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".

Were almost @ the 2004 high!,will be interesting to see if we can break out at 12p?

Up again. Could we see a new high early in the new year? It might finally be one day...

There we go, a new high. Where to now?

Hell of a lot of shares bought yesterday and today?

Agreed jim

But one hell of a load sold last week

GREAT news!!!
BLUE day today

And through 13p although dropped back a little now. Things seem to be going well all round on planet PXC at present.

Have been holding and topping up on PXC for a very long time but now at last they seem to be delivering, next stop 17p?
Take care out there, 2517

Be carefull
recent article siad fair value if i remember was 9pence
i am about to bail out if it hits 14 good luck,although it was mentioned on bloomberg tv this am and the analyst said it was a BUY!!!

Fair value was 12p over a year ago. Now that PXC will soon be in partnership with one of the big boys that should certainly be revised markedly upwards.


UK poised for a new wireless revolution
By Elizabeth Judge, Telecoms Correspondent


A NEW broadband technology that promises to revolutionise mobile access to the internet is set to make its debut in Britain after the agreement of a worldwide standard, The Times has learnt.
WiMax, a wireless technology that promoters say promises faster speed and better quality internet access on the move, is being prepared for commercial use by Pipex, a British broadband company.



Pipex, run by Mike Read, formerly of BT, will announce today that it is to start consumer trials of the technology in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the next few months.

Industry sources say that it could be available to UK consumers as early as next year making the UK one of the first countries to offer the new service on a national level.

The roll-out of the service, which Pipex is expected to offer in partnership with a big telecoms company, will threaten the mobile operators such as O2 and Vodafone who have already begun work on the next generation of internet access for mobile phones 3.5G.

Phones with WiMax chips will be able to bypass the phone networks, potentially threatening their revenues.

At present business people on the move can link wirelessly to the internet through a technology called wi-fi. However the technologys range is restricted to access points known as hotspots, usually placed in caf and airports.

In contrast WiMax, which has been dubbed wi-fi with fries, operates over a much wider range potentially several kilometres. WiMax should also provide faster speeds than wi-fi up to eight megabits per second.

Pipex is one of only two official UK licence holders for a national WiMax service. The other is PCCW, a Hong Kong-based player which operates in the UK.

Though other players, including BT, are experimenting with the service, they are forced to do so through unlicensed means, or so-called light licences, which do not offer the same consistency of service and face potential interference. Although a new batch of WiMax-suitable spectrum is set to be auctioned by Ofcom, the regulator, it is unlikely to take place before next year.

Though WiMax has been eagerly talked about for many years, companies such as Pipex have been unable to promote the technology because an agreed standard was yet to be determined. This standard would be used by kit makers such as mobile phone and computer manufacturers.

But after the agreement on a mobile WiMax standard, giants such as Intel, which has thrown its weight behind the technology, are moving quickly to install WiMax-compatible chips into computers and mobile phones.

Other countries are also seeking to promote WiMax. Arcep, the French telecoms regulator, has received 45 applications for WiMax licences under an auction that will be concluded in October. Candidates include local authorities which have applied for regional licences. Niall Murphy, chief technology officer of The Cloud, a wi-fi player that expects to move into WiMax, said: This is another step in the evolution of the mobile internet.

HOW WIMAX WORKS

A WiMax base station, similar to a mobile-phone tower, is connected to the core national network and sends out a radio signal
The signal is picked up by a receiver, either a small box or modem or a chip built into a laptop or phone
The base stations, which in Pipexs technical trials have been provided by Airspan Networks, cost about 100,000 to build. However, as the technology advances costs of building a wireless network are expected to decrease
Analysts, and even the companies pushing WiMax, admit that it is a highly complicated technology that is fraught with pitfalls building out a network involves complicated planning and typography

Took some time but now we can appreciate why patience is a virtue.

"WiMax should also provide faster speeds than wi-fi up to eight megabits per second"

This is incorrect. Wi-fi comes in two speeds - 11Mb/s and 56Mb/s so bother versions are faster than the 8Mb/s quoted for WiMax here. What is true is that Mb/s is much faster than the 384k/s provided by 3G.

"building out a network involves complicated planning and typography" - think they may mean 'topography' unless the're worried about the typefaces on the marketing literature.

Very happy to see the exposure for Pipex but are Times articles always this sloppy?

Doug

Sloppy or not PXC will continue to rise over the next 3 months... Also, there's more talk/speculation that BskyB will make a bid...this is nothing new but is getting more frequent... SP 20p+ in 3months (imho)

THIS FROM ANOTHER BB THIS MORNING...PXC looking good..
Business section of the Sunday Telegraph
Market miscellany
Edited by Edward Simpkins
(Filed: 15/01/2006)

Pipex

Pipex is one of the last independent internet service providers in the UK. It is valued by investors for its solid core business providing broadband internet, network services and website hosting for consumers and small companies.

The shares (13p) trade at a price to earnings ratio of more than 21, which makes them more expensive than the sector average. However, Pipex is well placed to benefit from the rapid growth in take-up of broadband and the company is only one of two in the UK with a WiMax licence, a wireless internet technology seen as the natural successor to WiFi.

Pipex's licence, according to Merrill Lynch, "could have significant upside". The company is a potential takeover target and we believe the shares have further to run. Buy.

Does anyone know if buy on the trades sheet means actully buys cause there is a lot buys but price seems to go down rather then up when there is so much demand

It's just a computer guess - not reliable. Take care. And it doesn't account for trades made elsewhere eg Virt-X

Up again ,what might they achieve long term or short term.Takeover before Easter?

Cool! looking like 20p+ by Easter...that'll do me nicely..x 2.5 bagger.

where does this go now they had too many shares in issue as it was and last accounts they had 11m pounds cash what happend tp all that cash

s'pose it depends what they do with it... can only be good I would've thought