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D2 Technologies Demonstrates Reference Design for WiMAX Phones
Will VoIP happen over mobile WiMAX devices? D2 Technologies definitely thinks so. The company is displaying the industry’s first complete reference design for the creation of WiMAX mobile phones this week at ITEXPO East 2009 in Miami, Florida.
The reference design
provides manufacturers with a turnkey software solution for quickly
developing and delivering WiMAX handsets and similar portable devices to market.
The reference software implementation is running on a dual-mode mobile platform
running Linux on a Texas Instruments OMAP-based processor; this version is
available immediately, with additional implementations on the Google Android and
Microsoft® Windows® CE/Mobile platforms coming in the second quarter of 2009.
The reference design includes everything a developer needs to implement VoIP
over WiMAX.
"The industry is pouring tremendous resources into the creation and delivery of
a WiMAX infrastructure, and manufacturers will need a fast and cost-effective
way to develop mobile devices that take advantage of the greater bandwidth,
range and other benefits of this technology," said Doug Makishima, vice
president of marketing and sales at D2 Technologies. "Our mCUE platform
offers these companies a quick, easy and affordable path to the delivery of
converged, unified WiMAX communications devices."
Opinion: We think there is a real market for VoIP over FIXED WiMAX
in developing countries or under-served/rural areas in developed countries.
In this case, fixed WiMAX 802.16d or 802.16e is used in place of DSL or cable
access. We are less optimistic about VoIP over truly mobile WiMAX, which
has yet to gain market traction in any country (with the possible exception of
WiBro in Korea).
Alan Weissberger
DCT Advisors
2013 Acacia Court
Santa Clara, CA 95050-3482
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