Re: [PLUG] WiMax Questions Answered

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:38:42 -0400
> From: "Drew Lehman" <dlehman@digitatech.com>
> Subject: [PLUG] WiMax Questions Answered

Related (I haven't had time to read any of the articles yet):

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/09/19/0023216/WiMax-In-2010-mdash-Too-Little-Too-Late
MobileWiMax In 2010 — Too Little, Too Late?
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 19, @05:09AM
from the that-only-gives-it-two-years dept.

CWmike writes "By the end of 2010, users in more than 80 US cities may 
be able to ditch their cable modems, T1 setups and DSL lines — and the 
Wi-Fi routers that go with them — in favor of WiMax wireless technology. 
Wait, haven't we heard that before? WiMax has been promised 'any day 
now' for years, but WiMax vendors such as Clearwire Communications LLC 
have suffered numerous delays in rolling out services. A recent ramp-up 
in Clearwire deployments bodes well for WiMax, but it may not have the 
chance to fully get off the ground before a competing technology called 
Long-Term Evolution (LTE) does it in. Craig Mathias, principal analyst 
at Farpoint Group and a Computerworld columnist, sees WiMax taking a 
minority stake in the wireless broadband future. 'LTE will eventually be 
a combined broadband voice/data solution that can do everything that 
WiMax can and more,' he said. Mathias believes that LTE could get up to 
80% of the global market share in future cellular installations. 'This 
leaves WiMax with a potential market share that cannot exceed 20% — but 
that's still a huge number, assuming 4 billion users around 2020 or so," 
he said. 'You do the math. The opportunity is nothing to sneeze at.'"

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9134438/Atlanta_WiMax_launch_keeps_Clearwire_on_track_for_nationwide_rollout_
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137908/WiMax_in_2010_Too_little_too_late_
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9085202/WiMax_vs._Long_Term_Evolution_Let_the_battle_begin

-- Related (I haven't had time to read any of the articles yet):

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/09/19/0023216/WiMax-In-2010-mdash-Too-Little-Too-Late
MobileWiMax In 2010 — Too Little, Too Late?
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 19, @05:09AM
from the that-only-gives-it-two-years dept.

CWmike writes "By the end of 2010, users in more than 80 US cities may 
be able to ditch their cable modems, T1 setups and DSL lines — and the 
Wi-Fi routers that go with them — in favor of WiMax wireless technology. 
Wait, haven't we heard that before? WiMax has been promised 'any day 
now' for years, but WiMax vendors such as Clearwire Communications LLC 
have suffered numerous delays in rolling out services. A recent ramp-up 
in Clearwire deployments bodes well for WiMax, but it may not have the 
chance to fully get off the ground before a competing technology called 
Long-Term Evolution (LTE) does it in. Craig Mathias, principal analyst 
at Farpoint Group and a Computerworld columnist, sees WiMax taking a 
minority stake in the wireless broadband future. 'LTE will eventually be 
a combined broadband voice/data solution that can do everything that 
WiMax can and more,' he said. Mathias believes that LTE could get up to 
80% of the global market share in future cellular installations. 'This 
leaves WiMax with a potential market share that cannot exceed 20% — but 
that's still a huge number, assuming 4 billion users around 2020 or so," 
he said. 'You do the math. The opportunity is nothing to sneeze at.'"

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9134438/Atlanta_WiMax_launch_keeps_Clearwire_on_track_for_nationwide_rollout_
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137908/WiMax_in_2010_Too_little_too_late_
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9085202/WiMax_vs._Long_Term_Evolution_Let_the_battle_begin

Later,
JP
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