3G or WiMAX: A conversation with Hakan Eriksson
The development of 3G and HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) technologies still remains the current focus of the mobile communications industry, and chances are low that WiMAX will become a mainstream standard since it is not expected to be commercialized until 2007, stated Hakan Eriksson, senior vice president and CTO of Ericsson, in a recent interview with DigiTimes. The following is an excerpt from the conversation. The mobile communications industry has officially entered the so-called three-generation (3G) era, but a number of people have claimed that the current development of the 3G industry has fallen short of expectations. This leads to a crucial question: The expectations of whom?
