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Other interoperability profiles exist in the DECT suite of standards, and in particular the DPRS ( DECT Packet Radio Services ) bring together a number of prior interoperability profiles for the use of DECT as a wireless LAN and wireless internet access service.

With good range ( up to 200 m indoors and 6 km using directional antennae outdoors ), dedicated spectrum, high interference immunity, open interoperability and data speeds of around 500 kbit / s, DECT appeared at one time to be a superior alternative to Wi-Fi.

The protocol capabilities built into the DECT networking protocol standards were particularly good at supporting fast roaming in the public space, between hotspots operated by competing but connected providers.

The first DECT product to reach the market, Olivetti's Net < sup > 3 </ sup >, was a wireless LAN, and German firms Dosch & Amand and Hoeft & Wessel built niche businesses on the supply of data transmission systems based on DECT.