What amazes me is the desperate need to make everything into a zero-sum game. It's always about someone winning rather than having a range of choices each better suited to specfic needs.
WiFi didn't kill off 3G - and 3G didn't kill off WiFi, right?
WiFi -> WiMAX and 3G -> LTE. It's really that simple.
WiMAX has a bunch of really great features that makes it useful in a wide range of applications. WiMAX will be the choice for non-cellco ISPs who want to provide mobile or wireless broadband because the infrastructure costs are way lower, which means smaller companies can get into it.
LTE on the other hand is well suited for cellco deployment. LTE won't go away unless cellcos go away.
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What amazes me is the desperate need to make everything into a zero-sum game. It's always about someone winning rather than having a range of choices each better suited to specfic needs.
WiFi didn't kill off 3G - and 3G didn't kill off WiFi, right?
WiFi -> WiMAX and 3G -> LTE. It's really that simple.
WiMAX has a bunch of really great features that makes it useful in a wide range of applications. WiMAX will be the choice for non-cellco ISPs who want to provide mobile or wireless broadband because the infrastructure costs are way lower, which means smaller companies can get into it.
LTE on the other hand is well suited for cellco deployment. LTE won't go away unless cellcos go away.