WiMax will receive support from operators 4G networks

According to another study, the number of users of wireless services based on WiMax will grow by 2012 to 95 million. man, but a much greater success awaits the technology through the use of its capabilities in the fourth generation of cellular networks: after 4 years the number of mobile subscribers with a WiMax- enabled devices will exceed 200 million. man.
Analyst firm ABI Research believes that the consent of such mobile operators like Sprint and Clearwire to participate in building a network obscheamerikanskoy WiMax, shows the willingness of the U.S. cellular market to bet on the IEEE 802 family of standards. 16. Already in 2009, according to analysts, the device with support for WiMax and services based on this technology will be widely available to mainstream consumers.
However, according to findings by the same researchers, the rule of WiMax networks in the 4th generation will not be long. Already by 2012 due to market will be a new standard for broadband mobile communications network Long-Term Evolution (LTE), which in the long run, replace WiMax.
Source:. Nag. ru.