Motorola rolls out Wave 2-ready WiMAX PC Card and desktop unit
By Donald Melanson 
posted Feb 7th 2008 3:13PM
posted Feb 7th 2008 3:13PM
Motorola's already made some moves in advance of the big Mobile World Congress going down in Barcelona next week, but it looks like the company still has plenty more up its sleeve, with it now announcing a new Wave 2-ready WiMAX PC Card, along with a desktop unit for those less concerned with mobility. Likely of primary interest to most, the PCCw 200 PC card supports both 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz to keep you connected 'round the globe, and is of course fully compliant with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard. The desktop-bound CPEi 750 (pictured after the break), on the other hand, is available in your choice of 2.5GHz or 3.5GHz configurations, and includes two VoIP/ATA ports to accommodate your various devices. No word on a price for either one just yet, but you can expect the PC card to hit sometime in the second quarter of this year, with the desktop unit slated for "mid-2008."
Where are the ExpressCard versions? What's the point of having a newer laptop if you can't get any damn expansion cards? This doesn't only apply to modems - there are barely any ExpressCard accessories out there.
Forget that, where's the USB version? All of the CDMA cards I've encountered made in the past few years are a USB controller on the PCMCIA bus with the CDMA chip hardwired internally to the USB controller.
Right and I'll be able to hook up to what Wimax Network in the U.S.A?? Oh right it's not here oh wait when I go to India it will be there...
Agreed. Can we get some coverage maps of ANY Wimax to go with this post?
I have it from TDS Metrocom in Madison WI.
It's a nice place to live, plus I hear we invented the core 2 Duo.
Go Badgers!
Sprint, of course, will be rolling out WiMAX as XOHM, and Clearwire will roll theirs out. Like any new tech, they will start in a few cities and expand. These will be usable in a lot of places in the US within the year.
I wonder if these will work with Bell WiMax here in Canada.
XOHMG!
Sprint is BUILDING a WiMax network in the US, its not online yet guys. It will be, and when it is, you'll be able to download your pooty tang, wirelessly, at gigabyte a second. Or 100mbs a second. Whichever is first.
Either way, bravo Motorola, now add WiMax support for your phones, and you will have the first 4G network in the world, in the worlds biggest phone market by market capitalization. (Note: WiMax is only being considered at the 4G interface, but given its incredible data rates and ability to sync with phones, mobile devices and computers, its the most likely choice yet)(also, only network towers need established, no new programming or server systems as the Internet is already there).
ExpressCard maybe?
Is Wimax going to be open access or is it going to be a subscription service?
open access? bwahahaa!
I had to go look up VoIP/ATA—it really didn't seem likely that they were running voice over IP over IDE. Turns out "ATA" just stands for "analog telephone adapter" in this case. So it's a bridge to let you plug in your landline phone to VoIP.