All eyes are now on the market success of the XOHM service from Sprint, which has been launched in the markets of Baltimore. After many delays, a lot of hype the service is finally here. By all initial indicators, it has all the ingredients for success. It can provide uplink data rates of above 1 Mbps, downlink at 5 Mbps and seems to be just right for the video rich applications which exist today.
The fact remains that if WiMAX technology is to break out of its eggshell, it will need to focus on two things: first the development of new generation mobile applications and second the integration with existing Mobile networks as over 300 million users in India alone can not be wished away. Towards this objective the application development Lab which is planned may hold the key.
Mobile WiMAX has to position itself as more than USB modems and Express cards which today operate on Mobile networks as well. It is the new mobile devices which hold the key.As do new applications which can operate on Mobile Phones in the 3G environment using IMS.
The target for the Mobile WiMAX should not therefore be looking at a few hundred thousand broadband subscribers but at coexisting with the 300 million Mobile handsets in use- a number which will exceed 500 million by 2012. Just 10 % penetration of this number with dual mode handsets is no less than 50 million users.

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