Today is a good day. From now on I can use broadband Internet wherever I am in my city. Even when I’m riding my bicycle or chilling in my favorite bar. As Worldmax – partly funded by Intel and Greenfield – launched a mobile version of the Wimax standard today.
CEO Jeanine van der Vlist told Reuters that Worldmax is aiming to roll-out a nationwide network, which will require 30,000 sites. The costs of this ambitious project will run into hundreds of millions euros.
Worldmax will charge around 20 euros per month for a subscription, which will grant laptop users unlimited use of data. As you can imagine, mobile operator won’t be happy with the arrival of this new player. Since they have already been desperately trying to prevent people from using VOiP and other services that threaten their revenue sources.
Holland isn’t the first country that welcomes Wimax, as Vodafone already offers the service in Malta. However, these Wimax sites don’t allow browsing on the move – as a laptop has to be stationary to connect with the web.
Then you can’t be a Mac user ;-)
you’re not going to tell me that it only supports pc’s, right?
that’s so two years ago!
the WiMAX MAC version is still in development. Let’s hope our Asian friends can speed up their programming so we soon be WiMAX MAC users….gogogo :-)!
What about visitors/tourists who would like to wander the streets?
Hi there, tourists/visitors can also use WiMAX in Amsterdam. Aerea offers prepaid WiMAX solutions starting at €6,- for 1 day, €13 for a week. Hotels will soon be renting out the WiMAX USB dongles to their guests. Amsterdam will become thé WiMAX city in Europe fast! Stay tuned…
Thirteen euros a week sounds like a real bargain. I will surely want to take advantage of it when I am in Amsterdam this summer.