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Title: WiMax backers gear up for 700 MHz nets - Rick Merritt, EE Times Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 20, 2007, 04:20:03 AM WiMax backers gear up for 700 MHz nets - Rick Merritt, EE Times
WiMax proponents are gearing up to attack the opportunity for new networks in spectrum to be auctioned off in the 700 MHz bands. At least two unannounced companies Intel Capital has invested in plan chips, devices or network products for WiMax at 700 MHz, said Sriram Viswanathan, a vice president of Intel Capital who runs Intel's overall WiMax program and helped lobby the Federal Communications Commission about its 700 MHz ruling last week. In the end, carriers who win the spectrum will choose a technology based on the lowest dollar per bit per Hertz. That's an area where WiMax competes with alternatives such as Ultra Mobile Broadband and Long Term Evolution, Viswanathan said. In addition, UMB and LTE are based on intellectual property fairly closely held by a few companies such as Ericsson, Nokia and Qualcomm, he added. Read More.. (http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UPIR3CUIKVUY4QSNDLSCKHA?articleID=201311262) |