Comments on: Broadcom Boosts Wi-Fi for Mobiles

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:33:39 +0000

What’s also interesting about this announcement is that they are offering 802.11n. The case for 11n in mobiles is a little unclear. Added expense and power drain. On the other hand, they built it with 1×1, a low-cost architecture. I think it will be a few years before the world is ready for 11n in handsets.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:31:06 +0000

@Jesse,

Agreed, I was referring to market adoption and acceptance – note I did say “burgeoning”. ;-)

Best,

Curtis

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:26:28 +0000

@Curtis

The current base of installed WiFi does not support White Spaces — totally different frequency bands.

By: Tightwad Technica » Broadcom releases triple threat wireless chip set

Tightwad Technica » Broadcom releases triple threat wireless chip set — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:18:55 +0000

[...] Broadcom has just released a new tri-radio chip set. This means more capable. cheaper wireless devices with the potential for longer battery life are on the way. In this highly competitive business, there will be lots of me too chip sets showing up soon. It’s not much of a stretch to add 4G capability to the next generation. Broadcom released a new chipset today that integrates Blueooth, an FM radio and Wi-Fi (in the 802.11n flavor) for mobile devices. Broadcom is trying to own the segment of the market that wants multiple radios on a chipset, while Texas Instruments tries to keep up. The new chipset allows for use of Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz band as well as in the 5 GHz band, which is good for sending media to and from a handheld device. (Gigaom) [...]

By: Curtis

Curtis — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:22:01 +0000

@Stacey,

This is a great move by Broadcom. I think Broadcom may be trying to take a leadership position in the burgeoning market for long range WiFi made possible by the FCC ruling on the white spaces spectrum. I think the white spaces spectrum is a sleeper ready to explode given the millions of devices in the market place today which support WiFi. By expanding WiFi radios on mobile devices, Broadcom positions itself well for fixed mobile and wireless convergence.

My $.02.

Best,

Curtis