Editing 4G (section)

==== Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) ====
The [[Mobile WiMAX]] (IEEE 802.16e-2005) mobile wireless broadband access (MWBA) standard (also known as [[WiBro]] in South Korea) is sometimes branded 4G, and offers peak data rates of 128&nbsp;Mbit/s downlink and 56&nbsp;Mbit/s uplink over 20&nbsp;MHz wide channels. {{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

In June 2006, the world's first commercial mobile WiMAX service was opened by [[KT (telecommunication company)|KT]] in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref name="kt">{{cite web |url=http://www.biztechreport.com/story/1619-super-fast-4g-wireless-service-launching-south-korea |title=Super-Fast 4G Wireless Service Launching in South Korea |last=Shukla |first=Anuradha |date=October 10, 2011 |work=Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report |access-date=November 24, 2011 |archive-date=November 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118210835/http://biztechreport.com/story/1619-super-fast-4g-wireless-service-launching-south-korea |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]] has begun using Mobile WiMAX, as of 29 September 2008, branding it as a "4G" network even though the current version does not fulfill the IMT Advanced requirements on 4G systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/sprint-announces-seven-new-wimax-markets-says-let-atandt-and-ver/ |title=Sprint announces seven new WiMAX markets, says 'Let AT&T and Verizon yak about maps and 3G coverage' |website=Engadget|date=March 23, 2010 |access-date=April 8, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325023708/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/sprint-announces-seven-new-wimax-markets-says-let-atandt-and-ver/| archive-date=March 25, 2010| url-status=live}}</ref>

In Russia, Belarus and Nicaragua WiMax broadband internet access were offered by a Russian company [[Scartel]], and was also branded 4G, [[Yota]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yota-lte-idUSLDE64K1V920100521|title=UPDATE 1-Russia's Yota drops WiMax in favour of LTE|newspaper=Reuters|date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Data speeds of WiMAX
! !! WiMAX
|-
| Peak download || {{0}}128&nbsp;Mbit/s
|-
| Peak upload   || {{0}}{{0}}56&nbsp;Mbit/s
|}

In the latest version of the standard, WiMax 2.1, the standard has been updated to be not compatible with earlier WiMax standard, and is instead interchangeable with LTE-TDD system, effectively merging WiMax standard with LTE.