What is WiBro?
Yes, wireless broadband is correct. Some additional color on this topic – with the advent of WiBro several countries in Asia now have faster broadband access for their citizens over mobile phones than average broadband residential connections in the US! Imagine your cell phone zipping along faster than your DSL or cable.
WiBro (Wireless Broadband) is a wireless broadband internet technology being developed by the Korean telecoms industry. In February 2002, the Korean government allocated 100 MHz of electromagnetic spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band, and in late 2004 WiBro Phase 1 was standardized by the TTA (Telecommunications Technology Association) of Korea. Wiki – http://en.wikipedia.
Developed in South Korea, WiBro (Wireless Broadband) is the newest variety of mobile wireless broadband access. WiBro is based on the same IEEE 802.16 standard as WiMax, but is designed to maintain connectivity on the go, tracking a receiver at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour (60 km/h). WiMax is the current standard in the United States, offering wireless Internet connectivity to mobile users at fixed ranges of up to 31 miles (50 km) from the transmitting base. However, WiMax is not designed to be used while the receiver is in motion. WiBro can be thought of “mobile WiMax,” though the technology and its exact specifications will change as it undergoes refinements throughout its preliminary stages. Korean-based fixed-line-operators KT, SK Telecom and Hanaro Telecom were awarded licenses by the South Korean government to provide WiBro commercially. According to Asia Media News Daily, the Korean Times reported a glitch in the initial excitement of WiBro, as published 31 August 2005. Han
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WiBro is an acronym for “Wireless Broadband” and is actually a term that has largely been phased out in favor of the more collaborative and generic Mobile WiMAX. Korean standards makers early on adopted the term to describe their initiatives towards adopting a version of the 802.16e standard. Basically, the Korean standard chose to accept a specific mobile WiMAX iteration of 802.16e, rather than any future version that included backwards compatibility to fixed wireless 802.16 systems. That approach has since proven to be the norm as mobile WiMAX is vastly favored over the fixed version. Korea enjoys probably the most extensive 3G deployments in the world already, and its fixed broadband access per capita is the highest in the world. What it needed was an improved mobile broadband. In fact, the Korean government issued the first three deployment licenses for WiBro/Mobile WiMAX in January of 2005. And several deployments are under way. Customer uptake has been modest so far, however, the
