Is there a time to market advantage for mobile WiMAX?
From a technology standpoint, mobile WiMAX on paper may be slightly more capable than today’s available versions of HSPA. However, by the time it becomes somewhat available (for example, Clearwire anticipates commercial deployments in 80 of the U.S. markets by the end of 2010, whereas AT&T covers 350 markets with HSPA at the 1Q 2009), mobile WiMAX will actually have to compete against evolved HSPA systems that will offer both similar capabilities and enhanced performance. At that time, LTE will not be far from deployment.
