What do the two senators vying to be the Democratic presidential candidate have in common with wireless broadband?

Personally, I'd not be surprised if neither of them even knows much about LTE or WiMax.

But Ephraim Schwartz sees a parallel.

"The battle between LTE and WiMax reminds me of the current presidential Democratic primary. Only a few short months ago, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton was the expected Democratic presidential candidate. Then the junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, took the mantle from her almost overnight. Obama is to WiMax as Clinton is to LTE," Schwartz writes in The looming battle over wireless broadband.

Back to broadband...

"And so the fight over standards is a race to give users the same level of performance when mobile as they have when tethered to the desk. Whoever can do that first will win the hearts and minds of customers."

Posted by Tom Sullivan on February 26, 2008 05:52 AM