However, that does not mean that mobile WiMax is going to sit on the sidelines for the next few years. The big wireless providers will certainly find uses for it, and there has been speculation that mobile WiMax could be embedded into laptops ALONG WITH WiFi, Ethernet, 56k modems, etc., in order to give users the option to use the “best available network” at any particular time.
Not a bad strategy, and it makes good marketing sense. In the short term, WiFi clearly has the edge, but by the end of the decade, it could be a different story. Nevertheless, it doesn’t look that there will be a battle between the two technologies at this time, and they could very well learn to co-exist if everything turns out according to plan.
