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By Shaun Nichols
V3.co.uk
April 13, 2010
With the current WiMax platform still in the early stages of deployment, a
collection of technology companies have begun efforts to find the successor to the
high-speed wireless network.
Intel said that it would be joining with a group of vendors including Samsung,
Motorola, Alverion, Sequans, Beceem, ZTE and GCT on an effort to develop a system to
one day replace WiMax.
Dubbed WiMax 2, the system would be backwards compatible with traditional WiMax and
could achieve peak speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Intel suggested that the standard could
help seamlessly transition from WiMax as the wireless broadband platform begins to
feel the strain of increased data traffic from increased smartphone and multimedia
file transfer traffic.
The efforts to develop WiMax 2 come as the first WiMax incarnation looks to make its
mark on the wireless broadband sector. Rivaled by the Long Term Evolution (LTE)
format, WiMax jockeying for market share in the fight to replace the current 3G
wireless broadband system.
Last month, US Telco Sprint made headlines with the introduction of the first retail
handset built for use on the WiMax network.
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