The Auction for 700 MHz and Clearwire’s “WiMAX-Lite” Service
WiMax.com reports that the long-anticipated auction for the 700 MHz spectrum is now officially set for January 16, 2008. As service providers prepare to do their bidding, it will be interesting to see how the auction pans out and whether a WiMAX provider (or providers) will get a hand on this long-anticipated chunk of spectrum.
In other WiMAX news, Jay Greene of Mobile Tech Today has written an intriguing article describing what he calles Clearwire’s “WiMAX-Lite” service. For between $30 and $50 per month, Clearwire provided Mr. Greene with a nine-inch high modem that plugs into the Ethernet jack on any computer. Though not perfect in every location (this is still a pilot program, after all), he was able to carry the modem with him to work, around town, and even to Starbucks and gain high speed internet access without paying the coffee shop’s usual Wi-Fi fee. This portable modem is an antecedent to the more convenient WiMAX cards and chipsets that are currently in development. This test program provides an interesting and rather exciting taste of what WiMAX coverage will be like once it is formally deployed across the United States.
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Ari Zoldan
Launch 3 Communications
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