[MLB-WIRELESS] FW: Mobile WiMAX Reality, The Uses of WiMAX, 802.11n Enters College...

Fri Jun 22 00:31:22 EST 2007

Lol - one for the doubters in the audience :-)

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Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net
<mailto:dean at cognation.net> +1-212-203-4357 Ph
+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).

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Subject: Mobile WiMAX Reality, The Uses of WiMAX, 802.11n Enters
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The Reality of Mobile WiMAX
By Brad Smith, Wireless Week Technology Editor 

First, I've always had respect for Barry West, chief technology officer
for Sprint Nextel and president of its WiMAX network. West has always
been open and honest about Sprint's network and technology.

But I'll have to differ with West when he starts talking about mobile
WiMAX. Speaking at the recent Wireless Communications Association
conference, West tried to quiet critics of mobile WiMAX by saying the
technology "is real, it's here." I happen to think mobile WiMAX is
neither real nor here.

Let me explain: Real is a relative word in the world of technology. For
me, real is what happens after a technology is born and gets kicked out
of its comfortable laboratory home to make it in the big, bad world.
Engineers may argue that technology is real once it is proven to work,
whether it is in a lab or not. For me it is only an experiment until it
starts being used, in the case of wireless technology, by networks and
end-users.

"Here" is ambiguous, but I think West was using the word somewhat in the
same fashion as "real." It could also mean something less than real, say
if it is being used in a network for test purposes. Sprint has said it
will have its mobile WiMAX network up and running in some markets by the
end of this year. West and other Sprint officials haven't said how far
along they are in deploying their WiMAX network, so it is possible the
technology is being used in some base stations in some locations for
internal trials. If so, West might argue mobile WiMAX is "here," but I
think that would be misleading because there is no visibility.

Clearwire has completed a mobile WiMAX field trial in the Portland,
Ore., suburb of Hillsboro, in a partnership with its investors Intel and
Motorola.

That trial, which ended in May, covered 15 square miles with
"multi-megabit" speeds. The next phase is planned to cover 145 square
miles in the same area. That's about as much reality as we've had, which
I regard as a laboratory experiment outside the lab walls. Clearwire
doesn't plan on deploying mobile WiMAX until 2008.

West apparently is feeling stressed by mobile WiMAX skeptics, who are
becoming more numerous. That's to be expected because the technology has
been hyped so much in the past that expectations were unreasonably high.
Sprint has to answer to its shareholders, who don't want a $3 billion
WiMAX boondoggle. Matters weren't helped by a Wall Street Journal story
suggesting Sprint might cut the strings to West's "4G" network by
spinning it off or partnering with Clearwire.

I remain a skeptic about Sprint's WiMAX plans. First, because the
technology has not been used in a broad commercial network. Second, how
will Sprint sell it, with what kind of capabilities, and to enough
end-users to make money? Until the first point changes and the second
one gets an answer, I think mobile WiMAX is neither "real," nor "here."

What do you think? Let me know at brad.smith at advantagemedia.com
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WiMAX: The Uses of WiMAX <http://abww-media.com/lrd13_AAdTwwAAV8cB> 
Sprint Nextel hasn't explained how its WiMAX network may be used or what
kind of content it might offer. But Motorola, one of Sprint's
infrastructure and handset partners in the network, has some ideas.
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802.11n: College to Deploy 802.11n Network
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Upstate New York's Morrisville State College has been known over the
years as a pioneer in the use of technology for its students and
faculty. continue <http://abww-media.com/lrd16_AAdTwwAAV8cB> 

IMS: IMS Plugs Away with Interoperability
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Touch Screen: Touch Screens to the Forefront
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