ITU Named WiMAX a 3G Standard

Call it a major victory for WiMAX as a technology and industry.

For the first time, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved a non-cellular telecommunications technology as part of the union's 3G standards.

The decision, made at the ITU's Radiocommunication Sector's (ITU-R) general meeting in Geneva , Switzerland, means operators with 3G spectrum in the 2.5 GHz bands globally can use WiMAX to build out a network. Although each country's regulators ultimately decide, the ITU decision usually has a strong influence...