WiMax Unlikely To Displace 3G

This is related to mobile content in the same way that bottles are related to carbonated beverages, so it’s good to keep an eye on. The article goes into detail about why 3G technology will be around for quite a while despite the great expectations touted for WiMax…
“WiMax can’t outrun 3G in the next five years because it will take about that long to get established, in the view of IDC analyst Shiv Bakhshi…”In the short-to-medium term, it is going to disrupt nothing, because I don’t think it’ll even find itself a very strong footing in that time,” Bakhshi said. “By the time it comes to market … the cellular world would have progressed, too,” he added.”
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