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It looks like WiMAX is hotter than ever these days. Sprint and Nokia are probably grinning from ear to ear with this latest study. Research firm Maravedis has revealed, among other things, that WiMAX deployments around the globe have risen a whopping 85% – in the firm’s own newsletter, the WiMAXCounts Newsletter.
However, the technologies deployed varied from proprietary spec to year 2004- and 2005-draft specs, with the majority being proprietary equipment, so don’t get too excited about globally standardized WiMAX just yet. Still, the US, Spain, and Australia were the leaders in WiMAX deployments, with total WiMAX service revenues in 2006 of $322 million, and ARPUs of $40.76 and $145.54 in residential and business subscriptions, respectively
via: cellularnews
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
