WiMAX Forum Certified equipment is expected to provide up to 50-kilometers of range and allow users to receive broadband connectivity without requiring a direct line of sight with the base station. The equipment is also expected to provide shared data rates up to 70 Mbps, which is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support more than 60 businesses with T1-type connectivity and hundreds of homes with DSL-type connectivity with a single base station.

WiMAX Benefits

Network operators: Equipment interoperability across vendors + lower cost = lower risk; fill broadband access gaps for residential and business

End-users: Faster and cheaper access that is more widely available; more choice for broadband access Component makers - creates volume opportunity for silicon suppliers; fewer product variations and higher volumes

Equipment makers: - can innovate more rapidly

WiMAX Products

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