Thread: Why is WiMax such a big deal?
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2008-03-31 , 22:17
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Originally Posted by sachin007 View Post
I think 3g needs to have towers in a smaller radius wheras wimax towers have a comparitively larger signal radius ..... thereby needing lesser towers in rural areas and still having good coverage, unlike 3g which needs much more resources to achieve the same.
not so. UMTS can make use of GSM frequencies. its just that you cant operate both on the same ones at the same time...

hell, 3G systems are, iirc, more frequency efficient then older tech, so in theory you do not need as many antennas to cover the same number of subscribers. but as currently used frequencies (at least in europe) have worse penetration then GSM ones, more are needed to get effective coverage in densely populated areas (reinforced concrete is a very effective signal blocker, go fig).