On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Job Njogu
<jnjogu@gmail.com> wrote:
I think that is not likely to be the case. The two have the core biz to offer calls(calls will always come first) and the data services they offer is based on best effort. For wimax providers they will just deploy mobile wimax (802.16e) that solves the issue.
If I was 3g or 3g+, I'd be looking at fixed costs of BTU channel allocation to clients which is guaranteed monthly business. Then brand internet packages on this with the bandwidth throughputs like 256kbps, 512kbps or 1Mbits.
Mobile wimax may not be successful in plenty of areas, as the higher freqs mean LOS issues with attenuation around buidlings, trees, rain fade and moisture, external antenne kits and expenses of installations. The clever network strategists who come close to GSM is iburst which is 1.9Ghz I think. I think Wimax will be used by Soho, Sme, Corporate for things like fixed ip addresses, vpns, mail hosting, web hosting, sms web gateways. But this market is not as extensive as end users. So tough times ahead for many wimax companies unless they have some other formulas to stay in the market.
Rgds.