China Unicom confirms that WiMAX construction is not clear

Although the four major carriers are conducting WiMAX tests with no explicit intent, the specific investment and scale are still a sensitive topic.

Yesterday, it was reported that China Unicom had started the WiMAX test very early. In 70 million, China Unicom had a Gbps frequency, so it planned to build a fixed WiMAX in 21 provinces with a Gbps frequency, with a total investment close to RMB, relevant feasibility reports were made.

The person in charge of China Unicom confirmed to the financial daily that China Unicom is building WiMAX, but he is not willing to disclose the investment amount. It has been repeatedly stressed that this is only a test network involving the 802.16d standard, that is, fixed WiMAX.

According to the information disclosed earlier, China Netcom's WiMAX test is mainly conducted in southern cities such as Hunan and Guangdong, and its network scale has reached the coverage of the entire province. China Telecom is also conducting a test in nine northern provinces and one city, china Mobile also announced in the near future that it will build a WLAN + WiMAX network during the Olympic Games to Supplement 3G.

Dong Xiaoyang, an analyst at novogene Telecom, said that the purpose of China Unicom's WiMAX construction is to see if it can be connected to the original 165 and 163 networks, and the base stations are connected together, in addition, it depends on whether WiMAX can serve high-end communities, business applications of some small and medium-sized enterprises, and other industrial applications.

However, Dong Xiaoyang said that the Trial Network of China Unicom has basically stagnated because WiMAX has not yet been able to draw on mature business models in China, and the investment of operators has become increasingly rational.

Industry experts pointed out that the root cause for operators to maintain such a low-profile attitude towards WiMAX is that there is still a legality in China's development of WiMAX, such as the 3.5G frequency of WiMAX development, which has never been officially recognized by the Ministry of Information Industry.

At present, it represents WiMAX, and the Standards collectively referred to as fixed broadband wireless access technology have been completed, but this standard has not been passed by the Ministry of Information Industry.

In addition, WiMAX has applied to the IMT-2000 International Standards Organization to become an international standard, but this practice has been opposed by CDMA and China's TD.

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