In a recent article by Erick Schonfeld over at TechCrunch about WiMax, I read the article and do agree with some of the points such as Clearwire being not a good company, but I don’t think WiMax deal will be a disaster.
Why?
WiMax is the only available wireless broadband technology that has proven it’s versatility and speed over the current outdated 3G technology in the U.S.
WiMax is as fast as Cable DSL with download speeds up to 6Mbps.
In Korea, they call WiMax, WiBro. Internationally, it’s called mobile WiMax.
WiMax is an IEEE approved standard, IEEE 802.16.
As soon as WiMax hits Sprint networks, everyone will be going bonkers over the high speeds of being able to do more things such as watch movies on the cellphone, and use Skype to call instead of using up your minutes.
It will be like the iPhone buzz, except people will crave over the high data speeds.
People in Korea and other parts of Asia have been getting this for last 2 to 3 years!!!
Why am I so persistent about this topic?
I am just bitter because my blackberry internet is slow…AND I live in metro-area, San Francisco, the fastest speed possible.
I should be able to blog on my phone. Even with my blackberry with Opera browser installed, it takes me 20 minutes to write a blog post that would normally take me a minute on my PC.
With WiMax, I should be able to blog in about 3-5 minutes since I don’t have to wait for websites to load.
In all, I guess Clearwire is clearly not a company that’d do well for this Sprint WiMax deal but the point is that consumers need faster internet yesterday!
As a consumer, I’d pay $100/month for WiMax if it was available today. Let’s worry about the politics later and get that WiMax available.
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In a recent article by BusinessWeek, the writer claims that real threat to Google could be mobile phones. Due to the smaller sized screens, Google possibly be facing a lot less advertising space.
This is true if everyone started Googling on their cellphones but I see that is unlikely within the next 5 to 10 years.
Although mobile devices have proven to be more efficient and pretty much everywhere in Asia, the U.S. still has a long way to go because the telecommunication companies don’t want to sell new technology. The biggest scandal in the U.S. is that Sprint, AT&T, and all the other cellular providers are still behind in speed compared to the rest of the world.
In Korea, they’ve had Wi-Max, broadband internet about the speed of Cable DSL here for last 2 years or so. In the U.S., Sprint expects to roll out Wi-Max maybe end of this year, and that’s still a “maybe”.
For U.S. telecommunication companies, they make far more money by selling consumers outdated 3G phones. Why sell new tech when you got $500 million inventory of outdated phones?
So, in final words, no. Google will never have to face any real threat from mobile phones. Instead, they will probably get bigger with viral spread of their new open-source Linux-based mobile operating system, the Android.
With capabilities similar or better than the iPhone, Google’s Anroid will be able to convince the world to use their phone. As for ads? Maybe they will give out free Google phones that have ads on them.
Thanks to Josh for tipping me on this article.
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