The wireless industry views WiMax as the next big thing, a technology with great promise to deliver broadband to homes and offices less expensively than wired connections. But proliferation of the new commercial long-range wireless systems could cause problems for Defense Department radar systems, which operate in the same frequency bands, top DOD officials said at the ACEA DOD Spectrum Summit Dec. 6. White House and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) officials said commercial wireless systems present opportunities and challenges for DOD, adding that the United States needs to find ways to share frequencies. (Federal Computer Week www.fcw.com 12/07/06)
So what's this mean for the military? Here's my take:
Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe:
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