If I’m not mistaken, WiMax patents are owned by many companies. I don’t think anyone company own a commanding share of WiMax like QCOM in respect to CDMA. So like GSM and WCDMA, many company will benefit.
I don’t know how successful WiMax will be since there’s a huge cost associated with setting up the network. WCDMA is fast enough for now I think and there’s still plenty of head room left in it as well. Same goes for CDMA2000. The only reason CDMA phones are more expensive than GSM/WCDMA phones is because of QCOM royalties.
I would that if 1/2 of nokia employees own a home, you’re looking at no less than 300-400 people that need to sell if they can’t find a job asap.
