Global WiMAX Summit to be held in China

Beijing seems to enjoy being in the news a lot. The city is holding the third annual WiMAX Global Summit on September 18 and 19. The goal of the summit is to discuss the current state of WiMAX in China, its viability for China, and to keep momentum going. The Chinese government will issue the new WiMAX policy and an oh-so-exciting white paper at the summit as well. There will be product demos, a lot of speakers and an Olympic tour just to keep things interesting.

For those of you not familiar with WiMAX (and with so many buzz words going around lately, I can’t blame you), think of it as Wi-Fi that can go for miles. It uses large cell phone-like towers to transmit a wireless Internet signal. It can be used for homes where ISPs normally wouldn’t want to run cables, on laptops, or even cell phones. According to WiMAX.com, the technology has been put into 68 Russian cities. Sprint recently implemented it into Baltimore, with Boston, Dallas and Philadelphia upcoming.