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July 30, 2005
WiMAX takes flight in Asia
WiMAX which stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access and also goes by the IEEE name 802.16, is gaining popularity in Asia. The technology which provides wireless broadband services upto 30 mile radious is undergoing serious testing in China, Korea and Japan with an eye towards immediate adoption.
European and Chinese providers are currently testing WiMAX in the 3.5GHz band, Resnick said, while Korean companies are working with the 2.3GHz band. Resnick, who is director of Intel’s Broadband Wireless Division, noted that US cellphone service providers Sprint and Nextel, currently in the midst of merging, have the biggest piece of U.S. 2.5GHz spectrum, which should serve both companies well when WiMAX hits the consumer market.
Wireless has the potential to do broadband services what cell phones did to telephone access and soon this technology may transcend DSL and Cable data services. Motorola has already integrated wireless into its 4G wireless telecommunication plans integrating WiMAX with cell phones soon.
Currently WiFMAX provides 30 mile range with line of sight data transmission (between two WiMAX towers for example) while non-line-of -sight transmission is restricted to 4 to 6 mile radious operation.
Posted by admin at July 30, 2005 02:15 PM