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Overheard – WiMAX and LTE

Margaret Rouse — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:07:09 +0000

For most service providers and consumer, 4G wireless has the potential to deliver 40 Mbps or more of broadband connectivity per user. There are two technologies capable of supporting this requirement: WiMAX from the IEEE and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)’s Long-Term Evolution (LTE).

Tom Nolle, Three 4G business models emerge for LTE and WiMAX

Operator studies suggest that the migratory WiMAX model is most valuable in cities with large student populations, areas where mass transit is used for commuting in preference to private automobiles, and areas where online video usage has been well-socialized among wireline broadband users.

Where there is a strong wireline content appetite, sustaining that appetite in other places where the user may relax is far easier. On the other hand, in locations where much of the population commutes by car, where the user is older and less likely to view content online at home, and where a large segment of the population of a service area may be moving in from a different area, the mobile-evolution or LTE model is easiest to validate.

Overheard: LTE is like Alex P. Keaton

Margaret Rouse — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:49:56 +0000

If WiMax is the hippie, grass-roots parents on “Family Ties,” LTE is closer to Alex P. Keaton.

Stacey Higginbotham, LTE vs WiMAX: A Little 4G Sibling Rivalry

This is a great quote. If you’re confused about all the mobile acronyms, Gizmodo has put together a good list.

Overheard: Municipal wireless and privacy

Margaret Rouse — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:22:07 +0000

While some cities have seen their dreams of providing wireless Internet access for all fade, others have forged ahead with wireless networks for an altogether different purpose: surveillance.

Joshua Brockman, Cities Gone Wireless: Safety Or Surveillance?

Today, public safety is the “largest and most successful sector” in the municipal wireless market, according to MuniWireless.com, a Web site devoted to tracking wireless broadband projects and technologies.