Vodafone joins WiMAX Forum, draws puzzled looks
by Michael Caputo 
posted Aug 15th 2007 at 2:33PM
In a move that may be making others scratch their head in confusion, Vodafone has decided to join the WiMAX Forum as a principle member despite the natural progression from UMTS to other 4G technologies. To many, WiMAX is the next-generation mobile technology offering robust data speeds for CDMA network providers such as Sprint. For Vodafone and many others, though, LTE -- Long Term Evolution -- is the roadmap towards 4G bliss, but a few bumps in the road like delays in ratifying standards might've caused the Verizon Wireless co-parent to look elsewhere for some next gen love.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rich @ Aug 15th 2007 3:47PM
...or, like many carriers, they're interested in WiMAX for backhaul.
mORTEN @ Aug 15th 2007 5:21PM
"Vodafone, which has already moved through the GSM to UMTS evolution path in Europe, was, like similar providers, expected to make its next step in LTE, not WiMAX."
OMG, how many commas can you have in a single sentence??
Robbie @ Aug 22nd 2007 4:18AM
its called proper grammar.
Jesse Eastman @ Aug 18th 2007 8:32PM
To me it sounds like they're saying that wimax is cdma specific. Which wimax isn't cdma specific is it?