ICT SupportWiMAX Cell Phones Edge Closer to Reality

WiMAX Cell Phones Edge Closer to Reality. Power-saving chips are paving the way for super-broadband handheld devices. Kate Greene. Technology Review. Online June 2006. WiMAX, the souped-up successor to the WiFi wireless standard, could greatly increase the amount of information that cell phones and other mobile devices can pull from the air. … WiMAX phones using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) might drop fewer calls and keep working up to 50 kilometers away from base stations, compared with 16 kilometers for cellular networks and WiFi's mere 100 meters. …