Cellular data services have spawned an array of acronyms, including W-CDMA, WiFi, WiMax, and CDMA2000 1x EvDO. For those enamored by abbreviations, one more is about to emerge — WiBro — which stands for wireless broadband. South Korean government officials, network equipment companies, and cellular network suppliers devised this subset of the WiMax standard and hope that their work will gain worldwide acceptance. The Koreans hope that the aggressive action will enable businesses and consumers to take advantage of wireless broadband services.
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Korea Looking to Speed WiMax Deployments
Posted by: Paul Korzeniowski October 25, 2005 05:00 AMCellular data services have spawned an array of acronyms, including W-CDMA, WiFi, WiMax, and CDMA2000 1x EvDO. For those enamored by abbreviations, one more is about to emerge — WiBro — which stands for wireless broadband. South Korean government officials, network equipment companies, and cellular network suppliers devised this subset of the WiMax standard and hope that their work will gain worldwide acceptance. The Koreans hope that the aggressive action will enable businesses and consumers to take advantage of wireless broadband services.