WiMAX leading wireless 4G race over LTE

Mobile WiMAX will outpace long term evolution (LTE) over the next few years, due to its head start on deployments, says new research from In-Stat. The report, called ‘The Road to 4G: LTE and WiMAX Lead The Way’, examines the worldwide market for 4G wireless technology. It notes that Mobile WiMAX arrived in 2006 with South Korea's WiBro, while comparatively, the earliest commercial LTE deployment won’t be available until at least the end of 2009, as Japan's NTT DoCoMo pledged to begin its commercial services in the late 2009/2010 timeframe. "Most of the operators looking to deploy WiMAX come to it...