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December 08, 2005
Mobile WiMax (Finally) Approved
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
The IEEE has finally approved a mobile version of the WiMax standard, 802.16.
Intel has been a big booster of WiMax, but its insistence on moving quickly to a mobile WiMax standard after the fixed standard caused many suppliers to slow the design and production of kit.
Now that mobile WiMax is approved it faces new competition from other schemes, in both the carrier space and the unlicensed space.
Intel has driven this from the beginning.
Your move, Intel.
You need to get some kit out with your name on it, kit that's attractive, in both features and price/
Had Intel moved quickly to support fixed WiMax two years ago, it could now have an entire ecosystem of other hardware and software suppliers following in its wake. By waiting for another platform revision, it now has to go it alone.
Stupid.
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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for over 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the "Interactive Age Daily" for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age, and dozens of other publications over the years.
