4G is WiMAX, Samsung and Sprint-Nextel ink a deal to bring WiMAX to the centerstage.

So it looks like Samsung Telecommunications America (STA) is sitting pretty with $4 billion in revenue over the last 10 years.  Not bad.  Samsung and the mobile WiMAX standard for wireless broadband networks go hand-in-hand.  Samsung is using this opportunity to note their significant dominance in the market and their development of GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as other 3G CDMA networks which they are currently testing.


To solidify their actions, Samsung recently inked a deal with Sprint-Nextel to supply the service provider with equipment for its U.S. WiMAX network and broadband technology.  The benefit of WiMAX to customers are low latency, a greater broadcast capacity at 2mbps per customer, and more.  This should equal more high-def quality for cellphones and less lag between distances when viewing online content such as music videos, or streaming audio.

The partnership will also include support from 380 companies already in the WiMAX forum. Samsung Telecommunications America, and Samsung, in general, have marked this upcoming 2007 year as a year where mobile broadband technologies outpace the competition and Samsung will definitely be a part of that driving force.

4G is WiMAX [Via: eetasia.com]