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Originally Posted by drksilenc
except for the fact that europe alrdy went wimax ... case in point the coverage map i alrdy listed
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GPP_Long_Term_Evolution
It does not matter if there is wimax coverage in the US. It does not matter that there is currently wimax coverage in europe. It didn't matter that people used betamax. What matters is the direction the company plans to head and who wins the war. Look at the carriers going to LTE in the wiki page I listed above, under carrier adoptions.
TeliaSonera AB is the dominant company in sweden and finland, denmark, and a major player in north/east europe and central asia. They are going LTE.
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is the largest networking and telecommunications equipment supplier in China, and 2nd in the world, they are heading to LTE.
Ericsson, the largest networking telecommunications equipment supplier in the world is heading to LTE. Even the CTO has called WiMax "NOT" 4G
Vodafone - the world's largest mobile telecommunication network company, has stated they are going LTE
France Télécom S.A. - largest provider in france, and one of largest in world, is going LTE.
Bell Mobility, Telus - Both going LTE in Canada.
Verizon US - LTE
ATT US - LTE
T-Mobile US - LTE
hell even MetroPCS - LTE
The fact of the matter is, outside of sprint, there haven't been any other real major carriers that have stated they are going to WiMax. Why is that? Name me one wimax phone outside of the Russian HTC MAX that can utilize any of the smaller blanket wimax deployments around the world.
I'm not for or against LTE or WiMax, but the truth is GSM is headed towards LTE and 80% of the world runs on GSM.