While I’m still a ‘little’ unsure about WiMax, my readers assure me that my concerns are definitely unfounded. As a matter of fact, Wi-Fi Planet reports that TeleCIS Wireless is planning on developing a chip that will work with both technologies.

Working with both Wi-Fi and WiMax, not a bad plan indeed. Since the faith in WiMax certainly put me in my place, I will have to give a thumbs up on innovation if they are able to pull this off.

This week, TeleCIS Wireless announced a plan to enter the WiMax market by developing System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions that combine both Wi-Fi and WiMax technologies.

The company’s fixed WiMax chip is planned for release in the second half of 2005, with a combined fixed/mobile WiMax chip to follow in the second half of 2006. In 2007, the company expects to offer a “converged” SoC chipset, which will combine fixed WiMax, mobile WiMax, and 802.11a, b, and g.