If the U.S. is a yardstick for things to come in the Telecommunication sector, than XOHM WiMAX Wireless Broadband could be ‘it’ for Australian Mobile Networks down the track.
Comcast, Intel and Google recently contributed around $3 billion to deploy a WiMAX mobile Internet Network in Chicago among other regions, and for these ‘big boys’ to show this much commitment, theres obviously some kind of potential behind the technology.
WiMAX (or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is still currently a questionable standard of telecommunications technology that supposedly offers uninterrupted broadband wireless Internet access to subscribers anywhere in that respective area. Mobile Phones, Personal Computers and other forms of communication devices are all compatible with WiMAX and unlike the WiFi standard, it apparently offers greater coverage and quality of service.
For the time being though, all eyes will be on Chicago as it embraces WiMAX as a Broadband alternative, and although it mightn’t be the preferred option for all Broadband users out there, it will certainly be closely monitored by many for it’s potential as a mainstream Wireless alternative of the future.
Source: Suntime.com
