xMax

WiFi was wireless but not broadband, and not large area. Broadband over power lines was broadband but not wireless. WiMax was both: wireless and broadband. And today I read about xMax. It is wireless broadband without the WiMax hassles, it seems like. It looks like power to the people to the power of x. This is delightful. This is real good news. The basic thrust is towards wireless broadband. For a city in a wireless broadband soup, cellphones should become free. Cellphones that are ad-based. This is a brave, new world.

• XMax aims to spark low-power wireless revolution Globe and Mail, Canada
• xMax ™ Demonstration Sets Higher Bar for Broadband ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates
• Could xMax change the world of broadband? ZDNet UK, UK
• xMax sparks low power wireless revolution Techworld.com, UK
• XMax in pictures ZDNet UK, UK
• xMax - is it real? Techworld.com, UK
• xMax's First Long-Range Field Test A Success LinuxElectrons, TX
• XG Technology conducts first public demonstration of xMAX MRT (subscription), IL
• New Broadband Standards Set CCN Magazine, CA
• First public demo of 'disruptive' wireless broadband ZDNet UK, UK