One Laptop per Child official criticizes WiMAX community
An official at the One Laptop per Child project criticized the WiMAX community on Monday for mainly focusing on equipment in the licensed bands, which will stymie innovation and stall a rapid decline in equipment prices.
"Try to find something in the 5.8GHz band. Forget it. It's mostly just written about in the papers," said Michail Bletsas, chief connectivity officer at OLPC, a non-profit group that is trying to bring $100 laptops to underprivileged children around the world.
Bletsas made his comments on the sidelines of a regional WiMAX conference in Taiwan, where local system vendors are showing off WiMAX prototype equipment.
Bletsas said he wishes the industry would spend more time on developing equipment for the unlicensed bands, a notion that was seconded by officials from some developing countries, such as Pakistan.
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