Qualcomm and CDMA carrier KDDI take different views of WiMAX

Taken from Wimax Trends- by Caroline Gabriel

October 17, 2005 - Qualcomm last week launched its latest attack on WiMAX, with the publication of a white paper by executive head of marketing, Jeff Belk, simply entitled ‘Why MAX?’. But as the chipmaker – despite its own OFDM roadmaps – sought to crush the claims of 802.16e to provide non-3G license holders with an alternative mobile platform, one of the largest CDMA customers, KDDI of Japan, was talking up a strategy that relies on incorporating WiMAX with its cellular networks.

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