Difference between revisions of "WiBro"
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*2004: Intel and LG Electronics executives agreed to ensure compatibility between WiBro and WiMAX technology. [http://www.ibiztoday.com/eng/articleviewer.html?art_id=50032&lang=eng Source] | |||
*2005: Samsung Electronics signed a deal with Sprint Nextel Corporation to provide equipment for a WiBro trial. [http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/09/16/200509160021.asp Source 1] [http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8220 Source 2] | |||
*2005: KT Corporation(aka Korea Telecom) showed off WiBro trial services during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan. [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200511/kt2005111716193911860.htm Source] | |||
- | *2006: KT Corporation will launch commercial WiBro service in mid-2006. [http://sg.news.yahoo.com/051113/16/3wg77.html Source] | ||
*2006: Telecom Italia Mobile and Samsung tested Europe's first WiBro network in Turin during the Olympic Games in February. | |||
*2006: A Public Build Wimax Wireless Internet Map is currently being developed. [http://evdo-coverage.com/ Source] | |||
==Web Resources:== | ==Web Resources:== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wibro Wikipedia] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wibro Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 17 April 2006
Description:
Wireless Broadband, or WiBro, is based on the same standard as WiMAX, 802.16, but WiBro continues to work in motion and is therefore sometimes referred to as mobile WiMAX. WiBro is promoted as bringing mobile broadband access speeds to levels until now seen only on fixed-line networks.
WiBro-enabled cellphones allow always-on connections to the Internet, eliminating connection delays and permitting a service similar to that of a broadband fixed-line connection. Samsung developed WiBro in South Korea, where the commercial rollout is scheduled for the coming months, and the technology is now making inroads in the rest of the world.
Telecom Italia Mobile and Samsung tested Europe's first WiBro network in Turin during the Olympic Games in February. Telecom Italia Mobile has said it will begin selling WiBro phones at the beginning of next year, when it will make the WiBro service available. Source
Enablers:
- Mobility
- The Increasing Use of Internet
- Increasing Mobility
- Need for Information On Demand
- Power of Information-anywhere, everywhere
- Wireless is better than wire
Inhibitors:
- Wi-Fi
- Cost of Setting up a Wi-Fi Network
- The Rapid Increase in WiFi Transmission Rates
- Voice over Wi-Fi (Vo-Wi-Fi) will be released
Paradigms:
WiMAX will allow people to go from their homes to their cars, and then travel to their offices or anywhere in the world, all seamlessly. It will allow them to have complete freedom while staying connected.
Experts:
- WiMAX Forum
- Intel
Timing:
- 2004: Intel and LG Electronics executives agreed to ensure compatibility between WiBro and WiMAX technology. Source
- 2005: Samsung Electronics signed a deal with Sprint Nextel Corporation to provide equipment for a WiBro trial. Source 1 Source 2
- 2005: KT Corporation(aka Korea Telecom) showed off WiBro trial services during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan. Source
- 2006: KT Corporation will launch commercial WiBro service in mid-2006. Source
- 2006: Telecom Italia Mobile and Samsung tested Europe's first WiBro network in Turin during the Olympic Games in February.
- 2006: A Public Build Wimax Wireless Internet Map is currently being developed. Source