Sprint's nextgen network - WiMAX

xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2004

Intel to integrate WiMAX/WiFi chipsets into Centrino by 2008. Mentions Clearwire and Sprint. I'll still be surprised if the chipsets are tied to carriers - it just doesn't make sense for Intel to go down that path.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060928/tc_pcworld/127319

jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

Ben Miller · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

I am kind of surprised that this is still a discussion. WiMAX devices will definitely be tied to carriers, whether they have EV-DO functionality with them or not.

You may find a situation similar to unlocked GSM phones where a reasonably priced ($100-$200) card tied to a carrier will also be sold at a much higher price ($300-400), but even that is questionable.

I just don't get why so many people have trouble grasping this concept. I teach wireless networking classes frequently and most of my students come into class with this same wrong impression that WiMAX subscriber stations will be like Wi-Fi stations rather than BroadbandAccess client adapters.

Intel has done a great job of hyping WiMAX as this open technology, but the reality is somewhat different. It's most accurate to think of WiMAX just like EV-DO. If you get down to the nitty-gritty technical details there are significant differences, but from the user's perspective they are both just broadband wireless access technologies designed to be sold by service providers.

n6gn · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject:

KamiNoTsunami · EVDO User Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 66

NTT Docomo has alot of that working already on their pioneer 4G network. NTT mentions that 100Mbps might be the snapshot take for 3.9G but I don't know if a definite decision has been made yet.

ebiz · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:27 am Post subject: WiMax News Updates

29Dec06 WSJ. Sprint is near announcing Nokia as third WiMax handset provider, joining Motorola and Samsung. Others competing to be Sprint's third supplier included Alcatel-Lucent of Paris, Canada's Nortel Networks Corp., and Chinese companies ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116735988458762213.html

15Dec06 BSNL, the largest telecom service provider in India, has begun rolling out Aperto Networks’s carrier-grade, WiMAX Forum Certified™ products. Aperto’s PacketMax gear will be up and running by January in six cities and four rural districts in India. Aperto Networks of Milpitas, CA and serves more than 200 customers in 65 countries. www.apertonet.com/news/archives121506.html

5Dec06. Nortel and Toshiba are working with the Japanese government on a next-generation wireless trial using WiMAX solutions from Nortel to deliver mobile high-speed broadband services in the northern Tohoku region... The trial, being conducted by the Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications, a regional arm of Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), is part of MIC's 'Next Generation Broadband Strategy 2010.' The vision is targeting anywhere, anytime connectivity for all citizens by 2010 through universal broadband services supporting Internet access, VoIP, video conferencing, interactive gaming and other high-bandwidth services. The Nortel solution is fully IEEE802.16-e compliant and will run on the 2.5GHz frequency band. Currently, Nortel is trialing its WiMAX solutions with a number of carriers around the world, notably in Taiwan, Germany, Canada, Greece, Russia and Mexico. http://www2.nortel.com/go/news_detail.jsp?cat_id=-8055&oid=100211397

9Nov06. In Computerworld interview with Sprint's director of Mobile Broadband Strategy, Peter Cannistra said Sprint will have two top-10 markets by the end of 2007 [Chicago & Washington DC]. The network will cover 100 million people by the end of 2008, and 170 million people by the end of 2010. www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004931

25Oct06. Intel and Clearwire announced they will jointly develop and deploy wireless broadband capabilities using WiMAX networks. Intel to integrate WiMAX/WiFi chipsets into Centrino by 2008. In August, Clearwire launched its first broadband wireless network, using NextNet technology, in Jacksonville, FL. The network, is a precursor to upcoming WiMAX networks. It uses technologies very similar to WiMAX and offers comparable features that are expected to be available in a full-scale WiMAX network. It provides high-speed broadband wireless service throughout most of the greater Jacksonville area. www.clearwire.com/company/news/10_25_04-1.php
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