The term has been out for quite some time now (four years to be exact), but nobody actually paid any attention to it, until the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) gives its oh-so-coveted stamp of approval to 802.16m just recently. Yes, it’s now a go!

If you didn’t know, 802.16m is the standard for next generation WiMAX, which means your next WiMAX phone may be able to handle downstream rates of over 300Mbps. 300Mbps may be norm for your brand new 802.11n wireless router, but your WiFi network has a limited range. But soon your phone will be able to handle the same speed of your new WiFi-N speed at a cellular coverage!

Of course, the future of WiMAX is very scarce at the moment, as a tremendous amount of carriers have opted for the LTE boat instead of WiMAX, and I doubt the public will actually be interested in 300Mbps WiMAX 2.0 when Advance-LTE comes out, which is expected to have a downstream rate of about 600Mbps.

SOURCE via Computer World