WiMAX is short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, and it also stands for the IEEE name 802.16. WiMAX has the potential to do to broadband Internet access what cell phones have done to the traditional wire phone industry. WiMAX will replace cable & DSL services, providing Internet access anywhere you go. WiMAX will also be as painless as WiFi — turning your computer on will automatically connect you to the closest available WiMAX antenna.
In the next five years, Wimax will have an enormous impact on the cellular markets, particularly that of third-world countries, as well as that of the United States (See the Wimax Map). The cost-effectiveness of WiMax to that of preexisting systems is much higher. One application that can be used by cellular companies is WiMax’s ability to serve as a high bandwidth “backhaul” for internet or cellular phone traffic from remote areas back to an Internet backbone; WiMax may be an answer to reducing the cost of T1/E1 backhaul as well.
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