What do you think of the potential of WiMAX technology in China?
Tsai: WiMAX has great potential in China. It is an ideal “last mile” telecommunications technology in areas where the deployment of copper and optic-fiber cables is difficult and time consuming. WiMAX, as a wireless technology with three to five kilometers of coverage, is an ideal last mile technology. Also, because WiMAX is a mature technology and there are a large number of equipment manufacturers that support WiMAX, the cost for deploying WiMAX is relatively low. Once deployed, WiMAX can be utilized to provide mobile Internet services. It can also be utilized to provide telephony services in the near future. WiMAX technology supports mobile communication just like 3G, however, it is mainly used for mobile Internet infrastructure at present. WiMAX provides wider coverage compared with Wi-Fi, and allows laptop users to access the Internet when they are on the move, such as in cars. There are two main versions of WiMAX, the fixed WiMAX standard IEEE 806.12d and the mobile WiMAX standar
