With a new wave of deployment of WiMAX infrastractures worldwide, we can see that the big time for WiMAX is coming, for real. Most announced deployment of WiMAX projects are in Asia such as Taiwan and India, the so called green fields, where the latest technologies are welcome.

WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. It is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, which is also called WirelessMAN. The name "WiMAX" was created by the WiMAX Forum, which was formed in June 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the standard. The forum describes WiMAX as "a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL" (and also to HSPA).