WiMax has taken a pounding of late in the media and from analysts, with questions over the Sprint rollout coupled with its failure to sign an infrastructure agreement with Clearwater, and then last week’s 3GSM event in Macau seemingly a licence to attack the technology further, particularly with claims that HSPA could be built into notebooks, one of WiMax’s key selling
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November 23rd, 2007 in Broadband Communities | read more | add new comment | email this story
News of WiMax's death greatly exaggerated?
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November 23rd, 2007 in Broadband Communities | read more | add new comment | email this story
COMMENT: Mobile as an extension of the Internet
I’d hate to think how many times I’ve seen presentations at trade shows and vendor events where they trot out figures of how many computers there are in the developing world compared to mobile phones and then without missing a beat proclaim that the mobile will be the access device for these markets to get on the Net.
October 25th, 2007 in Broadband Communities | read more | add new comment | email this story
Why ITU backing is bad for WiMax
At first I didn't really know what to make of the announcement that the ITU has recognised 802.16e, or WiMax, as an official 3G standard. A lot of media and industry groups like the WiMax Forum seem to consider it a game-changing decision. I've got a feeling it will actually change nothing. In fact, it could be detrimental to its progress.
October 15th, 2007 in Broadband Communities | read more | add new comment | email this story
COMMENT: The lure of social networking
For the past few months or so I’ve been getting an increasing numbers of requests to join this or that social network. Up until a week ago I’d resisted all of them, whether it’s simple email contact organisers such as Plaxo, the lesser known Hi5, the business-minded LinkedIn or the social star of the moment, Facebook.
September 26th, 2007 in Broadband Communities | read more | add new comment | email this story
COMMENT: Not another boring trade show, please!
You might have already heard the news that Bangkok has been selected for next year’s ITU Telecom Asia event. I must admit I was quite stunned when I first learned of it, given the political situation here and the southern turmoil. Makes you wonder how some of the other cities could have screwed up their bids so badly.
September 13th, 2007 in Broadband Communities | read more | add new comment | email this story
Bandwidth boom a "myth"?
Investment research house Nyquist Capital has sounded a warning that the expected surge in demand for bandwidth might be much lower than many anticipate.