5
Jul
2007

Connect Fast With WiMAX

July 5th, 2007 at 05:34 pm by ashok in General

Since the advent of internet, there are many technolgies have come to connect to Cyberspace. Latest in this is WiMAX. WiMAX stand for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. The purpose of Wimax is to provide wireless data over long distance.

There are many potential uses of WiMAX Technology, important one is access to internet in areas where there is no pre-exisitng cable of telephone network. It can provide a wireless alternative to cable and DSL.

Some other uses of WiMAX can be :

Connecting Wi-Fi hotspots with each other
To provide high speed data and telecommunication services.
Providing Last Mile broadband access
Data intensive application

WiMAX is also suited for areas where there is low population density. In countries where because of high costs, wired infrastructure is skipped. WiMAX can increase wireless infrastructre in inexpensive manner.

Some people get confused between Wi-Fi and WiMAX, although there are some similarlity between both like, both provide wireless connectivity and Internet. But both are aimed at different applications.