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 The U.N. telecommunications agency approved WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) as a global standard for mobile devices. “Unlike Wi-Fi, this mobile Internet technology can hand off a signal from antenna to antenna, thus allowing a device to hold a connection while in motion,” IHT said. “WiMax, also called by the name of its reference number, IEEE 802.16, potentially can move data at 70 megabits a second across 65 kilometers, or 40 miles. Current fixed-line broadband connections have speeds of around two megabits a second.” WiMax technology offers the possibility of broadband communications over long distances (up to 40 miles, 65 km.)  The International Telecommunication Union's radio assembly agreed last week to include WiMax, a wireless technology that allows Internet and other data connections across much broader areas than Wi-Fi, as part of what is called the third-generation family of mobile standards.
That endorsement opens the way for many ITU member countries to devote a part of the public radio spectrum to WiMax, and receivers for it could be built into laptop computers, phones, music players and other portable devices.
(iht)References: news.yahoo, iht Comment: on WiMax To Be Global Standard For Mobile Devices |
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