Anyone who pays attention to the latest in wireless news knows that there’s a big buzz about the relatively new telecommunications technology known as WiMax. This technology is intended to increase bandwidth and broadband connectivity on both mobile and fixed devices in use around the world. To date, it has primarily been used to bring faster Internet speeds and better connectivity to economically challenged countries. However, it is also being explored as a high-speed mobile wireless option that could support the consumer’s growing interest in accessing large amounts of data on the mobile phone. Whether or not this will happen depends greatly on the success of WiMax trials that are currently in place as well as the development of other types of high-speed wireless technology that currently pose a competitive threat to WiMax. Only time will tell whether or not WiMax is going to be an important part of your future mobile phone.
The WiMax Forum (a group that focuses on promoting and developing this technology) defines WiMax as “a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL”. In other words, WiMax is a technology that provides high-speed Internet access to both fixed and mobile devices in order to offer consumers the ability to access large amounts of data (such as video) at fast speeds whether they are at home, in the office or on the go.
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