Vern Fotheringham, co-founder of the failed LMDS provider Advanced Radio Telecom, has started up a broadband wireless vendor called Adaptix: The company, which is part of the WiMax Forum, already has a deployment in Canada and is working with operators in Australia, China and other international locations.
Fotheringham has some interesting comments about lessons learned from working with ART. He said the company was "ambushed" by the investment community, implying that investors may have encouraged the company to expand quicker than was wise. It remains to be seen if the rest of the community that is interested in WiMax has learned similar lessons. There is a deafening buzz around WiMax even though we'll likely wait another couple of years to see deployments here.