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Telecommunications WiMAX joins cellular as an ITU standard
Telecommunications WiMAX joins cellular as an ITU standard | WiMAX joins cellular as an ITU standard |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 23 October 2007 | |
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Page 2 of 2 PolicyTracker, a newsletter which reports on global spectrum policy developments, said: "This is a major breakthrough in securing consistent worldwide spectrum access for WiMAX, a problem which the backers of the technology have been struggling with for several years....This is a major victory for the WiMAX camp, which has spend the past few years fighting to get access to spectrum, most notably in Europe the 2.5-2.69GHz band. Featured Whitepaper
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It added: "Gaining the ITU's agreement is a considerable achievement for the proponents of WiMAX - notably Intel - because it has been done in only 10 months. The approval process usually takes much longer...However, a positive result for WiMAX did seem very likely because most administrations and ITU members were in favour and Radiocommunication Assemblies can take decisions on a simple majority vote." Featured Whitepaper
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Looking ahead, PolicyTracker said: "There could be further good news for WiMAX in the coming weeks if the ITU World Radio Conference (WRC-07) [due to start shortly] agrees to merge the IMT-2000 and IMT-advanced technology categories into a single designation: IMT. This would give any IMT-2000 technology access to those bands designated for IMT-advanced, commonly known as 4G. WiMAX would then be on the same footing as any other mobile technology."{moscomment} |
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