WiMax Boosters See Opportunity in the Air
Looking at the state of broadband Internet access globally, the WiMax Forum believes it is sitting pretty.
In general numbers, out of 6 billion people on Earth, about 3 billion now use mobile phones and a billion or so are connected to the Internet. But only 400 million people have a high-speed Internet connection, meaning that WiMax wireless broadband has a big opportunity to "capture a big chunk of the market," said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMax Forum.
Resnick delivered a keynote address here at WiMax World, where other speakers touted the technology's attractiveness, especially in developing nations. Arguing that WiMax is well ahead of rival high-speed wireless technology Long Term Evolution (LTE), he said, "We have a time-to-market advantage that's ours to lose."
