Comments on: Sprint and Clearwire cleared for WiMax launch http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/06/sprint-and-clearwire-cleared-for-wimax-launch/ At the intersection of business and technology Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Al Gore smogless forest http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/06/sprint-and-clearwire-cleared-for-wimax-launch/#comment-2162 Al Gore smogless forest Wed, 07 May 2008 03:27:36 +0000 http://fortunetechland.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-2162 Do some research on LTE compared to WiMAX. They are near identical technologies. In fact the last draft I read of the 4G standard show both are using OFDMA technolofy and only differ in the uplink. There are efforts to make the 4G standard include both. Do some research on LTE compared to WiMAX. They are near identical technologies. In fact the last draft I read of the 4G standard show both are using OFDMA technolofy and only differ in the uplink. There are efforts to make the 4G standard include both.

]]> By: Shane, Cuba, NY http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/06/sprint-and-clearwire-cleared-for-wimax-launch/#comment-2161 Shane, Cuba, NY Wed, 07 May 2008 03:25:28 +0000 http://fortunetechland.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-2161 "The second setback is that the two largest wireless players, AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), are pursuing a different technology, called long term evolution or LTE." WiMAX is at least two years ahead of LTE, a largely unproven technology. “The second setback is that the two largest wireless players, AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), are pursuing a different technology, called long term evolution or LTE.”

WiMAX is at least two years ahead of LTE, a largely unproven technology.

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