Mobile phones won't drive early mobile broadband
Published: 23 January, 2008
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Another product which will also contribute an initial driving force is the wireless CPE - Customer Premise Equipment for accessing broadband at home or in the office - which will allow WiMAX and LTE operators to compete with fixed broadband service providers in certain markets. As volumes ramp and chip prices fall, a new generation of products are likely to emerge which take advantage of the new networks. Amazon's ebook is such an example: currently enabled with EV-DO connectivity, an upgrade to LTE or WIMAX would enrich the quality of content it's able to display.
Naturally, LTE and WiMAX handsets will eventually come online, but it is entirely possible that the market for non-voice LTE and WiMAX devices will exceed that of the equivalent handset market for many years to come.
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