising our spectrum, which
could now hold significant value for the Group.'