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By: State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan » Overview Of WiMAX in Pakistan

State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan » Overview Of WiMAX in Pakistan — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:34:44 +0000

[...] Motorola: [1] and [2] Wateen: [3] and [4] Others: [5], [6], and [...]

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Opposition To WiMAX in India « State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:58:44 +0000

[...] disagree and call attention to its complementary uses as I’ve covered before in the post Why WiMAX?. In Pakistan Wateen is an interesting case because it wants to have a two prong strategy and cover [...]

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Adnan Siddiqi — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:53:52 +0000

In a country like Pakistan where monster like PTCL doesn’t allow you to enjoy true broadband connections, WiMAX is the best option.

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Asim — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:25:15 +0000

Otto,

You are absolutely right, although that flavor of WiMAX is 802.16d or also known as 802.16d (2004) which is for fixed wireless applications. It is most suitable alternative for DSL/cable service providers for last mile applications where the rate of return on investment for traditional methods of laying copper does not make sense. When it comes to mobility, WiMAX 802.16e comes into play which is supposed to compete with regular mobility wireless technologies such as GSM & CDMA.

Regards,
Asim

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Otto — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:43:59 +0000

Asim, WiMAX is not only for mobile phones. I think third world countries are trying to implement WiMAX to replace/skip other means of providing bandwidth such as DSL/cable and maybe T1. WiMAX is supposed to be more affordable to install and provide comparable speeds.

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Asim — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:26:47 +0000

The issue I see here with WiMAX is that there is no globally available spectrum available for WiMAX. Although the current efforts are at 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz but it very companies have that spectrum. The companies that do have the spectrum might not go the route of WiMAX. GSM’s evolution path has HSDPA which will compete with WiMAX. Data speeds reported earlier from WiMAX are not practically possible and hence will be up to par with HSDPA. CDMA has its own evolution path with EVDO Rev C which will also use OFDMA technology and will have speeds closer to being promised by WiMAX.

The key aspect is applications. While everyone is really working hard on providing high speed data there are no really viable applications for consumers. While Wateen will offer TV service, how many would be willing to pay a premium to watch TV on their mobile. Especially when the biggest market in Pakistan, Karachi, is plagued with lawlessness and anyone can snatch your phone in broad daylight. So will the people sit in their living rooms and watch TV on their mobiles instead of the regular TV?

Do not get me wrong, WiMAX is here to stay but probably will have its challenges in capturing the market place as the competition will be tough.

Regards,
Asim