Thread: N810 Wimax Edition: Get it While it's Lukewarm
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2008-08-03 , 16:32
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
I think that Nokia is betting on Wimax. As a device manufacturer, they're concerned with selling hardware, not monthly subscriptions.

I doubt that the large North American telcos are eager to support this technology. As I understand it, Wimax is more 'open' than other types of networks; there can be more players involved. If this is the case then it opens the door for competition, which mean prices, and eventually revenues drop.
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WiMax can also be seen as a wireless extension of fixed broadband. In USA, AT&T is looking at WiMax to provide broadband access to remote areas, and in countries like India the operators are doing the same. In Developing countries there is a significant number of wiMax Deployments and it is also staring in East Europe, France, etc.).

What I find interesting in WiMax is the possibility that this technology may force Mobile operators to move from the cashcow model to a flat rate model, unlimited access that exists in most countries for fixed broadband. In the end, WiMax may lead to a radical change in Mobile market. Sprint has already indicated that they are planning to do something in these lines.

A interesting market to watch is Korea where a Wimax (Wibro) like network is changing the rules of the game.
 

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