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Pioneering: Clearwire expect "100 devices" by 2010. HSPA - already 1,000
by Guy J Kewney | posted on 09 March 2009
How far is Clearwire sticking its neck out with its WiMAX-based technology for mobile broadband? Two news stories over the weekend give some perspective. One covers HSPA, the other WiMAX
First a GSA survey reports over a thousand HSPA devices, and shows how HSPA devices address all market segments:
451 mobile phones
16 Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPC)
218 notebooks
154 USB modems
143 PC data cards (PCMCIA cards, ExpressCards, chipsets, embedded modules)
101 Wireless routers/gateways
8 Personal Media Players (PMP)
4 cameras
Story here... and at the same time, following Clearwire's year end financial results: As Clearwire is deploying a mobile WiMAX network, the PC industry is moving forward with WiMAX as well. Together with Intel, the technology now has a long list of supporters including Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Panasonic, Samsung and Toshiba that are delivering new Centrino-2 processor powered notebooks with the integrated Intel WiMAX /Wi-Fi chipset that has advanced MIMO technology. There are 26 models that are WiMAX certified today and many more in the pipeline. A number of OEMs are also offering or plan to offer soon Intel Atom based netbooks, which increase the affordability and the reach of those products.
Clearwire expects there to be nearly 100 mobile WiMAX devices – such as laptops, netbooks, handhelds, USBs and modems – available to customers by the end of the year
Press release here...
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