Beceem's baseband and RF chipsets offer unprecedented performance yet consume minimal power and require minimal space. That means our partners gain remarkable flexibility when designing their products, since the Beceem components are minimally intrusive.

The benefits for the end consumer are enormous. Now laptops (and similar devices using WiMAX modem cards) can truly offer all the advantages of a home office, or even a media room, anywhere there is a WiMAX infrastructure. Full-length, full-screen movies and television programs can be watched in the back of a speeding taxi with the same clarity and transfer speed of a cable landline. Users can either download the movie in seconds or watch it in real time without affecting their hard drive space. The same concept applies to the radio (satellite, online, over-the-air) - the laptop/modem-enabled device becomes the ultimate jukebox thanks to streaming audio and lightening-fast downloadable songs. And real-time video conferences are finally possible as geography and connection speeds are no longer an issue.

But that's just the beginning. Since WiMAX allows massive amounts of data to be accessed in seconds, entire books can be downloaded from online libraries. And the reverse is possible. What would normally be stored on a user's hard drive can be conveniently stored online (and just as conveniently accessed), saving disk space and ensuring greater security. In fact, users can access an unprecedented number of applications, since nothing need be resident on the device.

And those are just a few examples of what our partners are accomplishing. For the first time in history, there are simply no constraints on available space. As long as information is Internet-accessible, it's accessible via WiMAX. There are no line-of-sight issues, and connection speeds rival or surpass those of traditional landlines. The potential of WiMAX is unlimited.