Motorola Combines WiMax, WiFi, Ethernet, VoIP In One Device

Motorola Combines WiMax, WiFi, Ethernet, VoIP In One Device

Motorola this week unveiled an Internet access device that combines WiMax, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, VoIP, and ATA for carriers that are seeing a market for multi-service networking.

The Motorola wi4 WiMa CPEi 775 will be available only to carriers initially and will not be offered for retail markets.



"As mobile WiMax networks proliferate globally, service providers are looking for ways to leverage the speed and performance of WiMax for more advanced services," said Charles Riggle of Motorola Home & Networks Mobility unit, in a statement. 

"It takes considerable know-how to put two different radio technologies together in a single package with internal antennas and not suffer from interference or degraded throughput." 

Riggle is senior director of strategy and business development of WiMax Devices at the Motorola unit.