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| WiMAX is cheaper I'm not buying this. I've seen several hardware vendors and operators say that WiMAX equipment is cheaper than 3G, both on the BS and CPE side (USB dongles are no more than $50). In spite of the fact that 3G has been around longer and has more scale and volume.
This is partly because of the patent situation. 15-20% of the device's price is royalties to various patent holders. Qualcomm has made billions in net profit off this insanity, and everybody else would like to as well. The thing is, the patent situation isn't going to get better for LTE. It looks just as bad as 3G, if not worse.
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Why would almost every greenfield/emerging operator be choosing WiMAX over cellco technology?
Without a customer base on legacy technology, you'd pick the cheapest and most capable technology available.
That's WiMAX. | |
 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I suspect Intel needs to pay back for its investors on WiMAX, and cost will be high until there's decent competition. | | |
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