As Optus and partner Elders (OPEL) finalize plans for a new wireless based network for rural and regional Australia, manufacturing for the technology appears to be slow with only limited amounts of WiMax devices now being available on the market.
As yet, no announcements have been made by OPEL on the type of devices and hardware that will be used for the new Australian WiMax services. And with WiMax device manufacturers still planning launch dates throughout 2008, along with the intended completion date of the Wireless network set as 2009, concerns of network commencement delays could possibly become a reality later this year.
There’s been no announcements of the types of devices that will be offered to OPEL customers, and calls by APCmag.com to Optus elicited no word on when such details would be made public.
One is Taiwanese computer company ASUSTeK which is planning to launch a range of devices with embedded WiMax chips later this year. Another US firm, hardware maker OQO, has plans to launch an ultra-mobile PC with WiMax capabilities sometime during 2008
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