In New Delhi: WiMAX proponents continue to push the technology along, with a handful of backers this week announcing the next generation of the platform WiMAX 2.
It may all be in a name, but WiMAX 2, otherwise known as IEEE 802.16m, meets the ITU requirements for 4G, delivering higher peak throughout rates of up to 300Mbps, along with lower latency and better support for VoIP.
Intel, Alvarion, Beceem, GCT, Motorola, Samsung, Sequans and ZTE are the players behind the WiMAX 2 initiative announced this week. The group said it will reveal more information about product roadmaps within the next six months and aims to have commercial products available by mid-2011.
As WiMAX 2 was announced, US technology proponent Clearwire welcomed the consumer adoption of wireless data services in mature markets, noting that Clearwire users are consuming an average of 7GB of wireless data per month.
"The wireless industry is convinced that the growing volume of data consumers are eating up is a bad thing," Mike Sievert, chief commercial officer at Clearwire said.
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