Wimax-LTE convergence: one year on

Robert Syputa/ Maravedis
04 Mar 2010
00:00

 

As predicted in November,  Clearwire says that it would consider support for LTE if the market opportunity arises. The company states that deployed infrastructure can be converted to LTE, a factor that has been promoted by major suppliers Motorola, Samsung and Huawei. Most other major suppliers – and a few smaller ones - have SDR and modular equipment that can be used for Wimax, LTE and often 3G within the same product families.
 
The wireless industry meanwhile witnessed the emergence of GSM and EVDO networks that were converged by common developments in SoCs, AAS, devices, T&M, network engineering and management software, and the services and applications that run on deployed networks. This commonality has triumphed over patent disputes, differences in spectrum availability and regulation, real and purported differences in volume efficiencies, and other factors that could hold competing efforts apart.
 
What inevitably pushes diverse camps together is what they hold in common: common markets and common or overlapping technologies. While there are often shots thrust over the barricades by opposing interests, in the end what the market wants is products and services that work in its overall best interests.
 
Robert Syupta is a senior analyst and adviser at Maravedis -- www.maravedis-bwa.com

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