Intel advocates the unification of WiMax technology and LTE
Intel Vice President of Marketing Shawn Malone, speaking at the conference Computex 2008 in Taiwan, spoke in favor of unification fourth-generation wireless services based on WiMax technology and LTE.
Maximum speed transmission of information in networks WiMax can reach 70 Mbps, and range - 50 kilometers in the absence of direct view. Mobile WiMax version theoretically allows movement in portable devices exchange data at speeds up to 40 Mbps per channel within a radius of several kilometers.
Regarding technology LTE (Long Term Evolution), in the long run it would come to replace the cellular network of third generation (3G). Theoretically system based on LTE be able to provide peak speed of data transmission from base station to the client device at 326 Mbps, and information from the subscriber will be transferred at speeds up to 86 Mbps.
Currently, Intel has paid great attention to advancing technology WiMax, which is sure corporations - the future of wireless communications. For example, last month Intel to launch WiMax networks invested approximately one billion dollars in company Clearwire, provide Internet access. In addition, at the end of last year, Intel signed an agreement with OAO Comstar-United TeleSystems "agreement on strategic cooperation for the deployment of mobile WiMax networks in the Russian Federation.
However, as noted by InformationWeek, with reference to the statements of Sean Malone, Intel believes that consumers would be better if the fourth-generation wireless services based on WiMax and LTE will be able to unify. In this case, users will not have to choose between competing technologies, and service providers - to adapt its services under two platforms. However, you should notice that the mass introduction of services based on LTE will begin no earlier than 2010, and by the time WiMax network could get rather widespread.