WiMAXTrends :: Articles

WiMAXTrends :: Articles: "However, Wan Yi, director of the wireless and mobile department at the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), has said in a statement that approval of WiMAX as a 3G technology would “unbalance” the mobile industry, and that is has been politically driven by the US government in a bid to promote a US-dominated platform in a sector where American vendors have not always held the reins. He told China Comms: “3G technology sits on a triangle of W-CDMA, CDMA and TD-SCMDA, and WiMAX would have a big impact on this triangular structure. Major W-CDMA and CDMA vendors are all opposed to it.” In fact, the main opposition predictably comes from the only two majors to remain entirely outside the WiMAX fold, Ericsson and Qualcomm."