Nextlink, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc., provides broadband wireless services to the wireless and wireline communications service provider, business and government markets. As one of the nation's largest holders of fixed wireless spectrum, Nextlink delivers high-quality, carrier-grade wireless access solutions that scale to meet the demands of today's converged world of communications - supporting next-generation mobile and wireline voice, data and video applications.
Nextlink is a sister company of XO Communications, which has a long and successful history in the competitive telecommunications industry. One of the nation's largest LMDS wireless spectrum holders, Nextlink also has access to the XO OC-192 based Internet backbone network.
The Nextlink fixed wireless spectrum footprint covers 95% of the population in 81 of the top markets in the United States. The frequency of the spectrum is 28GHz-31GHz and allows Nextlink to offer broadband wireless alternative access services using microwave radio technology - bypassing the wireline networks of Local Exchange Carriers (LECs).
The Nextlink network supports both voice and data traffic at connection speeds ranging from 1.544 Mbps (T-1) to Gigabit Ethernet (Gig-E) up to 800 Mbps. As a result, Nextlink can provide its customers with: