ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 625 8.2 WiMAX The worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways. Products are based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 standards. WiMAX provides an alternative Internet wireless access technology to broadband cables and digital subscriber lines (DSL). WiMAX networks enable a variety of options for broadband connections, essentially constituting a larger version of a Wi‐Fi network (Figure 19). Source: Adapted from EMF Explained, available at http://www.emfexplained.info/?ID=25133 Figure 19 – Illustration of a WiMAX network