WiMax PC cards are set to hit the markets much sooner than many observers had expected. WiMaxPCCards.com is about WiMax, wireless NIC's, Redline Communications, Aperto, the 802.16e standard, Navini Networks & other interesting WiMax related topics.

Welcome, this site specialises in helping you and giving you information on WiMax and WiMax PC cards. "WiMAX" is an acronym that stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.

WiMAX Technology
WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. The first phase of WiMAX products can be used for a range of applications, including "last mile" broadband connections, cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for businesses. As WiMAX evolves, it is expected to deliver both fixed and mobile wireless broadband connectivity.

Emerging Broadband Technology
Certain circles in the tech industry have been buzzing lately about something called WiMax. People are saying that WiMax PC Cards are the long-awaited "third pipe" a wireless technology that will compete with DSL and cable in the last mile of broadband networks. They're predicting massive consumer adoption.

If that scenario sounds familiar, you're not suffering from déjà vu. Rewind to 2000, and you'll see that pundits back then were also pumped up about the idea of wireless in the last mile. Forecasts called for rapid consumer uptake, and major companies placed some large bets.

They lost. True, a relatively small but thriving industry today provides wireless-broadband service. But those companies largely serve rural areas in which cable and DSL are not available, or they target enterprise customers. The service providers that attempted large-scale consumer rollouts of wireless broadband-notably Sprint-took a bath.

Now comes WiMax, and everybody's getting all worked up again. It's no accident, by the way, that the name sounds like "WiFi." Although the two technologies are different Wi-Max proponents would like nothing better than to emulate the smashing success of WiFi 802.11. But perhaps because of the association, hype about WiMax is threatening to outrun reality even before vendors ship a single product, including WiMax PC Cards.

Still, WiMax does hold promise. And, given the support it's gathering, it's likely to have a bright future. But how bright? And how soon?

The above was written by Matthew Miller and the full artical can be found at EDN.