有三小路用

上週看了OECD的一篇報告：The implications of WiMAX for competition and regulation[1]，在介紹WiMAX的章節裡，開宗明義第一段便舉了Skype做例子說明： 

In telecommunications, one key factor in the success of given technology is timing. Skype's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service has proven extremely popular but a similar VoIP client (CoolTalk) that was bundled with early Netscape browsers in 1996 never caught on in great numbers. Much of the technology behind VoIP remains the same but the public is much more willing to embrace the technology now, nearly 10 years after it first appeared as a consumer Internet application. 

(小路謎之聲：Yes, it often is a matter of luck and timing in the real world as well as virtual world.) 

當然這篇報告的重點，絕不是Skype，而是講OECD各會員國政府，目前對WiMAX的態度、頻譜發放與相關法規訂定，以及可能對整個無線寬頻服務市場競爭的影響，拿來作為瞭解WiMAX的發展入門文章，是挺不錯的。 

雖說OECD的專家寫的，出版日期也是今年三月，不過可能是撰寫時間是在去年，有許多資訊及看法可能需要看倌自行上網Update與多方核對。

WiMAX 的行動版本802.16e昨天終於通過IEEE的認可，標準底定。