Clearwire in no rush to move to next-gen WiMAX Release 2

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/clear-store-sm.jpg (http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=186735&f_src=unstrung_gnews)If consistently pulling down a fistful of megabits per second isn't causing the hair on the back of your neck to stand on end... well, first, we strongly recommend you get that looked at by a professional. Secondly, though, you might have a bit of a wait before you get another hair-raising boost in throughput, because Clearwire (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Clearwire/) -- you know, the company that runs the WiMAX network shared by Clear (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Clear/) and Sprint (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Sprint/) -- is looking to take a laid-back approach on the migration to WiMAX Release 2. The underlying standard, 802.11m (http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/20/ieee-pushing-802-16m-wimax-to-1gbps-hopes-to-converge-with-4g/), looks destined for IEEE approval some time this year with the promise of 120Mbps down and 60Mbps up in an effort to wage 4G war with LTE Advanced (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/08/18/europe-sinks-18-million-into-lte-advanced-development/), but Clearwire's CTO is saying that he's not looking to trial the tech this year -- even though Russian carrier Yota (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Yota/) is on track to make it happen using Samsung hardware. Instead, 2011 is a "much more likely" target for these guys, apparently, with commercial deployment plausible by '12. With the updated standard capable of speeds that put even high-end cable and fiber broadband connections to shame, you've got to wonder if backhaul isn't the real concern here -- or, even juicier, if they're not just trying to keep all the options on the table (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/clearwire-says-its-not-married-to-wimax-for-4g-would-be-easy-t/) for a little while longer.Clearwire in no rush to move to next-gen WiMAX Release 2 (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/clearwire-in-no-rush-to-move-to-next-gen-wimax-release-2/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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