Jim Barthold, <i>Telecommunications</i>®

WiMAX is licensed spectrum; the WiMAX Forum is working to complete interoperability tests and prove out equipment and networks for 2.5 GHz spectrum; Sprint and Clearwire dominate 2.5 in the U.S. Problem or opportunity? Potentially both. “Does it retard it or does it support it?” asked Peter Jarich, principal...

Based as it is on licensed spectrum, Mobile WiMAX is bittersweet. Vendors know operators have spectrum to use equipment they’re developing, but licensed spectrum closes the door on those who don’t have it. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission could change that when it auctions some of the last available...