WiMAX dead? Not really, Atleast its making NEWS
April 7th, 2009 by Kunal
Lets brush-up our memories a bit before we talk about whats really happening with WiMAX today.
Somewhere back in may ‘08 we told you about how Nokia and Intel were banking BIGGGGG on WiMAX. Nokia was one of the founder member of the WiMAX forum. The forum gave this technology the name WiMAX. And Nokia even came up with WiMAX enabled devices like N810 WiMAX. But due to some odd reason the technology could not roll out on time by Sprint whom Nokia partnered with for a share in the WiMAX network in the US. Recently Nokia pulled off its WiMAX devices from the market that suggested the start of the end of WiMAX.
Now Nokia believes that the WiMAX technology is doomed like the BetaMax. WiMAX is considered by Nokia as “Wireless BetaMAx”.
“I don’t think the future is very promising [for WiMax]. This is a classic example of industry standards clashing, and somebody comes out as the winner and somebody has to lose. Betamax was there for a long time, but VHS dominated the market. I see exactly the same thing happening here,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s head of sales and manufacturing.
Still a member of the WiMAX forum, Nokia believes that the future is LTE- Long Term Evolution based on the 4G platform. “It’s my prediction that by 2015, we will have an LTE network that will cover most of the important places in the world and that will give us the coverage and capacity we need,” said Mr Vanjoki.
While Intel still believes that WiMAX has potential and can co-exist with 3G and LTE. “We think WiMax is here to stay,” said Julie Coppernoll, Intel’s WiMax marketing director. She also added that WiMAX has 400M customers and is expected to double in a year.
via [FinantialTimes]
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