Pakistan Plans Mobile WiMax Network Rollout

OneInEveryCrowd writes "Pakistan is apparently ready to move ahead of the USA in the deployment of a mobile wireless network." From the article: "The deployment is a milestone in the spread of WiMax, a superfast wireless technology that has a range of up to 30 miles and can deliver broadband at a theoretical maximum of 75 megabits per second. The 802.16-2004 standard, which is used in fixed WiMax networks, is being skipped in favor of a large-scale introduction of 802.16e, which was only recently agreed upon by the WiMax Forum. 'We made the decision 18 months ago to jump over (802.16-2004) and go straight to 802.16e,' Paul Sergeant, Motorola's marketing director for Motowi4, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. 'We've been working on it for a while, which is how we're able to ship so soon after agreement.'"

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Re:i hear competition

[ShyGuy91284]

I predict as the world develops more, the US will shrink rapidly in technological power. As an American, I hate seeing this happen (although I'm not an obsessive brainwashed patriot that thinks the US is #1, I do have pride because it is my country). In the past, we have been a large driving force in bringing some truely great inventions into the mainstream, but It has been a while since we have done anything like that.... We aren't getting any smarter (we might actually be getting dumber some studies have indicated), and developing nations are educating very quickly. I'm glad to see Pakistan has some initiative. Much like another distasteful comment said, I never thought very highly of Pakistan (I know little about the area other then it neighbors Afghanistan). But I may think differently now since I know they are adapting technology beyond what the US is doing at the moment. In some ways i think the American lifestyle is the epiphany of how a country can live, but due to this, many here are becoming fat, lazy, and unambitious......