Jippii Group has launched the Freedom service that allows mobile-phone users in Helsinki to access the Internet at speeds of between two and 11 megabits per second - a capacity thought to be possible only after the implementation of third-generation (3G) systems.
According to a report in a London daily newspaper, Jippii is using the Dynamic HUT Mobile IP software, developed by a team of researchers led by Helsinki University of Technology professor Hannu Kari.
The Finnish Internet service provider plans to launch similar services in London and Frankfurt next year.
Tay Yong Chiang, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore, said Dynamic HUT Mobile IP was based on open standards running on the Linux operating system.
The software used 'mobile Linux hosts or base stations that route IP traffic in IEEE802.11 ad hoc mode on the 2.4 gigahertz, spread-spectrum microwave band where use of wireless network adapters is licence-free.
'The network provides relatively fast access for mobile hosts and disconnected segments of fixed hosts,' he said.