WiMAX

WiMAX has become the poster child of the mobile Internet world—a world where anything and anybody can be connected from anywhere.

WiMAX stands for World Interoperability for Microwave Access. The first leg in the WiMAX race is to provide broadband wireless access to a range of computing devices by extending the reach of current Wi-Fi nodes. Wi-Fi typically operates over 300 feet, depending on how close the user is to a basestation, while WiMAX extends that range to some 30 miles. Of course, capacity and demand can be limiting factors.

Source: EEtimes