Wavesat has now a brand-new chip named Odissey that is compatible with Wimax, wifi, and also future 4G networks. It’s the first chip of its kind, and is targeted for future small electronic devices such as USB dongles or cellphone handsets. The chip has embedded DRAM memory and uses very low power.
The promise is that users will be able to switch seamlessly between different kind of networks, and getting high speed connections anywhere.
This is uncertain times for wimax. The technology is a marvel on paper, but what we’ve got is a “last chance” venture in the U.S. led by ClearWire, an operation surviving thanks to leases from Comcast, Intel, Google and Time Warner. Wavesat has undoubtly a great engineering team; but history has shown that it takes more than engineering (hint: lots of money) to make wimax an adopted technology. I’d like Wavesat to also have a line of chip compatible with 3G technology and not bet all their future on wimax.
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Montreal Tech Watch » Wireless innovation in Canada despite the carriers October 13, 2008
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