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29 Apr.2007
Conquering the Challenges of Convergence
With mobile WiMAX now being widely recognized as the important first step in 4G communications, there is little doubt that cellular and WiMAX will be expected both to co-exist and to work together within the same handsets. This has been affirmed by the convergence plans announced by major service providers for mobile WiMAX and cellular, and is a trend that will drive demand for flexible and future-proof architectures that are capable of supporting both standards. These architectures are expected to focus on enabling mobile Internet convergence through advanced baseband processors. Leading cellular operators Sprint, Korea Telecom and NTT DoCoMo have either committed to deploy or are conducting trials with WiMAX.
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