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May 7 2008   2:08PM GMT

Sprint/ClearWire WiMAX move to shake industry



Posted by: Tom Nolle
Google, Intel, WiMax

ClearWire and Sprint have finally married, apparently, brokered by Comcast, Google and Intel. The move is said to be preparing to shake up wireless carriers, but the most significant impact will be to expand the notion of a hot spot into something with metro or even national scope. As we have said continually, WiMAX is portable user technology not mobile technology, and thus will have its greatest impact where 3G is used for laptop connect. We expect to see pricing for wireless laptop plans fall, but all wireless including WiMAX has a significant limit in total bandwidth per cell, and this will result in sub-par performance relative to wireline broadband connections.

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Apr 2 2008   12:32PM GMT

Intel’s non-voice mobile devices to jumpstart WiMAX?



Posted by: Tom Nolle
mobile Internet devices, Intel, Integrated devices, WiMax

In what may well be a key announcement for the industry, Intel revealed that it had 25 partners working with it on portable Internet devices, or “mobile Internet devices” (MIDs) in the new-speak. These boxes will be designed for use while away from home or work but not mobile as the driver of a vehicle, and are larger than a cellphone but smaller than even the smallest laptops. Intel and others believe that the future of wireless non-voice services will lie in these devices, whose screens are large enough to deliver a credible viewing experience. Intel hopes these will jumpstart the WiMAX market, a key market sector for Intel and also one that has seen recent rumors of partnerships involving Intel, Sprint, Clearwire and Comcast.

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