Mobile WiMax has a good chance of deployment in the UK if spectrum is secured at auction next year. ZDNet.co.uk attended a demonstration of the technology
Mobile WiMax, Sasha Williamson, LTE, Gerry Collins, 3G, 4G, Hyperconnectivity
A variety of devices from a range of manufacturers is already available to those wanting to add mobile WiMax functionality to their offices and computers; although none of them, of course, will be much use in the UK unless spectrum goes to a mobile WiMax provider in next year's auction.
It remains unclear who will bid for spectrum for mobile WiMax usage. Nortel has invested around $100m (£50m) into the push for mobile WiMax, but it will not buy spectrum for itself. It may, however, "invest a certain amount of resources to stimulate the market", according to Gerry Collins.
Collins pointed out that Nortel has in the past been burned through its heavy investment in 3G — it sold its 3G basestation business to Alcatel-Lucent last year because "usage of networks was not coming to the level where they were requiring significant upgrades" — but it retains patents in both WiMax and LTE. However, he also suggested that, because LTE's standards are only likely to be ratified next year, it would fall behind mobile WiMax, which (auction results permitting) could be fully established in the UK by the end of 2008.
"The momentum in the WiMax market continues to increase, and with that the chipset industry is starting to invest more," said Collins, adding that this investment affects production cycles and "might even delay LTE".
In order to post a comment you need to be registered and logged in
Log in or create your ZDNet UK account below
By signing up for this service, you indicate that you agree to our Terms and Conditions and have read and understood our Privacy Policy. Questions about membership? Find the answers in the Membership FAQ
this spam bot is exasperating
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband :D I think the server exchange does slow down a bit round 5 to 7/8 pm but I find I mostly get 3 to 4 MBps on downloads and by that time there...
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband night before last
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband 5MBps, I saw 5.8
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband honestly I do get
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband thank you for the support. ..but in
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband if you download a BIG file from the MS site then THAT is your *true* speed.
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband Hi Fat Pop Do Wop!
1 hour ago by dava4444 on I'd Rather Have a Bigger Byte Than a Little bit...Broadband it filters the word 'aittude' mis spelled intentionally
1 hour ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster but with a fair amount of work, possibly. God Bless Dava
1 hour ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster But I think Googles idea could be developed into an able paradigm. right now, no.
1 hour ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster took there repos down for Ubuntu (I think there back now but they took a few months). I don't think there is a perfect answer,
4 hours ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster but the community coding and ideas would be gratis, maybe that's why OEM's can be 'slackers' when it comes to Linux. they just sit back and let...
4 hours ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster continued the bad point about that is hardware, a rival OEM can take your development and use it themselves and to retaliate you would have to go...
4 hours ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster continued Okay how about something like Google's approach 'semi-open source'? . the OEM pours cash in to development and code, whilst opening it...
4 hours ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster Hi Adrian em, interesting, yeah okay I can get this vibe, if I wanted VRec on my Tele I would need an embedded and tiny OS and you're totally...
4 hours ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster Hi Adrian been trying to post for three days .this spam bot is a nightmare. Dava
4 hours ago by dava4444 on How to build a GUI for a toaster Hi James I totally agree. The new site makes me want to come and post, but the spam bot refers me at every turn. I even at one point, thought I...
4 hours ago by dava4444 on Spam? Filter Changed?
the future of mobile will be location and context aware. This means, you will have apps that will suggest you depending where you are right...
6 hours ago by sameerhere on Symbian^3 will do resistive multitouch, says Nokia hello i would like to have some form of a answer to this question as it concerns the goverment i want to know why if your on state benefits as a...
6 hours ago by kenye2009 on ITN to launch ITV online news serviceFor multi-store outlets, including retail, banking, grocery, gas, hospitality, convenience stores and others, reducing (or avoiding) the cost of in-store system support and maintenance while maintaining compliance with PCI and other requirements has become a strategic challenge.
Speaker: Dr. Chenxi Wang, Principal Analyst, Security and Risk Management, Forrester Research, Inc. As Enterprises are increasingly connected to the Internet and as hard organizational boundaries are fast disappearing, security professionals are facing fresh challenges in Enterprise computing.
This tutorial is for new MindManager users and teaches you how to get started, by creating maps, reading maps and organizing your information.
