WiMAX Chip Companies Ponder the Future of 4G Networks
Four leading WiMAX semiconductor companies - Sequans, Beceem, GCT and Wavesat- presented their outlook for 4G networks and related silicon at the May 13th IEEE ComSoc panel session entitled, “Semiconductor Evolution to 4G: Mobile WiMAX, LTE, and other 4G technologies.” This article will summarize that session and include additional comments from other experts on the journey to 4G mobile networks. Before we dive deeper, let’s consider what 4G actually means and network operator challenges that are driving them to deploy 4G networks.
