A couple of days ago, I attended a WiMax forum hosted by Intel Philippines. They are helping push the use of WiMax in emerging markets where there are very low but fast growing PC users. As one Intel executive puts it -- "there's no such thing as demand for WiMax, just demand for broadband connectivity". Here are some tidbits I'd like to share from what I gathered during the forum: There are abour 460 WiMax deployments in 135 countries worldwide for fixed, portable and mobile networks. Local commercial WiMax have been conducted jointly by Intel and telcos as early as 2005. Aside from 3G, 4G WiMax may help reach places not normally lined up with fixed cable/DSL lines. In the Philippines, commercial WiMax is allocated at the 2.3GHz and the 2.5GHz band with 15-30MHz spectrum size. As for the commercial WiMax deployments in the country, here are some basic questions and my own answers to them: Q. Read more in our articles including "The State of WiMax: What's the real deal?" and "TP-Link announces Archer 8 its first Wi-Fi 8 router platform".
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Feb 11, 2025A couple of days ago, I attended a WiMax forum hosted by Intel Philippines. They are helping push the use of WiMax in emerging markets where there are very low but fast growing PC users.
As one Intel executive puts it -- "there's no such thing as demand for WiMax, just demand for broadband connectivity". Here are some tidbits I'd like to share from what I gathered during the forum: There are abour 460 WiMax deployments in 135 countries worldwide for fixed, portable and mobile networks. Local commercial WiMax have been conducted jointly by Intel and telcos as early as 2005.
Our coverage of glboe wimax includes: "The State of WiMax: What's the real deal?"; "TP-Link announces Archer 8 its first Wi-Fi 8 router platform"; "Globe says Starlink pilot works in remote areas". Each article provides unique insights and information.