It’s official: First certified WiMAX gear arrives

In a recent survey it was clear that the 'ecosystem' is the most or second most important factor behind generating momentum behind roll out of WiMAX networks. What any operator needs is the ability to deliver and bill for content & service and that means giving or selling a device to the customer to both use and access content. With this step change many more operators and would be operators can...

WiMAX has already missed its window of opportunity in the US market. The cellular carriers are on their second wave of wireless data services and will be well on their way to a third (LTE) before WiMAX is out of the starting gate. The opportunity for WiMAX (i.e. fixed WiMAX) will be developing countries where it will provide and basic broadband Internet access.

Why is this event so important? Vendors have been selling WiMAX equipment for years.