Do we need special equipment to connect to WiMax networks?

Do we need special equipment to connect to WiMax networks?

- Yes. A separate device that connects to a WiMax network is required. These devices acts as a communication interface between your home devices (notebook, smart phones, and VOIP handsets) and WiMax antenna or tower. This is what we call a gateway device.

- At one end this device will communicate with a base station or tower with WiMax network and at other end it provides a wireless access point based service (generally an internet access) to internal devices.

- Intel had introduced some chips with inbuilt WiMax antennas; in smart phones HTC had released their WiMax enabled devices. With such devices you won’t need additional device to connect to WiMax network.