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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Nokia to release WiMAX phones
Interestingly WiMAX doesn't support devices that are moving, but will at the end of the year. That's obviously critical for use in mobile phones.
Also interesting is who Nokia will address with its upcoming WiMAX base stations: broadband operators. Does this mean Nokia doesn't expect traditional telecom operators to take the WiMAX route, and that we are looking at a major shift in the market, where broadband ISPs will take over the bulk of wireless information traffic? In any case I believe telecom 3G operators will experience a real pressure from broadband ISPs down the road if many phone manufacturers provide WiMAX handsets. Additionally this means Ericsson, Nokia and other infrastructure providers will experience pressure from Cisco, Nortel etc as you don't need much of traditional telecom infrastructure in networks using WiMAX. It's "just" an onramp to the Internet.
I'm one of those backwards people that don't think short distance Wi-Fi hot spots will ever make much impact on the use and economics of telephony and data, despite Skype phones etc, but WiMAX is very likely to.
Nokia expects to sell WiMAX mobile phones in 2008 - Yahoo! News
Also interesting is who Nokia will address with its upcoming WiMAX base stations: broadband operators. Does this mean Nokia doesn't expect traditional telecom operators to take the WiMAX route, and that we are looking at a major shift in the market, where broadband ISPs will take over the bulk of wireless information traffic? In any case I believe telecom 3G operators will experience a real pressure from broadband ISPs down the road if many phone manufacturers provide WiMAX handsets. Additionally this means Ericsson, Nokia and other infrastructure providers will experience pressure from Cisco, Nortel etc as you don't need much of traditional telecom infrastructure in networks using WiMAX. It's "just" an onramp to the Internet.
I'm one of those backwards people that don't think short distance Wi-Fi hot spots will ever make much impact on the use and economics of telephony and data, despite Skype phones etc, but WiMAX is very likely to.
Nokia expects to sell WiMAX mobile phones in 2008 - Yahoo! News
