Comments on: Xohm Delay Spells Trouble for Sprint, Not WiMax

By: Xohm WiMax Finally Gets Going with Limited Service - GigaOM

Xohm WiMax Finally Gets Going with Limited Service - GigaOM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:41:05 +0000

[...] Higginbotham, Monday, September 29, 2008 at 6:40 AM PT Comments (0) After six months of waiting and few leaked launch dates, Sprint launched commercial availability for its Xohm WiMax [...]

By: Chant Xohm three times and visualize a WiMAX garden at Mobile Musings, Mostly

Chant Xohm three times and visualize a WiMAX garden at Mobile Musings, Mostly — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:32:44 +0000

[...] this deal, it is hard to imagine how long Xohm could have gone on, especially when they had already slipped on their rollout [...]

By: Sprint Bets Big on Superfast Ethernet - GigaOM

Sprint Bets Big on Superfast Ethernet - GigaOM — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:12:30 +0000

[...] recently, Sprint has bet on WiMax, but it’s beleaguered Xohm network has been plagued by delays. Sprint has had to turn to rival Clearwire in order to bring the 4G [...]

By: Jose Miguel Cansado

Jose Miguel Cansado — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:23:06 +0000

Wimax is definitively getting traction in Asia.
Malaysia’Packet One is deploying a Wimax network, while YTL YMAX get ready to deploy too.

Taiwan’s government is also pushing Wimax deployments in-country to help Taiwanese handset and CPE vendors get more competitive worldwide.

Japan awarded licenses month ago, and Korea Wibro is commercial for a few years already.

Note that in most emerging markets, fixed line/broadband penetration is very small and wireless broadband is a more cost-effective way to provide Internet access.