Mobile Broadband

This whitepapers is a deep dive analysis into wireless broadband technologies related to mobile devices.

It is interesting that we chose both broadband technologies, instead of one. If we compare the two radio uses [WiFi, WiMax] with a telephone equivalent in the ideal world, we would say that WiMAX is like mobile phone, it provides mobile Internet connection within a radius of up to 50km of an antenna. On the other hand, WiFi is like a cordless telephone, covering the distance between the antennae and a device, such as a laptop within a home, possibly not more than a room away from the antennae.

And now, there are indications that both of technologies could eventually merge. The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) - which represents primarily major carriers operating WiFi hotspots - and the WiMax Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) has indicated that they are collaborating "to advance global roaming for WiMax and inter-standard roaming between WiMax and WiFi".

There is growth in WiFi hotspots and generally user