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Saturday, January 21, 2006
WiMax chips now available
Beceem Communications introduces a chipset for WiMax in mobile phones. That means WiMax becomes more of a competitor to 3G, but the question is if any major operator will stand behind WiMax, and hence whether phone manufacturers will risk their business on making phones with WiMax support.
Using 10MHz of available spectrum, mobile WiMax is expected to have a 30Mbps peak rate with one kilometer range in densely populated areas and up to five kilometers in rural areas.
Although the carriers have a great deal of money invested in buying spectrum for deployment of their 3G networks, the WiMax chips would offer a competitive alternative. They also consume the same amount of power as cellular radios.
Johnsson said once one carrier breaks ranks and uses WiMax instead of cellular, the others will quickly follow.
We'll see. I think WiMax could be very interesting for instance in Africa and India.
First Mobile WiMax chip sets ready to ship - Yahoo! News
Using 10MHz of available spectrum, mobile WiMax is expected to have a 30Mbps peak rate with one kilometer range in densely populated areas and up to five kilometers in rural areas.
Although the carriers have a great deal of money invested in buying spectrum for deployment of their 3G networks, the WiMax chips would offer a competitive alternative. They also consume the same amount of power as cellular radios.
Johnsson said once one carrier breaks ranks and uses WiMax instead of cellular, the others will quickly follow.
We'll see. I think WiMax could be very interesting for instance in Africa and India.
First Mobile WiMax chip sets ready to ship - Yahoo! News
