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• Some minor errors in the story
  Hi,
  
  there are a few minor errors in the story.
  
  Mobile WiMAX was certified by ITU as a 3G technology (not 4G). Also Mobile WiMAX delivers peak data rates between 30 and 38Mbps (depending on how you configure the TDD asymmetrical properties). This does not qualify Mobile WiMAX as 4G (defined as peak data rates >100 Mbps).
  
  The next evolution of 3G (HSPA) coming in the 2nd half of 2008 will deliver peak data rates of 28Mbps (almost the same as Mobile WiMAX) and after that peak data rates of 42Mbps (faster than Mobile WiMAX) in late 2009.
  
  LTE will arrive in the market late 2009/early 2010 (not 2012) and deliver peak data rates up to 150Mbps.
  
  UMB is a little later than LTE, arriving approx 1 year later.
  
  Mobile WiMAX was always going to have a tough time in the markets where 3G has already been rolled out (except in some niche scenarios) and now it looks like it will have an even tougher time.
  
  /Mike

  November 12, 2007

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