Is WiMax the New CDMA?

More lessons from the wireless past

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

May 7, 2008

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Is WiMax the New CDMA?

6:00 PM -- The new Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR) venture makes it near-certain that a nationwide mobile WiMax network will be deployed in the U.S. while AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless are pushing ahead with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) -approved LTE technology.

Sounds like 4G will be just like 3G and 2G, doesn't it? The battle between two opposing standards with Long-Term Evolution already seems more favored worldwide.

So it's worth considering -- will mobile WiMax become the 21st century version of CDMA to LTE's GSM?— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung

About the Author(s)

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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