Actually Wi-Fi and WLAN are only good over short distances. Even with millions and millions of hubs, there is still no way for seamless connection over long distances. There are companies that are offering new developments that will enable all of the various types of wireless connectivity to be integrated seamlessly when roaming which finds the best wireless connection present within a given area. Wi-Fi would be part of this, but it is not a stand alone network like TDMA, GSM or CDMA. The 4G standards are being put into place as we speak and QCOM will be part of it if any portion of their extensive patent portfolio is implemented. QCOM will have peak 3G rates of 2.4Mbps via 1xEV-DO. By the time 4G is standardized I imagine it will be some form of Hybrid WCDMA. The real losers are the EU because they over spent for spectrum and tried to disrupt the forward progress of QCOM and the standard they built. A lot of time and money lost. Asia is way ahead of everyone, especially Korea and soon Japan. These were the first areas to embrace the CDMA way. The only other non CDMA technology (that I am aware of) QCOM needs to keep an eye on is OFDM, but my understanding is that it is still relatively new with no real footprint. Even then a combination of technologies may be in the offing somewhere down the line. Anyway you cut it, QCOM wins. Old stories like the ones being cited are recycled on a regular basis for whoevers own agenda.
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