This recent piece in The Economist about WiMAX suggests that it may be the next big thing in wireless technology, at least its proponents, including Intel, Motorola and a few others, think so. Sprint has been a big proponent and actually has announced deployment plans for next year following pilots this year in Chicago and Washington of Xohm. Clearwire is another company that has some spectrum devoted to WiMax.
But the CEO of Sprint has been canned for poor results in the traditional cellular business following its recent merger with Nextel and the deal with Clearwire has been neutered.
I think the jury is out on WiMAX as a contender with the 4G plans of the cellular carriers, none of which in the U.S. have yet endorsed the technology. With Verizon's selection of LTE (long Term Evolution) I think WiMAX's future in this country is cloudy at best.
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