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Motorola announces WiMAX hardware
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 8th February 2008
'Faster than your average bear' would have been a better caption.
The company has announced that it is to start production of a WiMAX modem/router called the CPEi 750. Featuring a single data port and two voice-over-IP ports and supporting both the 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz versions of WiMAX the router is designed for connecting home users to a metropolitan area network based around the wireless last-mile service. Okay, so there aren't actually any large-scale WiMAX deployments in this country yet, but it's reassuring to know that should the technology take off we'll be covered for hardware.
For the road warrior – a user far more likely to need a wireless connection like WiMAX than a home user tied to a desk – the company has announced the PCCw (again, presumably standing for PC Card wireless – Motorola seriously need to up the imagination quotient when naming these things) 200 PC Card for laptops. Again supporting both the 2.5GHz and 3GHz bands the card will – in theory – offer global roaming. Sadly, Motorola can only name ten fully-operational deployments its currently engaged in, with most of those situated in the Far East.
I'm personally hoping that WiMAX – or at the very least a similar wireless broadband technology – takes off, as 3G connections are patchy and expensive and my Eee cries out for on-the-go browsing.
A case of 'build it and they will come', or is Motorola betting on the wrong horse? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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even your mis-quote is better than their official line! hehe, if i were motorola, i would hire you! seriously, where do they think they are going with this?
I've not been involved in the news this morning as I was out looking at offices and in meetings finalising the details for this, but I can say that no, they're definitely not leaving the mobile phone industry just yet - this link is pretty conclusive: http://www.motorola.com/consumer/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e4498e22a0b2b010VgnVCM1000008206b00aRCRD
They dropped from #2 to #3 in the world after handset sales dropped by 38 percent last year and the CEO is now overseeing the business himself. I reckon they might sell it off eventually though...
Sorry for any confusion - I have updated the story!
Its a good system, though for some reason it takes a few hours from the box having been moved to the internet being back at full speed.