October 3, 2007
Om Malik thinks Wimax may save Motorola
Many think that Motorola is back on it’s way to the top thanks to Wimax. I agree with Om Malik that they have one hell of a good shot if they apply lessons learned from their past blunders.
The Schaumberg, Ill.-based company is, however, betting big on WiMAX and the IP-based wireless broadband business to revive its fortunes. Motorola recently showed off its technical mettle at WiMAX World, held in its backyard of Chicago.
Motorola demoed a mobile WiMAX network capable of delivering broadband speeds that could handle multimedia traffic with relative ease. The demo network is a microcosm of Xohm, Sprint’s 4G wireless broadband network. from GigaOM
Motorola as a company virtually founded mobile electronics. With Xohm nearly operational, they may have a shot at returning to a leading position in the industry. Motorola owned the handset market for some time until building crippled devices spec’d out by US based cellular operators gave their foreign competitors an opening to build more open devices for the world market with a barrage of innovation and advancement. A very big difference is Wimax is in the “wild” worldwide from the very beginning. A quick scan of the Wimax news feed on this blog is proof that Wimax deployment is an international phenomenon. Good luck, Motorola! It’s a brand new game, and I’m rooting for you.
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