WiMax is 'winding up'!

The world's top executives in the wireless industry this week will meet at CTIA Wireless 2007, WiMax - the technology that is in the process of 'plugging in' new services - will be the subject. Hot talent is most concerned about.

When third-generation mobile technology (3G) has entered the lives of mobile users, telecom carriers are now discussing the future of the fourth-generation network. Next-generation mobile technology, including the Long Term Evolution (LTE) project, the next step of the GSM mobile network - is having trouble deploying, the wireless industry is turning its attention to the public. WiMax long-range broadband technology.

WiMax is like a Wi-Fi network that has a good platform thanks to support from equipment manufacturers and infrastructure, such as Motorola, Samsung, Nokia and Intel. These giants will launch WiMax products this year. Samsung plans to launch a set of devices that support this wireless technology, including handhelds, ultra-portable computers and USB devices to connect wirelessly to laptops.

Asian markets are more sensitive to this wireless technology than other regions. Telecommunications companies around the world are ready to deploy WiMax with a solid infrastructure. In Japan, the government will begin to decentralize WiMax spectrum later this year. Meanwhile, this year, Korea Telecom's service provider has pledged to launch WiMax service. In particular, Taiwan spent $ 1 billion to encourage the production and development of 2.5GHz WiMax devices and applications.

India, Malaysia and Pakistan and some Eastern European countries are also planning to start commercializing mobile services on WiMax networks.

America's third-largest telecommunications company, Sprint has set up a project to spend $ 3 billion over the next two years to build WiMax networks to meet the needs of 100 million users.

Clearwire, an American WiMax service provider founded by mobile billionaire Craig McCaw, has launched fixed WiMax bandwidth services. The company plans to launch more services for mobile devices in the near future.

However, building network infrastructure is just a small challenge in deploying WiMax, changing the new business model is the problem facing wireless service providers because of this advanced technology. will be used in mobile phones and other portable devices, such as MP3 players and digital cameras

' WiMax is like a double-edged sword,' said Charles Golvin, an analyst at market research firm Forrester Research. ' Service providers will not have to' subsidize 'mobile devices, but at the same time, they will have to give up their strict management as before .'

According to analysts, when at the same time many devices can access the network, companies will have to adapt to the form of subscription fee service.

Currently, users must subscribe to each service separately if they want to access the mobile network. But, in the WiMax world, when users own up to 3 or 4 WiMax-connected devices, the subscription for each product is not feasible.

Paul Polivka, a spokesperson for Sprint, said the company has not yet built up a subscription-based mechanism. Sprint will perform a different calculation to help users use multiple devices on WiMax networks.

However, WiMax service providers and content distribution companies will have to collaborate to expand more applications, such as sharing photos online or automatically uploading photos taken online .

CTIA Wireless 2007, WiMax will affirm its position in the cyber world that has gathered enough talents like Wi-Fi, 3G and other wireless systems with speed, bandwidth and advantages.