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Mobile Wimax Wave 2 Chips include Sequans SQN1130 and The Beceem BCS200. It’s not clear which chip Motorola is using, but Sequans and Motorola are teaming up.
Sequans says its SQN1110 will exceed WiMAX Forum Wave 2 certification and is shipping now. Intel’s WiMAX Connection 2250 doesn’t talk up Wave 2 compliance but it is further enhanced by Ofer-R, Intel’s single RF System on Chip, a Wi-Fi/WiMAX multi-band solution.
 ZTE uses Beceem’s MS120 chipset in its PC Cards (right) as does Accton, one of Taiwan’s leading Original Device Manufacturers.
TeleCIS Wireless (below), a developer of WiMAX fixed, portable and mobile broadband wireless chips, says it has begun shipments of its 2×2 MIMO WiMAX SoC. TeleCIS claims the TCW 1620 is the only WiMAX ASIC on the market with dual receive and dual transmit support in a single ASIC, delivering up to 15dB of additional performance as compared to other products currently on the market, for up to 2 1/2 times the range for self installed CPEs.
Texas Instruments has also incorporated Wave 2 functions with support for MIMO and beamforming which are defined as part of the WiMAX Forum Wave 2 feature set. TI?s software library is a key component of its 1 GHz, DSP-based wireless infrastructure solution supporting the evolution of the mobile WiMAX standard.
The WiMAX Forum performs interoperability testing. The first wave of Mobile certification testing is underway. The second wave, involving Wave 2 chips, will include advanced features such as beamforming, MIMO and handoff and be tested for interoperability later this year.
Clearwire now offers service in 37 metro markets, covering approximately 8.9 million people in more than 350 municipalities including Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin in the United States, as well as 1.2 million people in Ireland, Belgium and Denmark (under the Clearwire name through Danske Telecom).
Research and Markets predicts the global WiMAX chipset market to reach approximately 21 million units in 2011, growing from 300 thousand chipset units in 2006.
According to Sprint, the ?right price? is somewhere between $30 and $50 per month. Clearwire WiMAX service costs $30/mo for approx 800 kbps down and 225 up. For $10/mo more you can get 1.5 mbps down. Equipment rental runs another $5/month.
Related DailyWireless articles include; Nokia WiMAX: UK Tough, U.S. Litigious, Civil War in 4G, Clearwire Launches in Seattle, WiMAX World 2006, and Sprint: It?s WiMAX!.
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