Vodafone signs up for WiMAX
Posted by PsionAndy on 08/11/07 in Cell Carriers, Companies, Vodafone, Wifi / Bluetooth
Vodafone, the huge multinational mobile phone network surprised a lot of people by becoming a principal member of the WiMAX Forum.
“Our membership of the WiMAX Forum will complement our existing memberships of other key industry bodies such as the GSMA, 3GPP and the Next Generation Mobile Network initiative,” said Steve Pusey, Global Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone. “Vodafone remains technology neutral as far as our future network options are concerned, and joining the WiMAX Forum is a logical step as we seek to evaluate the full capabilities and potential of this technology.”
Now that’s true up to a point… however the biggest rival to WiMAX is 3G. And lets see.. which company beginning with V and rhyming with ‘odafone’ has Billions invested in 3G licenses and infrastructure?
So is Vodafone hedging its bets.. is it planning to roll out WiMax in parallel with its existing networks, will it run WiMax in new markets or is it just easier to see what the competition are doing when they have to tell you?
“The WiMAX Forum is pleased that Vodafone has joined our organization,” said Ron Resnick, President of WiMAX Forum, “We look forward to Vodafone playing a key role in the future development of WiMAX technology.”
So it’s probably a mixture, but I’m not sure that the WiMax only members of the organization are going to throw any celebration parties.
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led non-profit organization comprising more than 470 companies including 141 operators committed to promoting and certifying interoperable WiMAX products. WiMAX products are designed to deliver wireless broadband services to both residential customers and businesses by creating economies of scale made possible by standards-based, interoperable products and services.
A complete list of current WiMAX Forum members is found here: http://www.wimaxforum.org/about/Current_Members/
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