The long range communication technologies provide voice, text, video and internet data services to the users. The coverage area of these technologies may extend up to hundreds of kilometers. Some technologies are cheaper and easy to deploy but provide limited services. Some are very expensive and, but highly reliable and provide all kinds of services such as voice, video and internet connectivity. Interoperability among all these technologies ensures the world wide communication.
These long range technologies such as cellular network, WiMAX or satellite technology uses licensed frequency channels.