WiMAX Garners U.N. Endorsement

WIMAX GARNERS UN ENDORSEMENT
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Don Clark don.clark@wsj.com and Anne Jolis]
A wireless technology called WiMAX got a key endorsement from a United Nations agency, improving the odds it will be widely deployed. The decision by the International Telecommunications Union came after a lengthy lobbying battle, which pit Intel Corp. and other WiMAX supporters against an opposing camp that included Qualcomm Inc. and Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson. As a result of the ITU action, WiMAX joins a list of approved technologies for use with the designation 3G, for third generation. In some countries, certain broadcast frequencies can only be used with 3G technologies as defined by the group. The decision puts WiMAX on a more equal regulatory footing with cellular technologies, and helps address one of the biggest question marks about the technology--will broadcast spectrum be available to widely deploy WiMAX around the world.
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* ITU press release
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2007/30.html