Archive for 'WiMAX' Category
Monaco Getting WiMAXed
29 January 2008Even Monaco, the Disneyland for the super rich, is getting WiMAXed.
Cable & Wireless affiliate Monaco Telecom has partnered with Alvarion, Cisco and Nokia to establish a WiMAX “Centre of Excellence” there that “will demonstrate the mobility and high-speed features of Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005. The Monaco Telecom will showcase personal broadband solutions that are expected to […]
Madison, Wisconsin Goes WiMAX
29 January 2008Madison, Wisconsin is about to launch a WiMAX phone and high-speed Internet access service. TDS Telecommunications, headquartered in Madison, will host the service. Alvarion supplied the gear. TDS said it had invested millions of dollars and years of development time constructing the wireless Internet service. Uh, what about the rest of the US and Canada […]
Lots of WiMAX Devices Coming
29 January 2008- PCs to Picture Frames to Billboards
- ‘Mobilizing the Internet’
Xohm’s product manager for WiMAX devices, Mike Napolitano, provided
an update in the Sprint booth at CES. He confirmed that the WiMAX
test with Sprint employees is underway in the Chicago and
Washington, DC/Baltimore markets. Expectations are that the service
will be rolled out to consumers in those areas in […]
CES: Qualcomm and Intel Go Head-to-head in Mobile Internet Devices
24 January 2008 - Qualcomm and Intel Come into Direct Conflict in UMPC
- CDMA Giant Unveils Reference Platform for ‘Pocketable Computer’
- Intel Seeks to Re-enter Mobile in Earnest, But Will It Support 3G This Time?
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Nearly all the major mobile chip and device players […]
19-Fold Growth Seen in WiMAX Chipset Revenues
24 January 2008The WiMAX user terminal chipset market is set to zoom to $500
million in 2012 from $27 million in 2007, according to the number
crunchers at Dublin-based Research and Markets.
The Irish researchers see embedded mobile WiMAX in laptops as the
primary driver of WiMAX chipset volumes.
The folks at Research and Markets also predict that WiMAX base
station semiconductor revenues […]
WiMAX Bigger Than Sprint, Bigger Than US
19 January 2008- WiMAX Ecosystem Update
Executives from five major WiMAX equipment makers - Intel, Motorola,
Nokia, Nokia Siemens and Samsung - plus Barry West, chief of
Sprint’s Xohm WiMAX venture, gathered in a room at CES to update the
world on WiMAX. They ended up voicing support for WiMAX in the wake
of Sprint’s recent financial and management turmoil, describing
WiMAX as […]
Chrysler, Others Adding WiMAX to Autos
19 January 2008Not all mobile WiMAX devices are going to fit in a pocket or purse.
US carmaker Chrysler is developing a wireless communications and
navigation system that will incorporate mobile technology.
“We recognize that customers are spending more and more time in
their vehicles and that the automobile is becoming much like an
additional room in the home or office,” said […]
Is WiMAX Dead?
19 January 2008Questions are circulating about WiMAX’ viability because of Sprint’s
recent financial and management turmoil and the termination of the
deal for Sprint and Clearwire to collaborate on building a national
WiMAX network in the states. Responses typically fall into two
categories:
1. There is no certainty that Sprint will or even will be able to
build a WiMAX network. Jack Gold […]
Sequans Leads WiMAGIC Project
19 January 2008French WiMAX chipmaker Sequans Communications is leading a new WiMAX
development project funded by the European Commission.
The project will develop a new air interface for the next generation
of WiMAX and make contributions to the IEEE 802.16m task group,
which has been established to develop technical specifications for
next-generation WiMAX systems.
Dubbed WiMAGIC (for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Broadband Access System […]
France Telecom Harnesses WiMAX for Global Expansion
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The major European telephone operators may remain firmly attached to
LTE in their core territories, but they are increasingly looking to
adopt WiMAX where it can help them gain a foothold in new […]