CommsDesign – IEEE 802.16 spec could disrupt wireless landscape
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The IEEE Standards Authority on Wednesday (Jan. 29) approved the 802.16a specification for wireless metropolitan-area networks (MANs) in the 2- to 11-GHz range, giving a seal of approval to technology that one executive said could enable a disruptive change in communications.
Sounds intriguing – as in: WiFi has some competition for its more inappropriate applications.
Isn’t “disruptive” a good thing in this context?
Sure is.