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- abbreviation trademark Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access: a
telecommunications technology providingwireless data, voice and video over long distances.
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Examples
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"Using the term WiMAX in a homogeneous fashion has created a lot of hype and confusion in the industry," said one of Parks's senior analysts.
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The telecom operators agree that WiMAX is a great technology and meets their needs, yet are scared to sink money into something the vendors will themselves render obsolete in a year or two.
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It has invested almost $2 billion in WiMAX in the last four years.
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Compared with other forms of wireless broadband, such as the current 3G networks and coming Long Term Evolution networks provided by the cell carriers, WiMAX is an underdog, but Intel keeps sending it back into the ring with more money.
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I Think you have to look at the CDMA vs GSM history to see where WiMAX is headed.
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Mobile WiMAX is created by IEEE 802.16 and WiMAX Forum again a truly open ecosystem.
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Huawei has one big advantage: a cost/quality story that makes a lot of sense for carriers in the emerging markets where WiMAX is being adopted.
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WiMAX is 4-6 times faster in average speeds in Portland and Baltimore than the best HSPA network in these towns.
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WiMAX is already being deployedaround the world, and Cisco estimates that LTE will be broadly deployed by some carriers by 2012 or possibly 2013.
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WiMAX is very good, but as long as it is working by itself, in its own frequency, will most probably be adopted in certain markets only, and mightl never be a worldwide technology.
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