It has already been confirmed by Sprint‘s senior networks Vice-President, Bob Azzi, that the company will not be creating WiMax phones anymore. Reportedly, the company is in its last set of field tests and before this year will be over, the company will officially stop building WiMax-enabled devices and focus more onLTE technology where they have more control with and brings better performance than the previous technology. Basically, WiMax didn’t actually made good appeal to majority of mobile phone manufacturers for some reason.
Unlike WiMax, LTE technology is gaining momentum year after year and it’s starting to claim its dominance over the telecommunications market considering it offers data transfer speed which has never been offered before. The closest competitor to LTE could have been WiMax but it lacked a vital aspect—financing. Perhaps, that’s the reason why only a few telecommunications company adapted this technology and if they did, it was offered in a narrow area for field testing. But it has never gained momentum over time. When LTE technology was introduced, it simply disappeared from the scene giving up its dominance to a much bigger competitor.
Rolling out WiMax will be needing slight to moderate modification in the infrastructure of a telecommunication company and this needs millions of dollars to be completed not mentioning its effects or interruption to the operation of the company. Whereas, having to use 4G LTE needs only a little amount of resources, time and effort. 4G is known to be the extension of 3G. Thus, there is no need to modify the infrastructure but to enhance it and make it 4G LTE-ready network. In short, it will a lot cheaper to use LTE technology and it offers more benefits than WiMax. We believe Sprint is trying to be practical here. If it continues to make WiMax-enabled smartphones, there is no certainty that WiMax technology will still be supported in the next 3 or 5 years.
Sprint customers who currently have WiMax contract will still be receiving the same support from the company. And while it will still be offering WiMax services, no one knows when the support will stop. WiMax is currently dying in the United States and telecommunication company’s couldn’t afford to go down with it. There is a better service; there is LTE. Why would a company stick with a technology that would soon become history? What do you guys think about it? Share your thoughts by leaving comments below.
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