Ericsson says WiMAX may not work effectively in India

April 4, 2010 – (Press Trust of India) Ahead of the auction of spectrum for mobile broadband or WiMAX, Swedish equipment company Ericsson has advised operators against adopting the technology sayin

April 4, 2010 – (Press Trust of India) Ahead of the auction of spectrum for mobile broadband or WiMAX, Swedish equipment company Ericsson has advised operators against adopting the technology saying it cannot be deployed with just 20 MHz of frequency and recommended Long Term Evolution (LTE) as a better alternate.

“It is commonly known in the industry that WiMAX requires minimum 30 MHz of spectrum, whereas India is offering only 20 MHz and this may result in severe interference problems,” Ericsson Chief Technology Officer Haken Eriksson told PTI.

All leading mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, RCom and Tatas along with a host of new players, are participating in the forthcoming spectrum auction of 3G mobile telephony and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), known for WiMAX technology, beginning next week.