Nokia bets big on mobile WiMAX technology
Preethi J
With Pune, Bangalore and Chennai getting WiMAXed, the need for devices supporting WiMAX will rise
Bangalore , Dec. 3
Nokia is set to launch the first WiMAX capable mobile in 2008. The company is also ready to offer its services as a technology partner to Indian cellular operators wishing to set up WiMAX networks.
Currently, Nokia has a portfolio of over 20 3G (third generation) handsets and now plans to make several handsets of the NSeries category capable of tapping into a WiMAX network for broadband Internet.
Tablet devices such as Nokia N770 are expected to be among the first devices to support WiMAX.
As the country jogs into the wireless Internet era, with Pune, Bangalore and Chennai getting WiMAXed, the need for such devices will rise.
Wireless Broadband
Nokia is betting on mobile WiMAX to take off in India, with operators seeing a huge demand for wireless broadband. Partnering with Intel, the firm is helping accelerate the development, adoption and deployment of standards-based mobile WiMAX technology across the world. It hopes to partner with those service providers who are without cellular spectrum licences, but who want to offer mobile broadband in their portfolio in India.
Nokia will extend its services as a technology partner to enable such organisations to deploy and operate wide area mobile networks, said Mr Vineet Taneja, Director, Multimedia, Nokia India.
Nokia's Flexi WiMAX Base Station is the latest addition to its suite of products for WiMAX. Others include Radio Access, Unified Core Network and NetAct Operations Support System.
The Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station will be available for the 2.5 GHz band at the end of 2007 and for 3.5 GHz in early 2008.
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