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WiMax wireless broadband: Fixed-flavor questions abound, mobile lurks |
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Written by Kory Mohr
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Thursday, 31 March 2005 |
Amended from EDN:
Chip vendors begin to deliver enabling products
despite skepticism about what—other than a mobile
essence—differentiates WiMax from earlier wireless-broadband schemes.
by Maury Wright, Editor at Large -- EDN, 3/31/2005
 "Like
a baseball rookie that tore up the Cactus League in spring training,
the WiMax wireless-broadband standard has lots of potential: at least
40-Mbps data rates over a five-mile range. But phenoms come and go in
baseball camps without ever learning to hit a curve ball. And, in many
ways, WiMax is like a great springtime hitter that can't make it in the
big leagues. We've been hearing about miraculous last-mile wireless
schemes for a decade. What will allow WiMax to succeed when others have
failed? Major chip vendors, with stalwart Intel in the lead, seem
dedicated this time around to making the equipment cheap. There are
plenty of opportunities in the global sense even if North America
features entrenched competition. And WiMax has a designated hitter in
the form of a mobile technology that may become a position player a few
years hence."
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