WiMAX providers have an advantage over LTE in broadband stimulus awards: Expert

WiMAX (News - Alert) holds definite advantages over competitive wireless technologies such as LTE that make its providers front-runners for federal broadband stimulus funding, an official with a Morrisville, N.C.-based provider of end-to-end solutions for mobility and fixed network applications told TMCnet in a recent podcast.

According to Gary Croke, who works in product marketing at Harris Stratex Networks (News - Alert), one major advantage of WiMAX is that it’s a wireless access technology that’s cheaper and faster to deploy than fixed access solutions such as fiber, cable or DSL...