- Intel is the initial backer of WiMax
- Sprint and Clearwire are supporters of mobile WiMax and are currently working feverishly to deploy it before LTE networks go online.
- Google is a player in Clearwire. From a mobile device standpoint, Android should have native WiMax support in the coming years.
- Clearwire received a $3.2 billion investment from notable names like Intel, Google, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable.
- Verizon and ATT are backing the LTE protocol and will have the LTE network online in 2010 for Verizon Wireless and 2011 for ATT.
- Speed increases and upgrades to the existing 3G networks provide alternatives to WiMax and LTE and may even lessen the urgency for mobile providers to bring their 4G networks to the market.
- LTE and WiMax networks will co-exist together for the next 10 years.
- WiMax built to be a true next-generation open network. LTE networks build on the existing mobile networks. Business model differences.
- Think of LTE card are like existing 3G card. You buy from one provider, you're locked into that network. WiMax should provide a variety of ISPs competing for the users' business. Think of the DSL and cable Internet access where there are different ISP's available to choose from.
- 4G network deployment will accelerate in 2010. 50 Cities for WiMax in 2010. Verizon may have 20-30 markets in 2010. ATT is nowhere to be found.
- WiMax Speed: 144Mbit/s downlink - 35Mbit/s uplink
- LTE Speed: 144Mbit/s downlink - 35Mbit/s uplink
Daily Wireless provides a map and list of Sprint's WiMax Deployment plans in 2009 and 2010. For the fortunate thousands of mobile warriors who live in the following cities, 4G comes earlier:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Chicago
Dallas
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Las Vegas
Philadelphia
Portland
Seattle
Boston (2010)
Houston (2010)
New York (2010)
San Francisco (2010)
Washington DC (2010)
- Sprint press release
- Sprint WiMax
- Clearwire - clearwire press release expects to deploy WiMax in 80 cities in 2010.
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