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01/04/2009
Samsung administers WiMAX Tablet at CTIA
The rumours that have been swirling around the blogosphere that Samsung would launch a WiMAX-enabled tablet device at this week's CTIA Wireless shindig have proven well founded. …
WiMAX benefits from deep-pocketed operators
One of the findings to emerge from recent research published by Maravedis is that there is a small but significant number of WiMAX operators who have got plenty of cash to spend, des…
NEC joins 3.5GHz WiMAX approval band
The WiMAX Forum has given its seal of approval to 'Pasowings', the 3.5GHz 802.16e base station manufactured by NEC. NEC joins a growing band of major telecom suppliers who ha…
30/03/2009
Mada expands into Jordan
Kuwait-headquartered Mada Telecom Group, in partnership with Zain Telecom Jordan, has announced the launch of an 802.16e network in Jordan. Previously known as ArabTel, Mada…
Globe targets nationwide WiMAX in Philippines
Globe Telecom has launched in the Philippines what it claims will eventually be the biggest 802.16e network at 2.5GHz in Southeast Asia. Using equipment from Huawei, Globe is offerin…
Comsys has designs on WiMAX/GSM smartphones
Comsys, an Israel-headquartered supplier of integrated baseband chipset solutions, has announced the launch of its latest ComMAX reference design platform, the CM1125RD. Jointly deve…
23/03/2009
Clearwire trials WiMAX VoIP handsets
Clearwire says it is trialling mobile VoIP handsets in Portland, Oregon, where it launched commercial mobile WIMAX service in January 2009. According to reports, Clearwire i…
22/03/2009
WiMAX proving 'resilient', says analyst
WiMAX is holding its own, despite the economic downturn, although it will come under increasing pressure to prove itself over the next couple of years with the rise of HSPA and LTE.<…
Bangladesh WiMAX winners struggle for cash
Two of the three WiMAX licence winners in Bangladesh, according to local reports, have missed the deadline to pay the full licence fee and are struggling to raise the necessary cash.…
20/03/2009
Packet One outlines ZTE deal
Malaysian WiMAX operator Packet One Networks (P1) has fleshed out the terms of its agreement with ZTE, Read More
19/03/2009
WiMAX-embedded netbooks come to Russia
Samsung and Yota, a Russian mobile WiMAX operator, have announced the introduction of what they say is the first '4G' ready netbook (mini-notebook) in Russia. A modified Sam…
16/03/2009
Yota extends free WIMAX trial offer
Yota, a mobile WiMAX operator in Russia, is extending its free consumer trial period until 31 May 2009. Until that time, holders of WiMAX USB-modems, express-cards and HTC MAX 4G pho…
15/03/2009
Flurry of WiMAX activity at 3.65GHz
The 3.65GHz frequency band, which is lightly regulated in the US, is drawing increased attention from prospective WiMAX plays. VoiceNetworkx, a data and VoIP company, has app…
14/03/2009
Alvarion still buoyant
WiMAX Vision talks to Alvarion CEO, Tzvika Friedman, about strategy and growth prospects for the Israel-headquartered WiMAX RAN supplier. WiMAX Vision (WV): When Nortel, y…
13/03/2009
Packet One looks to ZTE
Malaysian operator Packet One Networks (P1) says it is entering into a WiMAX technology partnership with Chinese vendor ZTE. The partnership, which will be formalised next week, is r…
WiMAX comes to Texas
Wes-Tex Telecommunications, a division of Wes-Tex Telephone Cooperative, has selected Airspan to roll out a citywide WiMAX deployment in Big Spring, Texas. Airspan is to work with sy…
Far EasTone puts brakes on WIMAX
Far EasTone, a Taiwanese mobile operator, has said its WiMAX rollout plans are running a year behind schedule. The operator had previously said it was looking for commercial WiMAX la…
12/03/2009
Huawei plans WiMAX IOT centre in Taiwan
Huawei reportedly has plans to set up an interoperability testing (IOT) centre for WiMAX products in Taiwan in June. If this did happen, it would mark the beginning of cooperation be…
Airspan wins deal in northern Spain
WiMAX kit-maker Airspan has announced it has won a deal with the government of La Xunta, which is based in the Galicia region (northern Spain), to build out two networks: one used fo…
10/03/2009
Bookings up 83% for WiMAX Congress Asia 2009
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2009, produced by Informa Telecoms & Media on behalf of the WiMAX Forum, is on course to grow substantially from last year's inaugural event. In the run…
Clearwire appoints Vodafone veteran as new CEO
Bill Morrow, a former Vodafone executive, has been named as the new CEO of Clearwire. Ben Wolff, the man Morrow replaces, becomes co-chairman of the flagship mobile WiMAX operator, w…
09/03/2009
Clearwire sticks to ambitious WiMAX plans
Despite the economic downturn, Clearwire shows no sign of any wavering in its commitment to WiMAX. During Thursday's conference call on full-year 2008 results, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolf…
Romania lowers WiMAX auction price
Romania's regulator, the National Authority for Communications (ANC), is to re-open the auction of two 3.6GHz WiMAX licences. Only this time, instead of asking for a reserve bid pric…
Sagem adds Gigaset WIMAX
Sagem Communications, a French phone-maker and provider of broadband products, has entered into an agreement to acquire the broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications, a …
Alvarion notches WiMAX first in Burkino Faso
Burkina Faso's ministry of posts and information communication has selected Israeli WiMAX kit maker, Alvarion, to build out the country's first 802.16e WiMAX deployment. Alva…
08/03/2009
Interview: Peter Ziegelwanger, CTO, Wimax Telecom
Wimax Telecom, a privately-held broadband wireless access provider, is turning to mobile WiMAX to sharpen its competitive edge in central Europe where it holds some 3.5GHz spectrum a…
03/03/2009
Harris Stratex bags Telsima in $12m deal
After weeks of speculation, backhaul specialist Harris Stratex Networks has finally announced it will acquire US-based WiMAX kit maker Telsima. Under the terms of the deal, Harris wi…
02/03/2009
BSNL draws up WiMAX supplier shortlist
BSNL, a state-owned fixed and mobile operator in India, has reportedly drawn up a short list of three suppliers for mobile WiMAX rollout: Huawei, Telsima and Alvarion. According to t…
27/02/2009
Mobile WiMAX sales up in Q408
A five percent increase in mobile WiMAX (802.16e) Q408 sales over the previous quarter helped to keep the size of the overall WiMAX equipment and device market on an even keel at $27…
India's state-owned players kick-start 3G
State-owned BSNL and MTNL have each announced 3G service launches this week. BTNL has rolled out 3G services in an additional 11 cities following on from the launch of its first…
26/02/2009
WiMAX trial success in Vietnam
FPT Telecom, a Vietnamese ISP, has trialled VoIP, video streaming and internet access services on the move using mobile WiMAX kit from NEC and Mitsibushi. According to local reports,…
Green light for VMAX in Taiwan
The National Communications Commission (NCC), Taiwan's regulator, has given the go-ahead to VMAX to start rolling out WiMAX base stations and related infrastructure in its licensed a…
25/02/2009
WiMAX to outpace LTE over next few years
Due to its head start on commercial deployment, mobile WiMAX will outpace LTE over the next few years. So says In-Stat, a market research firm, from findings in its latest report, 'T…
20/02/2009
Nortel continues to shed assets
Troubled Canadian kit vendor Nortel continues to shed assets from the safe haven of bankruptcy protection. On Friday, as the rest of the telecoms world is shaking off t…
18/02/2009
WiMAX Telecom CTO keeps faith in Alcatel-Lucent
WiMAX Telecom is sticking with Alcatel-Lucent for the deployment of mobile WiMAX equipment in Croatia, which started rollout in December 2008. This is despite the fact that the …
ZTE predicts WiMAX 'boom' for 2009
"We anticipate a boom in WiMAX take-up for fixed applications in emerging markets this year," says Wei Yuan, senior director of global marketing at ZTE's WiMAX solutions busines…
Mobile data is changing the game for vendors
The explosive growth of wireless broadband is changing the nature of the business for kit makers, the head of mega vendor Alcatel-Lucent said during Mobile World Congress in Bar…
Consumer feelings not taken into account
In all the hub-bub surrounding new gadget launches and app. stores at the MWC event in Barcelona, most of the established mobile operators are treating their customers almost as…
17/02/2009
Consumers to use more data services despite crunch
Mobile revenues may be taking a battering as consumers worldwide cut spending, but carriers can take heart in anticipated growth in the mobile broadband market, according to res…
Testing times needed for devices, says Spirent
Mobile operators are not paying enough attention to putting mobile devices through their paces in terms of analysing data throughput and call reliability. So says Nigel Wright, …
16/02/2009
LTE is 'embryonic', says Agilent
Despite all the marketing noise that is sure to be generated by LTE supporters during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, Agilent - a test & measurement …
Poor customer service stifling mobile broadband
Almost half of UK mobile users don't understand what mobile broadband can offer them. Moreover, better customer service would encourage mobile users to spend more. These…
Measurability key to mobile advertising success
As the credit crunch takes its toll on marketing budgets across all sectors, mobile advertising is being championed as a cost effective and measurable marketing medium.
15/02/2009
Social networking for the cellular community
Industry body the GSM Association (GSMA) has launched a website that it hopes will become the go to social network for companies that operate in the cellular industry. M…
13/02/2009
Mobile broadband goes toe to toe with fixed line
The mobile broadband market will continue its rapid growth during the next five years, with Europe counting 148 million connections by 2014. Figures released by analyst …
12/02/2009
Alvarion CEO hits out at Nortel
The CEO of Israeli WiMAX vendor Alvarion, Tzvika Friedman, has voiced his anger over the firm's exposure to the strife of its distribution partner Nortel Networks. Speaking to T…
10/02/2009
Wavesat CEO calls for $35 WiMAX dongles
WiMAX USB dongles, currently priced between $60 and $85, are too high to generate significant volumes. So says Raj Singh, CEO of Wavesat, a privately-held fabless chipset suppli…
ZTE boosts WiMAX base station power
Chinese vendor ZTE has launched what it claims to be the industry's smallest WiMAX 16e RRU (remote radio unit) product. Dubbed the R9110, ZTE says the RRU helps reduce the number of …
Analyst View: WIMAX on track for railway comms
WiMAX systems have recently been winning plaudits amongst the train communications cognoscenti as the rail industry looks to wireless communications to improve safety, speed up journ…
09/02/2009
Cisco ploughs WiMAX path in CIS
Giant internet kit maker Cisco has announced the commercial launch of mobile WiMAX services in Georgia and Kazakhstan based on the supplier's equipment. Georgian mobile opera…
ECS, Comsys phone in on EDGE/WiMAX dongle
ECS and Comsys have collaborated to produce an EDGE/WIMAX USB dongle device that doubles up as a mobile phone. Called U170 eMAX, the two companies call the product an "entirely new c…
Taiwan CPE makers bullish on Q1 2009
Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB) and Quanta Microsystems, two Taiwan-based CPE manufacturers, forecast that shipments of their respective WiMAX CPE products will exceed 100,000 units …
WiMAX Forum opts for VeriSign PKI
The WiMAX Forum has given its approval to the use of PKI (public key infrastructure) from VeriSign, a US-based provider of internet security solutions. VeriSign is the only …
05/02/2009
Alcatel-Lucent posts monster loss
Monster equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent said Wednesday that fourth quarter revenues were down 5.4 per cent year on year to Eur4.95bn, while net loss sank to Eur3.87bn compared to a p…
04/02/2009
Wavesat raises C$11.7m to develop '4G' platform
Wavesat, a privately-held fabless chipset supplier headquartered in Canada, has raised C$11.7m in its latest round of VC funding. Existing investors, led by BDR Capital, BDC …
Alvarion Q4 hit by Nortel deal collapse
Alvarion, an Israeli WiMAX kit maker, posted a net loss of $4.8m during Q4 2008 following a restructuring charge of $3.4m related to Read More
03/02/2009
UQ puts Beceem WiMAX chips on trial
Beceem Communications, a fabless semiconductor company exclusively focused on producing chipsets for mobile WiMAX devices, will be involved UQ Communications' mobile WiMAX trials in …
UQ: WiMAX trials to start this month
UQ Communications, a 2.5GHz licence holder in Japan, and which counts Intel and Samsung among its investors, has announced it will start trials of its mobile WiMAX service on 26 Febr…
Unwired, Intel in A$56m dispute
The financial pressures at Australian ISP Unwired are growing. After Unwired declared last week that the credit crunch had increased the cost of its planned mobileWiMAX network in
02/02/2009
3G a let-down in the US
The four major 3G operators in the US are failing to deliver the speeds that customers expect. These not altogether surprising findings come from analyst firm Gartner, which says tha…
PureWave accelerates WiMAX with Enea
PureWave Networks, a US-based WiMAX equipment manufacturer, has announced the purchase of Accelerator 2.0 software from Enea for its next-generation base stations. The deal was final…
30/01/2009
Nortel quits WiMAX
Nortel, the beleaguered Canadian telecom supplier sheltering in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has severed its WiMAX partnership with Alvarion. In doing so, Nortel's interest in W…
27/01/2009
Beceem steps up CDMA/WiMAX dongle efforts
Beceem, a US-based WiMAX device chipset supplier, has entered into a formal partnership with Franklin Wireless to continue development of their 3G CDMA/4G USB modem product (the U300…
26/01/2009
Unwired hit by credit crunch
News has surfaced in Australia that Unwired, a wireless broadband provider in Sydney and Melbourne, is struggling to find enough cash to pay for its planned nationwide mobile WiMAX n…
Google 4Q results tarnished by AOL and Clearwire
Google, the internet search engine giant, has posted a fairly impressive set of financial results given the worsening economic environment. 4Q 2008 revenues were $5.7bn, an …
Three WiMAX winners in Hong Kong
The BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum auction in Hong Kong has thrown up three winners: Genius Brand, CSL, and China Mobile (Hong Kong). Each licensee acquired 2x15MHz of spec…
Mobile WiMAX arrives in Libya
Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT) has launched a WiMAX mobile service using kit from ZTE, Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent. According to local press reports, LTT's immediate aim is…
23/01/2009
WiMAX Forum launches global roaming programme
To help stimulate WiMAX usage further, the WiMAX Forum has launched its global roaming programme. This allows operators and vendors to easily obtain the information required to estab…
21/01/2009
Analyst view: public sector can give WiMAX a boost
There is clearly a lively appetite for WiMAX in developing markets. The lack of fixed-line infrastructure makes the technology an attractive proposition as it can be deployed quickly…
20/01/2009
WiBro boost through KT/KTF merger?
After months of speculation, KT (Korea Telecom) has finally said it will merge with its mobile operator subsidiary, KTF (Korea Telecom FreeTel). By bringing the two companies togethe…
Tata plans $50m bond issue ahead of WiMAX auction
Indian operator, Tata Communications, is defying the credit crunch with another bond issue ahead of the country's BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum auctions. According…
19/01/2009
NEC and ArrayComm form WiMAX partnership
NEC and ArrayComm have entered into a partnership to develop new WiMAX products. The joint effort is slated to deliver WiMAX base station beginning mid-2009. The prod…
18/01/2009
Voda cranks up mobile data speeds
The world's biggest operator in terms of revenue, Vodafone, said Thursday that it has successfully trialled mobile broadband at speeds of up to 16Mbps. The high speed data d…
16/01/2009
Will Obama give WiMAX a boost?
US president-elect, Barack Obama, has unveiled a massive $825bn fiscal stimulus package. Comprising $550bn in new federal spending and $275bn in tax cuts over the next two years, the…
Intel 4Q results down, but better than expected
Intel, the US chip giant and arch WiMAX champion, has posted - as widely anticipated - a sharp decline in all its key financial indicators for 4Q 2008. The good news is that…
15/01/2009
Mobile WiMAX impresses in Portland, says analyst
In outdoor and indoor locations, as well in mobile scenarios, the performance of the 'Clear' mobile WiMAX network in Portland is "consistently good", typically achieving over 3Mbps o…
13/01/2009
Mobile WiMAX sales ramp up in 3Q 2008
Worldwide mobile WiMAX infrastructure revenues nearly quadrupled in 3Q 2008 compared with the same quarter the year previously. This is according to analyst firm the Dell'Oro…
10/01/2009
2009 not all doom and gloom for mobile
Although 2009 has already been billed as a year of doom and gloom, there are plenty of opportunities for savvy investors, operators and vendors in the dynamic global mobile industry.…
08/01/2009
WiMAX gets Clear signal in Portland
The new Clearwire JV has launched a commercial mobile WiMAX service in Portland, Oregon. Under the 'Clear' brand name, the home internet service costs $30 per month and the m…
Nokia calls time on first WiMAX gadget
Finnish handset vendor Nokia is understood to have stopped production of its only WiMAX device, the N810 Internet Tablet. According to reports the world's biggest handset ve…
07/01/2009
Alvarion seals WiMAX deal in Taiwan
Alvarion, an Israeli-headquartered WiMAX RAN supplier, has won a contract with VMAX Telecom, a mobile WiMAX licensee in Taiwan. The deal, worth $12m for Alvarion, involves t…
DoT rejects spectrum price hike proposal
WiMAX supporters may well have breathed a sight of relief this week as India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) rejected a proposal by the finance ministry to double the reserv…
India faces further delays in 3G, WiMAX licensing
India's telecoms industry looks to be facing yet more delays in the licensing of spectrum for 3G and WiMAX services. Having Read More
06/01/2009
Fixed apps the best bet for WiMAX, says analyst
"2009 will see WiMAX find its place in the spectrum of radio technologies." So says Richard Windsor, analyst at Nomura Bank, but he adds it will be in fixed access (voice an…
Hong Kong shortlists bidders for WiMAX spectrum
OFTA, Hong Kong's telecom regulator, has announced five qualified bidders for BWA licences at 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz, which are both standardised WiMAX frequency bands. These are China Mo…
18/12/2008
Sprint unveils dual mode 3G/4G device
US-based mobile WiMAX pioneer Sprint Nextel this week unveiled its first 3G/4G dual mode device, to be made available December 21. The USB Modem U300, or dongle, connects to…
11/12/2008
Credit crunch hits WiMAX
Worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment, as well as phones/Ultra Mobile PCs, fell by 21 percent to $245m in 3Q08 compared with the previous quarter. The figures c…
10/12/2008
Unwired's WiMAX shortlist down to Huawei and Motorola
Unwired Australia, which has rolled out pre-WiMAX equipment in Sidney and Melbourne in the 2.3GHz and 3.5GHz frequency bands, has narrowed down to two its choice of vendors to build …
Airspan expands in Poland
WiMAX kit maker Airspan has announced an expansion contract with Multimedia Polska, a provider of triple-play services across Poland. Delivery of the Airspan equipment, whic…
09/12/2008
Top 10 mobile brands ranked by value
China Mobile has the most valuable mobile operator brand in the industry with a worth of $30.79bn, according to new research shortly to be published in telecoms.com's sister publi…
08/12/2008
Soma looks to take franchise model to Latin America
In these cash-constrained times, the franchise model promoted by US-based Soma Networks may well look to be an attractive one for WiMAX operators about to embark on network rollout.<…
Alvarion announces cost-cutting plans
Alvarion, an Israel-headquartered WiMAX kit maker, has announced it will implement proactive cost reduction initiatives aimed at lowering the company's breakeven point to help preser…
04/12/2008
Russian WiMAX operator on the prowl for LatAm acquisitions
Egor Ivanov, director of international development at Yota, a Russian mobile WiMAX operator, caused a stir at the WiMAX Forum Latin America Congress held in Rio de Janeiro this week.…
Resnick makes WiMAX rallying call to LatAm regulators
In his keynote presentation at the WiMAX Forum Congress Latin America conference and exhibition, held in Rio de Janeiro, Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum, called for the reg…
WiMAX voice/data handsets for $40, says UJet
UJet Holding, a privately held company based in the Netherlands, is planning the launch of low-cost WiMAX voice/data handsets for emerging markets next year. Working in partnership w…
03/12/2008
WiMAX mobility debate rumbles on in Brazil
Should the winners in Brazil's upcoming licence auction in the 3.5GHz frequency band be allowed to offer some form of 'mobile' service? And, if so, what form should that mobile…
Chile offers public subsidy carrot for 2.3GHz licence
In an attempt to boost broadband connectivity in Chile's rural areas, the government will offer as much as $54m in public subsidies to the winner of a 2.GHz licence, comprising 30MHz…
30MHz is not enough, says Digicel
For WiMAX operators to have any chance of business case success, the WiMAX Forum recommends that a 30MHz chunk of spectrum should be the minimum allocation. Yet Digicel, a GS…
02/12/2008
Clearwire polishes up WiMAX brand
As US operators Sprint Nextel and Clearwire complete the merger of their next generation wireless internet businesses, the mobile WiMAX pin up known as "the new Clearwire" has unveil…
28/11/2008
Motorola on a WiMAX roll in Vietnam and Jordan
It's been a good week for Motorola on the WiMAX front with network announcements coming from Vietnam and Jordan. Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of…
Malaysian WiMAX licensee plans nationwide launch
Y-Max Networks, the only WiMAX licence holder in Malaysia yet to launch a nomadic service, says it will start full operations in 4Q 2009. Although the last out of the WiMAX …
25/11/2008
UK operator demos dual-band WiMAX handover
UK WiMAX operator, Freedom4, claims it has achieved the world's first seamless mobile WiMAX session handover between base stations operating at two different frequencies: 2.5GHz and …
24/11/2008
Intel hints at WiMAX operator investment in India
US chip giant Intel looks like its eying up WiMAX operator investment opportunities in India. "We are open to investing in one or more Indian operators," Sriram Viswanathan, Intel vi…
Mena launches commercial WiMAX
Mena Telecom, a service provider based in Bahrain, has launched a commercial voice and data WiMAX service nationwide. Using 802.16e kit from Motorola, Mena's initial focus is on fixe…
21/11/2008
Clearwire approves WiMAX deal, shares plummet
As widely expected, Clearwire shareholders have approved the 'new' Clearwire joint venture. Comprising Sprint Nextel (51 per cent) and Clearwire (27 per cent) - with the remaining eq…
19/11/2008
Sprint talks up WiMAX consultancy credentials
Barry West, president of Xohm, the WiMAX business unit of Sprint Nextel, says Sprint is planning to set up a WiMAX consultancy company. The geographical focus of the consult…
IPCS backs down over Clearwire JV - for now
IPCS has withdrawn its request for a temporary injunction against the proposed New Clearwire joint venture, comprising Sprint Nextel's WiMAX business unit (Xohm) and Clearwire. …
18/11/2008
Alvarion brings 'rapid' WIMAX to Africa
Alvarion, a WiMAX infrastructure supplier based in Israel, says it will market WiMAX Zone Rapid Deployment Kits (RDKs) in Africa. The RDKs, claims Alvarion, will allow carriers and n…
17/11/2008
Mformation bags WiMAX deal with UQ
Mformation Technologies, a US-headquartered provider of advanced mobile device management (MDM) software, is fast gaining ground in the mobile WiMAX space. Following on from…
WiMAX and 3G licences 'imminent' in Thailand
The Thai government appears to be confident that the long wait for 3G and WiMAX licences will soon be over. According to local press reports, the ICT ministry reckons 'next-gen…
14/11/2008
Redline scores in Thailand
Redline is to supply its RedMAX 4C mobile network gear to Milcom Systems, an internet service provider in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket. Tech Mahindra, Redline's preferred systems …
13/11/2008
HTC unveils world's first WiMAX/GSM handset
HTC, a Taiwanese PDA and handset manufacturer, has officially unveiled a dual-mode mobile WiMAX/GSM handset to add to its 'Touch' range of devices using Windows Mobile OS. …
Finnish city offers mobile WiMAX for free
To help the R&D efforts of Finnish companies that are manufacturing mobile WiMAX devices, Oula - a city situated in the north of Finland - is planning to offer the use of a mobil…
12/11/2008
Clearwire only has eyes for mobile WiMAX
Clearwire has dramatically scaled down its marketing efforts for its fixed and nomadic services, which is based on 'pre-WiMAX' equipment from Motorola, as it focuses on mobile W…
11/11/2008
WiMAX Forum Congress Latin America Hosts Regulation & Spectrum Day
PORTLAND, OR - (November, 2008) The WiMAX Forum Congress Latin America Conference and Exhibition has dedicated Tuesday, December 2, 2008 in Rio de Janeiro to solely concentrate on re…
10/11/2008
Alvarion gets more Altitude in France
WiMAX kit supplier Alvarion has announced the expansion of its frame agreement with French WiMAX operator Altitude. Alvarion's Mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution will be used by Altitude …
Vodafone Malta amends WiMAX mistake
Due to "human error" Vodafone Malta gave the wrong WiMAX subscriber data to regulator MCA (Malta Communications Authority). As a result, the MCA stated in its Communications Market R…
Sprint posts a bruising 3Q 2008
Sprint Nextel, the third largest mobile operator in the US, is losing more customers and more money than most analysts expected. During 3Q 2008, Sprint's subscriber base shr…
06/11/2008
FCC approves New Clearwire, IPCS objects
The FCC has given the go-ahead to the New Clearwire Corporation joint venture, which has plans to roll out mobile WiMAX across the US. Comprising Sprint Nextel (51 percent) a…
Globalstar can do WiMAX, says FCC
The FCC has allowed satellite service provider Globalstar to use its spectrum for WiMAX in the US. By modifying the terms if its licence, FCC has given Globalstar the green …
05/11/2008
Alcatel-Lucent wins Italian WiMAX job
Alcatel-Lucent is to supply Aria, a DSL provider based in Italy that also has nationwide 3.5GHz spectrum assets, a mobile WiMAX network. This will be the first nationwide com…
04/11/2008
Dual-mode WiMAX/LTE chipsets by 2009, says analyst
Analyst firm ABI Research reckons next year will see the arrival of dual-mode WiMAX/LTE chipsets. The demand, says ABI, will come from wireless device makers looking for greater econ…
Sprint commits to iDEN, Moto rejoices
US mobile operator and WiMAX pioneer, Sprint, said it intends to rejuvenate its ageing iDEN network after failing to find a buyer for the unit. The carrier, which acqui…
Malaysian regulator fires WiMAX warning shot
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is threatening the country's WiMAX licence holders with penalties if they fail to meet their 25 percent population cover…
03/11/2008
Runcom wins Deloitte prize for fastest growth
Runcom Technologies, a WiMAX chipset vendor based in Israel, is the fastest-growing high-tech company in Israel for the year 2008. That was the judgment of Deloitte, the global accou…
Alianza and Redline find WiMAX voice
WiMAX kit supplier Redline has hooked up with Alianza, a provider of hosted voice over WiMAX solutions, to accelerate adoption of voice over WiMAX. The two companies have announced t…
WiMAX goalposts move in Taiwan
Taiwan's WiMAX landscape is in flux. Chunghwa Telecom, the island's incumbent (which failed to get its hands on of the six WIMAX licences up for grabs in 2007) appears to have been g…
Intel backs Taiwan's VMAX
Paul Otellini, Intel President and CEO, has announced during a visit to Taiwan that Intel Capital, the US chip giant's investment arm, intends to invest NT$386m ($11.5m) in Taiwanese…
29/10/2008
CDMA players bet on WiMAX, LTE
An unusual announcement came through from the CDMA Development Group (CDG) Tuesday morning, claiming that CDMA operators will be among the first to roll out LTE and Mobile WiMAX.<…
27/10/2008
EU telcos say soft regulation key to escaping credit crunch
Europe's leading telecoms operators have called for a softening of regulation across the sector, to encourage investment in next generation infrastructure in the face of the cre…
ZTE seals mobile WiMAX deal in Africa
ZTE has announced it has won an exclusive contract from Chinguitel, a CDMA mobile operator in the North West African country of Mauritania, to supply a 2.5GHz mobile WiMAX network.
24/10/2008
Telefonica puts WiMAX on trial in Brazil
Telefonica, in cooperation with Motorola and Intel, has started a mobile WiMAX trial in Sao Paulo. The pilot, which involves around 150 users, is using the 2.5GHz frequency b…
Skype likes WiMAX
Skype COO, Scott Durchslag, on a business trip to Taiwan, has been talking up the VoIP over WiMAX opportunity. While 'traditional' mobile operators clearly have strategic iss…
India delays 3G, WiMAX licensing until next year
India's much anticipated auctions for 3G and WiMAX licences look to have been delayed further and may now not take place until next year. The hold up appears to be a result o…
Bridgewater finds WiMAX Latin rhythm
Bridgewater Systems, a Canada-headquartered provider of subscriber management solutions for mobile service providers, has announced four new customers in Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and …
21/10/2008
Taiwanese WiMAX player draws up vendor shortlist
Global Mobile, which holds a WiMAX licence in the northern region of Taiwan, is starting to solicit quotations for its first-phase procurement of WiMAX equipment. According t…
Mobile WiMAX heats up in Armenia
Cornet-AM, the Armenian subsidiary of Russian operator Comstar-UTS, has launched commercial mobile WiMAX services nationwide under the 'Comstar' brand name. Using 24 802.16e …
20/10/2008
WiMAX deadline extended in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTCR) has extended its licence fee deadline for two of the country's three WiMAX licence holders. BDMail Network and B…
19/10/2008
WiMAX expansion in Venezuela
Movilmax, a WiMAX operator in Venezuela, is planning to expand its coverage beyond Caracas with 300 new base stations in the next few months, The operator currently has 64 Wi…
16/10/2008
India's comms minister unveils WIMAX-embedded laptops
A Raja, India's minister of communications and IT, has unveiled the country's first batch of WiMAX-embedded laptops with the view to making computing power and online connectivity mu…
Comarch and Airspan seal WiMAX deal in Montenegro
Comarch, a global IT business solutions provider and systems integrator, has selected WiMAX kit from Airspan for deployment in Montenegro. The IT provider is partnering with Pro…
Norsat opens WiMAX business unit
Norsat, a Canada-headquartered supplier of 'intelligent satellite solutions', has established a WiMAX business unit. The purpose of the unit, says the company, is to pursue satellite…
14/10/2008
Green Packet unveils WiMAX CPE range
Green Packet Malaysia has launched a range of WiMAX CPE, which it will market on a worldwide basis. Comprising outdoor and indoor modems, Green Packet's range of WiMAX C…
AlcaLu scores WIMAX deal in Taiwan
Tatung InfoComm, one of six regional WiMAX licence holders in Taiwan, says it plans to purchase 200 WiMAX base stations and related network equipment from Alcatel-Lucent. <…
13/10/2008
KT signs WiBro MoU with Apple
KT (Korea Telecom) has signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with Apple to develop WiBro-enabled iPods and MacBook laptops. No launch timetable has been given for Apple …
HTC adds the WiMAX Touch?
HTC, a Taiwanese PDA and handset manufacturer, is on the verge of unveiling a WiMAX-enabled handset to add to its 'Touch' range of devices. This is according to
12/10/2008
iDEN suitors in the frame, says Sprint Nextel CEO
Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel CEO, says there is "significant interest" in Nextel from potential buyers. Nextel, which runs the push-to-talk iDEN network - a proprietary technology from M…
10/10/2008
Sprint, Clearwire investors spooked over WiMAX JV ruling
Only a day after Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse said he was confident that the 'new' Clearwire joint venture would get the regulatory green light before the end of this year, Read More
09/10/2008
Sprint unveils WiMAX-embedded laptops for Xohm
At a press event in Baltimore, a city where Sprint's mobile WiMAX service is already up a…
07/10/2008
Fujitsu puts SoC in WiMAX femtocells
Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd (FMAL) has unveiled a new mobile WiMAX base station SoC (system-on-chip) based on the company's 65nm process technology. The scaleable W…
WiMAX Forum Congress comes to Rio
Latin America represents an enormous opportunity for WiMAX: wired broadband penetration rates are generally low and mobile broadband has yet to take off. To explore in depth the WiMA…
WIMAX traffic app developers claim proof of concept
After a trial lasting 18 months with a UK local authority to test a wireless-based 'intelligent' transport management system, and an investment totalling £1.8m, the private sec…
NSN and Elektrobit sign WiMAX software agreement
Finnish hardware and software provider for wireless networks, Elektrobit (EB), is to sell its WiMAX baseband software asset to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). The two companie…
$33bn WiMAX service revenues by 2013, says Informa report
A new strategic report by Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that global WiMAX operator service revenues will hit $33bn by 2013. "The majority of that sum will come from access c…
06/10/2008
More 2.5GHz products certified
Since the WiMAX Forum certified the first ten Mobile WiMAX products in June 2008 (at 2.5GHz), another 13 Mobile WiMAX products have been designated as 'WiMAX Forum Certified' during …
02/10/2008
MTN buys up WiMAX players in Ivory Coast
Pan African operator MTN continued its acquisition spree this week, snapping up two service providers on the Ivory Coast. MTN, which is based in South Africa, said it has ac…
01/10/2008
Motorola beefs up WiMAX presence in Pakistan
Motorola, which supplies 802.16e kit to Pakistan's Wateen Telecom - a flagship Mobile WiMAX operator in the 3.5GHz frequency band - has signed a multi-year deal with wi-tribe, Wateen…
30/09/2008
Aptilo unveils WiMAX partnership deals
Aptilo, a Sweden-headquartered supplier of connectivity service network (CSN) systems, has entered into a global technology agreement with Canada-headquartered Redline Communications…
Posdata joins the 2.5GHz WiMAX certification party
South Korean vendor Posdata has announced that its RAS 6000 base station, which incorporates the mobile WiMAX 2.5GHz profile (10MHz channel), has been given the WIMAX Forum certified…
29/09/2008
Xohm out of the gates in Baltimore
Barry West, president of Xohm, the mobile WIMAX business unit of Sprint, has been as good as his word. After missing the original Xohm commercial launch deadline in April 2008, West …
Green Packet opens WIMAX consultancy firm in ME
Green Packet, a global technology company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, has opened up a WiMAX consultancy company in the Middle East via its Bahrain-based Green Packet…
Nokia, NSN and Huawei strike wireless patent deal
Kit vendor Nokia Siemens Networks and its Finnish parent Nokia have struck a patent licensing agreement with Chinese manufacturer Huawei. On Monday, the firms sa…
28/09/2008
Motorola plans WiMAX dongle launch Q4 2008
Motorola plans to make available a WIMAX USB dongle during 4Q 2008, which will come in three versions: 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz. The USBw adapter will allow laptop users to …
27/09/2008
FCC revisits D block sell off plan
US communications regulator the FCC is once again considering the auction of the troublesome 'D block' of 700MHz spectrum, which will form the foundation for a much needed nationwide…
22/09/2008
DesignArt unveils WiMAX femtocell SoC
In a development that should help vendors produce femtocells at under $100 per unit - the price point at which many analysts believe femtocells need to come down to before the 'home …
Huawei WiMAX dongle will boost market, says analyst
The certification of Huawei's 802.16e USB dongle by the WiMAX Forum last week is an "industry milestone" and should give the mobile WiMAX market a significant boost in the near term.…
Mena targets nationwide WiMAX launch this year
Mena Telecom, a service provider based in Bahrain, has announced it will launch WiMAX services nationwide during 4Q 2008. Abdul Razak Jawahery, Mena Telecom's chairman and ma…
Bridgewater part of Scartel's WiMAX plans
Bridgewater Systems says it is providing Scartel, a broadband service provider in Russia, a WiMAX service control solution. This will be used to support Scartel's advanced I…
18/09/2008
WiMAX Forum applauds spectrum decision in Argentina
The WiMAX Forum has commended Argentina's secretary of state for communications for its recent announcement on Resolution 250/2008 that it intends to award spectrum at 3.3-3.7GHz for…
AlcaLu brings mobile WiMAX to Azerbaijan
Delta Telecom is to deploy Azerbaijan's first commercial WiMAX 802.16e network. Using a 'comprehensive package of infrastructure and services' from Alcatel-Lucent, local operator Del…
Gloom continues at Nortel
Canadian kit vendor Nortel added another dark patch to the general economic gloom on Wednesday, and looks to be flogging off its crown jewels in order to keep the ship afloat. …
15/09/2008
India's DoT eases WiMAX rollout pressure
India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has relaxed the rules surrounding network rollout for BWA (broadband wireless access) licence winners. Instead of the BWA lice…
Virgin eyes WiMAX MVNO deal with Sprint
Virgin Mobile USA, which wholesales capacity on Sprint's cellular network, has expressed an interest in extending its service portfolio with WiMAX. According to a Virg…
12/09/2008
Redline wins in Costa Rica
IDNet, a Costa Rican wireless broadband services operator, has announced that Redline Communications is its WiMAX base station supplier. The operator is to roll out what will b…
Telsima joins 2.5GHz certification list
The WiMAX Forum has given its stamp of approval for Telsima's StarMAX 6000 base station series and StarMAX 3100 mobile station, which operate in the 2.5GHz band. Telsima's S…
11/09/2008
Vertical apps key for WiMAX, says analyst
Vertical services will account for 24 per cent of WiMAX subscriptions and 14 per cent of LTE subscriptions by 2014. This is one of the headline findings from a new report by…
Google sets up satellite network in emerging markets
It emerged this week that web giant Google is sinking cash into a satellite operator to bring high speed, low cost internet connectivity to emerging markets. The brain…
09/09/2008
WiMAX and LTE set to battle over US D block
US communications regulator the FCC is to take another crack at auctioning off the so called 'D block' of 700MHz spectrum, with FCC chairman Kevin Martin proposing new and more at…
AlcaLu and Motorola "runaway leaders" in mobile WiMAX
During the three months ended 30 June 2008, Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola accounted for over two-thirds of worldwide mobile WiMAX equipment revenue. This is according to Infon…
08/09/2008
Macedonian ISP deploys mobile WiMAX at 3.5GHz
Neotel, a wireless ISP (WISP) based in the Republic of Macedonia, is deploying a nationwide mobile WiMAX network in the 3.5GHz frequency band using Alvarion's 4Motion solution. …
05/09/2008
Alcatel-Lucent joins 2.5GHz WiMAX certification band
The WiMAX Forum has announced that Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded the 'WiMAX Forum Certified' seal of approval for its WiMAX 802.16e Compact Base Station at 2.5GHz. The sup…
WiMAX Forum launches deployment database
The WiMAX Forum has announced the introduction of its Interactive Deployment Database, which provides extensive information on more than 300 W…
03/09/2008
Scartel brings mobile WiMAX to Russia
Scartel, which aims to provide broadband internet services in Russia over mobile WiMAX, has announced the pilot launch of 802.16e networks in Moscow and St Petersburg. <…
BSNL looking for more WiMAX franchisees
BSNL, India's largest state-owned operator, will soon float an expression of interest (EoI) for identifying potential franchisees for launching mobile WiMAX services in 16 of the cou…
Mobile WiMAX licence for Japanese CATV firm
The Japanese government has approved a plan to award Reinan Cable Network (RCN), a CATV company based in Tsuruga (Fukui Prefecture), a regional licence to provide mobile WiMAX-based …
29/08/2008
Enforta ramps up WiMAX expansion in Russia
Privately-held Enforta has announced it is expanding its wireless broadband presence to an additional 13 cities in Russia next month. This will extend its reach to a total of 68 citi…
28/08/2008
Indian WiMAX winners can offer voice, says DoT
India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has proposed that winners in the upcoming licence auctions for broadband wireless access (BWA) - read mobile WiMAX - will be able to of…
27/08/2008
Vodacom's WiMAX pricing comes under fire
South African mobile operator Vodacom, in partnership with WiMAX licence holder Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), has announced it will launch WiMAX services in October. …
Sprint names location partners for Xohm
With only weeks to go before Xohm goes live in Baltimore, US, Sprint has announced a string of partners that will provide location-based and personalised services over the mobile WiM…
Taiwan's WiMAX budget to run out in 2009
The remaining NT$750m ($24m) of the Taiwan government's entire NT$7bn ($220m) budget to foster WiMAX product development will all be used up next year. The news comes …
26/08/2008
ZTE scores Colombian WiMAX contract
Colombian service provider Emcali has tapped Chinese kit vendor ZTE to deliver mobile WiMAX infrastructure for the country's first WiMAX network. ZTE is the exclusive supplie…
21/08/2008
Redtone launches WiMAX in East Malaysia
Redtone, using base stations and CPE equipment from Motorola, has launched the first commercial WiMAX service in East Malaysia. The first phase of the WiMAX network covers the Kota K…
19/08/2008
P1 first out of WiMAX traps in Malaysia
Packet One (P1), a 2.3GHz mobile WiMAX licence holder in Peninsular Malaysia, has become the first operator in the country to launch commercial WiMAX services. The initial p…
29/07/2008
Redline unveils WiMAX win in India
Redline Communications, a Canada-headquartered WiMAX supplier, has announced that Sify Technologies, a managed internet services company in India primarily focused on the corporate m…
28/07/2008
Kenyan ISP goes mobile WiMAX with Alvarion
AccessKenya Group, a corporate ISP with over 2,200 clients in Kenya, has chosen Alvarion's 802.16e BreezeMAX solution for large-scale WiMAX deployment in the 3.3GHz frequency band.
AT&T tries to rain on Clearwire's parade
Leading US wireless operator AT&T is seeking to put a crimp in Sprint-Nextel and Clearwire's plans to merge assets and form a nationwide WiMAX network. Late last we…
Motorola splits up the home
Motorola is to create three new business entities from its home and networks mobility division: television set-top boxes and modems; carrier-class wireless equipment; and next-genera…
27/07/2008
Nokia and Qualcomm bury the hatchet
Nokia and Qualcomm have settled a long running dispute that has seen the two firms trade frequent legal actions over intellectual property over the past few years. The two fi…
26/07/2008
Taiwan CPE vendors to ride the Wave 2
Taiwanese CPE vendors, including Gemtek Technology, Zyxel Communications and Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB), have started testing of 802.16e Wave 2 devices. Which include MIMO and s…
22/07/2008
Saudi Telecom enters 'second phase' with Airspan
WiMAX kit supplier Airspan has announced that Saudi Telecom has successfully deployed WiMAX services using its HiperMAX base stations, which can provide both fixed and mobile WiMAX s…
21/07/2008
GO Mobile gives Alvarion green light for WiMAX
Go Mobile, one of three WiMAX licence holders in Malta using the 3.5GHz frequency band, says it will start island rollout for mobile WiMAX within the "next few weeks". Using Alvarion…
4.9GHz WiMAX for video surveillance in Pakistan
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) in Pakistan has deployed Airspan's 4.9GHz WiMAX kit for its IP closed circuit television video surveillance project in Karachi. (CDGK is c…
Soma Networks raises $51m in funding
Soma Networks has secured an additional $51m of equity financing. Investors include Daiwa Securities Group, Daiwa Securities SMBC…
SiGe turns up the WiMAX power
SiGe Semiconductor has expanded its series of power amplifiers and RF front-end modules with the release of the SE7262L. A 2.5GHz high-power amplifier targeted for the mobil…
14/07/2008
Sprint selects Mformation for WiMAX device management
Sprint has chosen Mformation to provide device management software tools for Xohm, its mobile WiMAX service scheduled to go live …
TRAI attacks DoT over WiMAX spectrum uncertainty
TRAI, India's telecom regulatory body, has criticised the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) for not making clear how much spectrum is available for WiMAX. It also says that DoT …
Comstar rolls out mobile WiMAX in Armenia
Cornet-AM, an ISP and subsidiary of the Russian Comstar Group, has rolled out the first mobile WiMAX network in Armenia. The network, based on 802.16e kit supplied by Airspan…
Centrino 2 arrives but without WiMAX
Chip giant Intel has launched its Centrino 2 notebook platform (also referred to as Montevina) but it does not include the much-publicised WiMAX/WiFi module. According to Intel there…
10/07/2008
Redline sees 'softening demand" for fixed WiMAX
Redline communications, a Canada-headquartered WiMAX supplier, has shaved $6m off analyst revenue forecasts for 2Q 2008. The updated revenue outlook is now between $9m and $9.5m for …
09/07/2008
Xohm puts DragonWave in the backhaul
Sprint Nextel has selected DragonWave, a supplier of NGN wireless networks, to provide IP backhaul solutions for its Xohm-branded mobile WiMAX service in Baltimore, Washington and Ch…
08/07/2008
Global BWA/WiMAX subs approach 2m
The global BWA/WiMAX subscriber base increased by 260,246 in 1Q 2008 to reach a total of 1,988,246 subscribers. This is according to the fourth issue of the WiMAXCounts quarterly rep…
07/07/2008
WiBro subscribers to top 2.5m by 2011, says report
Despite its slow start, WiBro, the mobile WiMAX version in South Korea, will attract more than 2.5 million subscribers by 2011. Revenues are also expected to increase to 65bn KRW (U$…
06/07/2008
Taiwan regulator blocks Fitel spin-off plan
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has blocked an application by Fitel to spin off its WiMAX business to form a new company. Fitel, which is one of six WiMAX l…
05/07/2008
UK FWA player opts for WiMAX
On-Communications, one of the biggest FWA (fixed wireless access) players in the UK serving the SME and enterprise markets, has opted to upgrade its network to WiMAX across its entir…
04/07/2008
WiMAX Forum cheers EC decision on 2.6GHz
The WiMAX Forum has issued a press release supporting a recent decision by the EC (European Commission) to allow regulators to be flexible in the amount of FDD (paired) and TDD (unpa…
02/07/2008
Huawei makes WiMAX inroads into Pakistan
Chinese supplier Huawei is to deploy a mobile WiMAX (802.16e) network for Mobilink, the largest GSM operator in Pakistan. The network will cover central business districts and hot sp…
Proxim wins WiMAX deal in Germany
Wireless kit supplier Proxim has won a deal with Televersa Online, a telecom provider in Germany, to supply its 3.5GHz fixed WiMAX equipment. Televersa Online has already de…
30/06/2008
Ericsson warns Ofcom on 2.6GHz auction plans
Ericsson believes the 2.6GHz auction plans set out by Ofcom, the UK regulator, could devalue the spectrum on offer. "There is a danger of spectrum fragmentation, which will …
DBC launches mobile WiMAX internet in US
DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) has announced commercial rollout of mobile WiMAX internet services to businesses and consumers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Using Alvarion's W…
Sidecut lays into F&S over WiMAX attack
A press release issued last week by Frost & Sullivan, which said that '2009 will be the year when operators begin to realise that mobile WiMAX can no more be considered as a feas…
26/06/2008
South Africa's WiMAX rules too idealistic?
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), in accordance with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act of 2003, has stipulated that bidding consortia for…
Industry integrates femtos into LTE, WiMAX networks
The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) forum has had a busy week, announcing its second collaboration in as many days. On Thursday, the carrier forum announced a partnership wi…
25/06/2008
Intel funds BridgeWave move into 4G backhaul
Intel Capital is the lead investor in the latest round of funding for BridgeWave, a supplier of gigabit wireless solutions. Raising a total of $10m with Core Capital (a new …
Motorola leads mobile WiMAX supplier pack, says Infonetics
Worldwide sales of WiMAX kit jumped 59 percent during 1Q 2008, quarter-on-quarter, to reach $363m. Star mobile WiMAX sales performer during that period was Motorola, which, a…
Packet One delays WiMAX launch
Packet One Networks has postponed commercial rollout of WiMAX services until 3Q 2008. One of four WiMAX licence holders in Malaysia using the 2.3GHz frequency band, Packet One had pl…
23/06/2008
Time not ripe for WiMAX/LTE harmonisation
Despite recent comments to the contrary, US-based chipmaker Intel says it's not ready to push for harmonisation between its favoured technology-WiMAX-and LTE, even though having a si…
Talk of subsidies at WiMAX Global Congress
While WiMAX augers a new business model that could stimulate mobile broadband use, the industry will not completely abandon controversial practices that have characterised the rival …
FITEL to launch WiMAX in August
First International Telecom (FITEL), one of six WiMAX licence holders in Taiwan, has said it will launch trial WiMAX services this August with a plan to sign up 40,000 subscribers by…
18/06/2008
Xohm WiMAX to go live in September, says Sprint CTO
Now we know. After weeks of speculation as to when Xohm, the WiMAX business unit of Sprint Nextel, would launch commercial services, Barry West, Sprint Nextel CTO and president of Xo…
WiMAX catches the Wave 2 with 2.5GHz certification
The WiMAX industry has passed another significant milestone as the first mobile products to be certified at 2.5GHz, and using Wave 2, were unveiled by the WiMAX Forum on the first da…
Alvarion buoyed by Nortel partnership
The dust has barely settled on the WiMAX product development agreement struck between Alvarion and Nortel last week, but Tzvika Friedman, Alvarion's CEO, is in no doubt that it …
Case Study: Wateen Telecom
Wateen Telecom is a flagship WiMAX operator. Part of Warid Telecom International LLC, an Abu Dhabi Group company, Wateen has rolled out fixed broadband services to 22 cities in Pakis…
Multimedia is the main event for WiMAX
WiMAX kit vendor NextWave Wireless will be showing off its next generation mobile multimedia platform this week, demonstrating mobile TV, interactive media services, and digital…
Mformation and Bridgewater form WiMAX partnership
Mformation Technologies and Bridgewater Systems have announced the integration of the Mformation Service Manager (MSM) with Bridgewater Systems' service control and subscriber data m…
17/06/2008
Emerging markets dominate WiMAX deployments
Emerging markets, short on fixed line broadband offerings, accounted for more than 70 per cent of WiMAX subscribers globally in 2007, according to recently released research.
TDF flies WiMAX flag in France
European network service provider TDF has tapped Motorola to design and deploy 802.16e WiMAX networks for several regions in France. The network will be operated by TDF subsi…
10/06/2008
Mobile WiMAX players dive into patent pool
Six of the big guns in the mobile WiMAX world announced the formation of a patent pool on Tuesday. Dubbed the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), the founding members are Alcatel-Lu…
Flat-fees: WiMAX operators need to tread carefully
The clear trend in mobile data is towards flat-fee unlimited plans. Asia-Pacific and North America have led the way in 3G networks and the rest of the world is following. Even unlimi…
09/06/2008
DesignArt eases WiMAX backhaul pain
DesignArt Networks, a fabless semiconductor company, has unveiled its highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) platform architecture for high-capacity backhaul capability. The company …
Fujitsu launches WiMAX planning tool
Fujitsu has unveiled its WiMAX network provisioning system. It is a software tool offered as part of Fujitsu's consulting service. "By using this service, the operator can understand…
Ofcom reveals plan for digital dividend
UK communications regulator Ofcom has set out detailed proposals for how it plans to release the valuable spectrum that will be freed up as a result of the switchover to digital tele…
NextWave trials mobile WiMAX TV in Taiwan
Global Mobile and NextWave have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop end-to-end mobile WiMAX solutions for the global market. A Taiwanese WiMAX licence holder, G…
Alcatel-Lucent clinches WiMAX deal in Taiwan
Alcatel-Lucent has announced plans to cooperate with Tatung Co to deploy a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network in Penghu County of Taiwan Taiwan-based Tatung is a d…
WiMAX heading for South Africa
Wireless Business Solutions (WBS), an operator based in South Africa, is gearing up its WiMAX operations. In cooperation with Vodacom and Intel, WBS says it has launched a commercial…
03/06/2008
WiMAX gets down to business in unlicensed spectrum
It seems counter-intuitive. Deploy a wireless network in a frequency band where there is little or no regulation - meaning that other operators can use that same chunk of spectrum wi…
Motorola eyes IOT centre in Taiwan
Motorola, according to local press reports, is on the verge of setting up its first ever IOT (interoperability testing) centre in Taiwan. By establishing an IOT centre, Motor…
Intel to re-enter mobile phone market
US chip giant Intel is eyeing up re-entry into the mobile phone market. In an interview with the UK's Financial Times, Paul Otellini, Intel's CEO, said advances in …
WiMAX smartphone streaming in Taiwan
Qisda, a Taiwanese ODM/OEM provider, and Runcom Technologies, a mobile WiMAX chipset vendor, have demonstrated a video streaming application over a smartphone at the WiMAX Expo Exhib…
02/06/2008
Sprint keeps with Bridgewater for Xohm
Sprint is sticking to Bridgewater to provide AAA (authentication, authorisation and accounting) functionality for its WiMAX Xohm service. The third largest mobile operator i…
Intel pushes back Montevina launch date
Chip giant Intel has delayed the launch of its Montevina platform (Centrino 2), the US vendor's next generation of silicon chips for notebooks capable of supporting both wifi and mob…
WiMAX licence disputes brewing in India
BSNL wants TRAI, India's telecoms regulator, to make it exempt from paying any mobile WiMAX licence fee. India's largest (and state-owned) operator argues that because it pr…
01/06/2008
Taiwan puts WiMAX to the test
The world's largest venue for experiencing and testing WiMAX opens this week in Taiwan at 2008 WiMAX Expo, held in the Taipei Show Hall. The week-long event will act as a sho…
30/05/2008
FCC mulls free wireless internet proposal
When US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) convenes on June 12, one of the items on the agenda will be the fate of a swathe of spectrum in the 2155MHz to 2175…
27/05/2008
Event News: WiMAX Russia & CIS (21-22 October, Moscow)
Virgin Group's recent foray into WiMAX in Russia, enabled by partner company Trivon, highlights the massive growth potential of the Russian broadband market. As a market, Ru…
Alcatel-Lucent takes mobile WiMAX to Bolivia
Nuevatel PCS, a telco in Bolivia operating under the VIVA brand name, has launched commercial service over a mobile WiMAX network supplied by Alcatel-Lucent. The new network can supp…
India to issue WiMAX and 3G guidelines in June
The Indian government is to issue guidelines next month for the auction of 3G and WiMAX network licences, according to telecom minister Andimuthu Raja, speaking at a recent industry …
26/05/2008
Apple looking at WiMAX iPhone?
Apple is on the lookout for a WiMAX RF engineering expert, suggesting there are plans afoot to expand the wireless connectivity options of iPhone. The first job advertised is…
23/05/2008
Alvarion scores 3.3GHz WiMAX deal in UK
WiMAX kit vendor Alvarion said this week that it has won a contract to deploy infrastructure in the 3.3GHz spectrum for UK network provider Metranet. Metranet is operating i…
22/05/2008
Unwire! Asia gears up for pan-ASEAN WiMAX launch
Unwire! Asia hopes to differentiate itself in the broadband market through a mixture of lower prices, higher speeds, VoIP and gaming and video services. Positioning itself as…
19/05/2008
UK WiMAX player snaps up wifi aggregator
UK wireless broadband provider Freedom4 Communications said Tuesday it has acquired wifi roaming service provider Bozii, giving its users access to over 40,000 hotspots. As …
Industry makes headway in femto harmonisation
Industry association the Femto Forum said Wednesday that it has made some headway towards harmonising the integration of femtocells into mobile networks. At its …
Virgin brings WiMAX to Russia
A Swiss based telecom holding company, Trivon, has formed a partnership with Richard Branson's Virgin Group to bring WiMAX services to Russia under the Virgin Connect brand…
Intel invests $15m in Malaysian WiMAX operator
Intel has ploughed RM50m ($15m) of investment into Green Packet, the parent company Packet One Networks, a WiMAX licence holder in Malaysia. Packet One is one of four WiMAX l…
Fujitsu confirms new WiMAX JV in Taiwan
Fujitsu and Taiwan's III (Institute of Information Industry), according to local press reports, have confirmed that their new WiMAX joint venture will be inaugurated on 20 May. …
New Clearwire a boost for WiMAX but faces challenges
The new WiMAX venture between Sprint Nextel, Clearwire and other players-including Intel, Google and three major cable operators-is big news for both WiMAX and the broader mobile bro…
Taiwanese WiMAX player to name suppliers
WiMAX Telecom, one of three WiMAX licence holders for the northern region of Taiwan, will next month name its suppliers for WiMAX equipment. According to local press reports, the WiM…
18/05/2008
Sequans unveils single chip mobile WiMAX solution
WiMAX chipmaker Sequans has announced the availability of its newest chip, the SQN1170, which integrates baseband, RF and memory in a single chip. Sequans has also announced…
16/05/2008
Sprint and Samsung say mobile WiMAX is ready
Sprint has announced that Samsung has met its commercial acceptance criteria for mobile WiMAX, which looks at overall performance, handoff performance and handoff delay. …
14/05/2008
Sprint flags after losing 1 million subscribers
Embattled US carrier Sprint Nextel said Monday that its first quarterly loss more than doubled to $505m, compared to $211m a year ago, as the company haemorrhaged mobile subscri…
Clearwire loss increases 90 per cent
US WiMAX champion Clearwire almost doubled its net loss during the first quarter, reporting a deficit of $176.4m, compared to a loss of $92.6m in the same period last year. …
13/05/2008
Urban WiMAX targets profitability next year
Privately-held Urban WiMAX, which operates a 802.16e mobile WiMAX network (25 base stations) in London in the unlicensed bands of 5.4GHz and 5.8GHz, expects to post a net profit next…
IPCS sues Sprint over 'new' Clearwire
Only days after Sprint and Clearwire announced plans to combine their respective WiMAX businesses, Sprint affiliate iPCS has slapped a law suit on the third largest operator in …
12/05/2008
Globe plans mobile WiMAX launch this year
Globe Telecom, the Philippines' second-largest telecoms company, has announced it may start deploying mobile WiMAX (802.16e) later this year. By launching WiMAX, Globe will b…
09/05/2008
Sweden: hammer falls on 2.6GHz auction
After 112 bidding rounds over 16 days, the auction of 2.6GHz spectrum in Sweden has came to a close, raising SEK2.1bn ($350m). Intel Capital Corporation was among the five li…
07/05/2008
Sprint spins off WIMAX unit into new Clearwire
Most of the rumour mongers were proved right on Wednesday, as WiMAX pin up Sprint spun off its wireless broadband operation into a partnership with Clearwire, Intel, Google and …
Deutsche Telekom eyeing up Sprint Nextel?
German carrier Deutsche Telekom may be planning to bid for struggling US operator Sprint Nextel, according to reports over the weekend. German magazine Der Spiegel ran a pie…
WiMAX wins over DSL users as substitute technology
Significant opportunities for WiMAX as a DSL substitute technology will see up to 12 per cent of the world's installed base of DSL users substituted with WiMAX by 2013. Altho…
Intel's MID forecasts too optimistic, says analyst
Sales of Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) are forecast to exceed $17bn annually by 2014, but Intel-based are expected to take a back seat to those powered by mobile industry heavy…
06/05/2008
WiMAX annual growth rate more than doubles
The worldwide WiMAX subscriber base reached around 1.7 million by the end of 2007, representing an annual growth rate of 129 per cent. Pre-WiMAX subscribers accounted for 68 …
02/05/2008
WiMAX Forum opens applications lab in US
The WiMAX Forum has named the MAXWell Lab at the University of Maryland as home to the first WiMAX Forum endorsed applications lab in North America. "The WiMAX Forum is plea…
WiMAX trial expansion in Israel
Israeli operator 012 Smile.Communications has applied to the country's Ministry of Communications to expand its license for mobile WiMAX trials in the Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan area, which …
Wateen Telecom to name new WiMAX suppliers
Wateen Telecom, a WiMAX operator in Pakistan, hopes to announce two new CPE suppliers this summer and one new base station vendor by the end of 2008. In conversation with Wi…
30/04/2008
AIS puts Motorola WiMAX kit on trial
The largest mobile operator in Thailand, Advanced Info Service (AIS), has been conducting mobile WiMAX trials during Q1 2008 using Motorola's WiMAX Access Point-400 (WAP-400) platfor…
29/04/2008
WiMAX semiconductor revenue to hit $1.2bn by 2012
Research firm IDC says worldwide WiMAX semiconductor revenue will reach nearly $480m this year, growing to $1.2bn in 2012. IDC bases its forecasts on the fact there are more tha…
26/04/2008
Hong Kong to award three WiMAX licences
Hong Kong is reportedly going to issue three WiMAX licences before the year is out. According to DigiTimes, a Taiwanese-based newspaper, a long list of Tier One vendors is m…
25/04/2008
Mformation launches device management for WiMAX
Mformation, a US-headquartered company, has extended its mobile device management portfolio to include WiMAX. The Mformation Service Manager (MSM) for WiMAX enables service providers…
Industry groups combine to boost WiMAX roaming
Two industry associations, the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) are pooling their resources to develop global roaming for WiMAX, as we…
NextWave to sell off US spectrum
Wireless broadband player turned kit maker NextWave Wireless has dollar signs in its eyes, as the firm considers selling off the US spectrum it never really got around to using. …
Taiwanese WiMAX players in line for government help?
The Taiwanese government is mulling over a plan to transfer the ownership of WiMAX base stations used in pilot trials, over to the island's six WiMAX licence holders to help reduce t…
24/04/2008
Sprint bangs WiMAX drum at WCA
Barry West, CTO of Sprint's 'Xohm' WiMAX business unit, has hit back at the technology's critics in his presentation at the Wireless Communications Association (WCA) conference held …
Airspan wins local government election in Spain
Airspan is to provide its MicroMAX base stations in the 5.4GHz frequency band to the regional government in the Galicia region of Spain, in collaboration with its local reseller part…
Reliance commits US$500m to WiMAX in emerging markets
Reliance Globalcom, a subsidiary of India's Reliance Communications, has acquired a controlling stake in eWave World, a UK-headquartered telco focused on WiMAX rollout in emerging ma…
UQ to start WiMAX with 'Wave-2 Phase-2' next year
UQ Communications, a WiMAX joint venture in Japan that counts Intel and KDDI among its investors, is planning to launch pre-commercial service in February 2009 using the WiMAX For…
21/04/2008
Intel steps up WiMAX development in Taiwan
Intel has signed an agreement with the Taiwanese government to invest $500m in the country over the next five years. According to a Reuters report, most of that sum will be …
BSNL targets mobile WiMAX launch mid-2008
Kuldeep Goyal, chairman and managing director of state-owned Indian telco BSNL, is targeting a commercial launch of mobile WiMAX this summer. Speaking at the recent WiMAX For…
Vodacom Lesotho opts for Airspan
Vodacom Lesotho, a subsidiary of the pan-African Vodacom Group, has selected Airspan as its preferred WiMAX supplier. Airspan will supply its MicroMAX base stations in the 3…
20/04/2008
Acer unveils WiMAX notebook
Taiwanese PC manufacturer, Acer, has unveiled a WiMAX-embedded version of its Aspire 5920 notebook. Acer plans to offer the WiMAX version of the notebook in the US through Sp…
17/04/2008
WiMAX heating up in Asia
Attending and chairing the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia recently in Singapore provided an opportunity to take the pulse of the WiMAX industry in Asia Pacific. One of the most si…
Taiwanese WiMAX players join forces
To help lower their costs and speed up network deployment, four WiMAX license holders in Taiwan have formed the Consortium of Mobile Broadband (CMB). The CMB members are: Global Mobi…
Megafon launches large-scale WiMAX network
Megafon, Russia's third largest mobile operator, has started commercial service over a large-scale WiMAX network in the Samara region. For the first time, the residents of Sberbank, …
AFT plans summer WiMAX launch in Italy
AFT-Linkem is planning to launch commercial WiMAX services in the Italian city of Bari this June. A WiFi hotspot provider, AFT was the second biggest spender in Italy's 3.5GH…
15/04/2008
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008 pulls in the crowds
On April 9-10, 2008, 2700 visitors converged on the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre for the inaugural WiMAX Forum Congress Asia, establishing the show…
Redtone wants dramatic price cuts for WiMAX kit
Redtone, one of Malaysia's four WiMAX licence winners in the 2.3GHz frequency band, wants the price of base stations to be cut by nearly half. "In the unlicensed bands,…
14/04/2008
SingTel Group to decide on WiMAX or LTE by year end
The SingTel Group will decide by the end of the year whether WiMAX or LTE will be its favoured option to deliver high-speed mobile broadband, both in Singapore and via its subsidiari…
Fitel, Motorola, UTStarcom form WiMAX alliance
Fitel, one of the six regional WiMAX licence winners in Taiwan, has entered into an alliance with Motorola and UTStarcom to roll out its WiMAX network. Fitel aims to complete…
Digicel takes mobile WiMAX across the Caribbean
Privately-held Digicel, which operates 23 GSM networks across the Caribbean region, is planning to use mobile WiMAX to take market share from wireline incumbents. "Mobile WiM…
Motorola expands WiMAX portfolio
Motorola has announced it is expanding its wi4 WiMAX access point portfolio with the introduction of a new 802.16e Wave 2-ready WAP 450. Wave 2 products are capable of supporting MIM…
13/04/2008
UDcast showcases WiMAX TV in Las Vegas
UDcast, a provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions and WiMAX Forum member, is demonstrating a mobile TV architecture, based on WiMAX standards, at the National Association of Broa…
09/04/2008
WiMAX Forum unveils first certified mobile products
The WiMAX Forum has announced the first eight mobile WiMAX products, manufactured by four vendors, to receive its official stamp of approval. "This is a great day for the Wi…
Aircom bags two WiMAX deals in Asia
Aircom International, the UK-headquartered mobile network planning and optimisation consultancy, has announced two WiMAX deals in Asia during the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008 event…
08/04/2008
BT Italia targets WiMAX launch for 2009
Following a recent collaboration agreement between BT Italia and AriaDSL, an Italian DSL provider that also holds 3.5GHz spectrum across most of Italy, the two companies are aiming f…
WiMAX chipset vendors up the ante
Although Sprint Nextel grabbed most of the WiMAX headlines at CTIA, much for what it didn't do than what it did (no news on rumoured JV, and missing its April 2008 deadline for comme…
Ofcom gears up for big spectrum sale
UK communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed plans for the UK's largest ever single release of radio spectrum, expected to be prime real estate for advanced wireless broadband ser…
03/04/2008
WiMAX suffers setback in the outback
Government plans to roll out broadband to underserved and rural areas in Australia, through a mixture of WiMAX and ADSL, have been abandoned. The new Australian Labour govern…
Sprint CEO silent on WiMAX partners
The keynote presentation by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at CTIA did not reveal any dramatic change in the mobile operator's WiMAX strategy. Many industry watchers had been ex…
Nokia, Samsung unveil WiMAX-enabled mobile devices
As widely expected, Nokia officially announced the upcoming arrival of its first ever WiMAX-capable mobile device at the CTIA show in Las Vegas. The N810 Tablet, which has a 4.13-inc…
Alcatel-Lucent makes WiMAX debut in North America
Craig Wireless Systems has signed a contract with Alcatel-Lucent to design and build a mobile WiMAX network in Palm Springs, California. In doing so, Alcatel-Lucent wins its first de…
Aperto raises another US$20m
WiMAX supplier Aperto has raised a further US$20m in VC funding, taking the total amount of investment in the company to US$159m. The financing round was led by new inve…
02/04/2008
Intel gives Atom boost to mobile Internet
Intel, the world's largest chipmaker and heaviest WiMAX investor, has introduced a new technology package (under the Atom brand) with a view to boosting the nascent Mobile Internet D…
31/03/2008
Over 133 million WiMAX users by 2012, says WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum projects there will be more than 133 million WiMAX users globally by 2012. The forecast is based on the results of an independently commissioned research study, which…
WiMAX for Qatar's second fixed-line operator
ictQATAR, the telecom regulator of Qatar, has announced that the winner of the state's second fixed-line licence will be able to offer WiMAX. The decision to bundle WiMAX wi…
28/03/2008
Municipalities can spur WiMAX growth, says Polish altnet
Netia, the largest altnet in Poland, is calling on local municipalities to take advantage of available EU funds (set aside for building up the information society among EU member sta…
26/03/2008
Comcast and Time Warner to bolster WiMAX?
Comcast and Time Warner Cable, two of the biggest cable operators in the US, are reportedly in discussion with Sprint and Clearwire to help fund nationwide WiMAX rollout. The…
DSL substitution to drive mobile WiMAX, says Juniper
The 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard looks best placed to be a DSL substitution technology over the next five years. According to a report from Juniper Research, entitled "The …
Airspan hits back at WiMAX "disaster" claims
Garth Freeman, the CEO of Australian service provider Buzz Broadband, caused a stir last week when he openly disparaged WiMAX performance at a conference in Thailand. Freema…
Spirent puts WiMAX and LTE to the test
UK-based Spirent has announced a new testing package for WiMAX and LTE developers, which is capable of measuring bi-directional Multiple-In, Multiple-Out (MIMO) and beamforming perfo…
Global WiMAX subs increase 20% in fourth quarter
The number of subscribers using WiMAX Forum certified products worldwide topped 800,000 at the end of December, an increase of 20 per cent compared to three months earlier. A…
Motorola offers common platform for WiMAX and LTE
Motorola has announced a new wireless broadband platform that is software configurable to support both WiMAX 802.16e access points and LTE (long Term Evolution) evolved Node-B (eNode…
Gartner warns of "WiMAX hype" in India
Despite the hefty financial commitment of both BSNL and Tata Communications (formerly VSNL) to widespread WiMAX rollout in India, analyst firm Gartner still believes that, in the nea…
18/03/2008
Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei sign up for NextWave TV platform
Last week wireless broadband spectrum owner and equipment maker NextWave Wireless unveiled its MXtv TV platform for mobile WiMAX, which will be integrated into the WiMAX portfolio…
Taiwanese operators update plans
WiMAX Telecom has said it will launch services in 2008 while rival north Taiwan licensee Global Mobile has postponed its launch until 2009. WiMAX Telecom president Te…
QMax and POSDATA launch mobile WiMAX in Singapore
QMax Communications, a mobile WiMAX service provider in Singapore, has announced that services are now being offered in the main harbour and coastal areas in southern Singapore us…
Airspan wins new contract from Tricom in the Dominican Republic
Airspan Networks has announced that Tricom, one of the Dominican Republic's leading carriers, has awarded Airspan an expansion contract to continue to supply its WiMAX solutions i…
Kenya Data Networks to expand nationwide network with Alvarion
Alvarion has announced that its longstanding customer, Kenya Data Networks (KDN), plans to expand its WiMAX network. An integral part of the current KDN Butterfly net…
Exatel partners with Proximetry and Tranzeo for WiMAX
Polish operator Exatel has announced that it will deliver innovative WiMAX services to business, municipal, and other users using software and equipment from Proximetry and equipm…
Samsung launches WiBro media player
Samsung has released the SWT-W100K, a 4.3-inch touchscreen multimedia handheld device that will run on Korea's 2.3GHz WiBro networks. First showcased at CES in Januar…
Altair samples the world's most power-efficient mobile WiMAX processor
Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company, has announced the release of the ALT2150 mobile WiMAX baseband processor to leading handheld device and module manufacturers.…
WiChorus announces new class of intelligent home agent solution
WiChorus has announced the availability of its Home Agent solution. Leveraging the capabilities of WiChorus' Intelligent Wireless Core Platform, the Home Agent solution serves as …
More to WiMAX than Xohm
In April, all eyes will be on the US, as Xohm goes live. As the CTO at the helm of the world's most eagerly anticipated WiMAX deployment, Barry West will deliver the opening keyno…
11/03/2008
Clearwire confirms first mobile WiMAX markets
Clearwire will launch mobile WiMAX in four US markets by year-end, the company confirmed in a conference call last week to announce fourth quarter results. Clearwire C…
AAA is the key to mobile WiMAX
The development of mobile WiMAX network technology is gathering pace, and it brings with it specific challenges, not the least of which is the need for a far superior form of auth…
Mexican operators lining up for WiMAX
Mexico's largest cable operator Grupo Televisa SAB and long distance operator Alestra have both indicated a desire to offer WiMAX services as the government prepares to auction Wi…
Fujitsu, Samsung to supply KDDI-led consortium
Wireless Broadband Planning, the Japanese consortium led by KDDI, Kyocera and Intel Capital that last year won a national 2.5GHz licence, has renamed itself UQ Communications and …
Tata rolls out with Telsima
Tata Communications has selected Telsima Corporation to provide WiMAX solutions for Tata's extensive broadband wireless network in India, the vendor announced last week. …
Zain Bahrain launches business services
After a successful launch of home services, Zain Bahrain will start rolling out its WiMAX services for businesses this month, according to local reports. The Gulf Dai…
Iberbanda and Alvarion Expand WiMAX Networks in Spain
Alvarion and Iberbanda, Spain's leading WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telefonica, have announced the deployment of Alvarion's BreezeMAX system at 3.5GHz in Navarra, an autonomou…
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia Sells Out and Extends Exhibition Floor Plan
March 4th, 2008 - WiMAX Forum Congress Asia, the first of the WiMAX Forum's new series of trade shows, has sold out. The original floor plan has now been extended to add an extra …
Malaysia's Packet One chooses Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Packet One Networks to deploy a WiMAX network in 2.3GHz spectrum in Malaysia in a project worth $71m. Malaysian broadband services…
04/03/2008
Italian 3.5GHz auction ends
Communications Minister Paolo Gentiloni announced last Thursday that Italy's auction of 3.5GHz WiMAX licences had concluded, raising 136.3m euros ($205.8m). This was c…
Samsung, Intel leading IP activity
Samsung and Intel dominate an increasingly active WiMAX patent scene, according to WTRS principal analyst Dr. Kirsten West, who hails the vigorous activity as a sign of a rapidly …
UK enterprise operator to incorporate FREEDOM4 WiMAX
Vialtus Solutions (formerly Pipex Business) is working with virtual network operator (VNO) Vanco to offer 'personal' wireless networks to UK businesses. The solution i…
New government plan could jeopardize Australian WiMAX rollout
The rollout of ADSL2/fixed-WiMAX services to rural Australia by the Optus-backed OPEL consortium might not happen, even though the new Labor government has vowed not to renege on …
Fujitsu launches world's smallest RF module for mobile WiMAX devices
Fujitsu has announced the launch of the world's smallest radio frequency module for mobile devices, which supports all of the RF circuitry necessary for mobile WiMAX. …
WIND Telecom to launch converged solutions with WiMAX
Dominican Republic operator WIND Telecom will offer internet, TV and voice services primarily based on mobile WiMAX equipment provided by Nortel. WIND Telecom is promo…
Agilent, Beceem collaborate on Mobile WiMAX protocol test solution
Agilent Technologies and Beceem Communications have announced they will extend their WiMAX collaboration to include Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 protocol test solutions. Agile…
Time out needed for Malaysia's WiMAX licensees
Malaysia's Communications Minister Lim Keng Yaik has unexpectedly declared that the country's four 2.3GHz WiMAX licensees would be sternly punished if they did not meet their sche…
WiMAX equipment market up 46 per cent in 2007: Infonetics
The WiMAX equipment market grew 11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2007 and 46 per cent for the year, with worldwide sales hitting just under $800m, says Infonetics Research in …
03/03/2008
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia Sells Out and Extends Exhibition Floor Plan
March 4th, 2008 - WiMAX Forum Congress Asia, the first of the WiMAX Forum's new series of trade shows, has sold out. The original floor plan has now been extended to add…
26/02/2008
BSNL chairman discusses plans to WiMAX India
Kuldeep Goyal, chairman and MD of Indian state telco BSNL, and Tom Flak, senior VP company operations of SOMA Networks, discuss BSNL's ambitious WiMAX plans. BSNL will…
Synterra subsidiary launches WVNO in St. Petersburg
Peterstar, a subsidiary of Moscow-based WiMAX operator Synterra, will offer WiMAX services in St. Petersburg by leasing network equipment and licensed 3.5GHz spectrum from Start T…
SoftBank Mobile won't rule out MVNO play
Japan's SoftBank Mobile has followed the example of archrival NTT DoCoMo by refusing to rule out launching 802.16e services via an MVNO. SoftBank Mobile spokeswoman M…
PuntoNet chooses Airspan to provide 5.85GHz solutions in Ecuador
Airspan Networks has announced that PuntoNet, Ecuador's largest WISP, has awarded Airspan a follow on contract to supply MicroMAX base stations and related CPE to expand the opera…
France Telecom bets big on niche mobile WiMAX opportunities
France Telecom-owned Orange is set to enter the Russian market as a mobile WiMAX virtual-network operator and is intensifying its strategy of adopting WiMAX as a low-risk option f…
Bridgewater enables OTA device provisioning
Bridgewater Systems has announced an Over-The-Air Provisioning (OTA) solution, which enables service providers to support dynamic provisioning of devices on WiMAX networks.
Aperto PacketMAX selected by PESCO Telecom for Lebanon
Aperto Networks has announced that it has been selected by PESCO Telecom for a major WiMAX deployment in Lebanon. PESCO Telecom, which is the largest service provider …
Tranzeo Wireless announces new picocells
Tranzeo Wireless has announced a new family of turnkey WiMAX pico base stations using Proximetry's intelligent provisioning and management software, AirSync. The firs…
19/02/2008
Sarin proposes WiMAX-LTE convergence
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin was again driving the 4G agenda at the mobile industry's annual gathering in Barcelona, suggesting that WiMAX become part of LTE. Last year in …
Forum confirms 700MHz profile in the pipeline
The WiMAX Forum unveiled its 700MHz plans at the Mobile World Congress, which include a much-discussed FDD profile for mobile WiMAX. At a press briefing in Barcelona, …
Max Telecom completes first phase of nationwide rollout in Bulgaria
Max Telecom announced at the Mobile World Congress that it had completed the first phase of its WiMAX rollout in Bulgaria, using Cisco mobile WiMAX technology paired with its acce…
Motorola unveils WiMAX devices ecosystem initiative
Motorola will license its WiMAX chipset-based radio reference design and essential WiMAX IP after announcing its first radio reference design licensing agreement with Enfora. …
Intel invests in UK operator FREEDOM4, demos WiMAX-Wi-Fi roaming
Intel Capital has announced that it has signed an agreement to make a substantial investment in U.K. based FREEDOM4, formerly known as Pipex Wireless. Pipex Communica…
Redline launches RedMAX 4C products
Redline has introduced its RedMAX 4C mobile WiMAX products, 802.16e base stations and subscriber devices for the 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz bands. The expanded RedMAX 4C family…
Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung debut WiMAX-GSM/EDGE dual-mode services
Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung unveiled at Mobile World Congress a device-plus-infrastructure solution that will enable seamless access between GSM/EDGE and WiMAX networks. …
NXP demonstrates dual-mode EDGE-WiMAX
NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, demonstrated a dual-mode EDGE-WiMAX reference design at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. <…
Freescale and Sequans advance femtocell designs
Freescale Semiconductor and Sequans Communications have released a reference design that shrinks form factors, lowers costs and streamlines the development of femtocells. …
NextWave announces ecosystem partners
On the heels of its recent announcement to enable a complete mobile WiMAX handset reference platform through its partnership with EB (Elektrobit), NextWave Wireless has announced …
04/02/2008
Forum hushes FDD chatter
The WiMAX Forum has poured cold water on Airspan CTO Paul Senior's assertion that a mobile WiMAX FDD profile will be released "within six months". WiMAX Vision quizzed the Forum's…
India's VSNL to roll out in 12 cities
Indian operator VSNL (soon to be renamed Tata Communications) said last week that it intends to extend its WiMAX services from the city of Bangalore to 11 more cities by March 200…
Intel questions claims for LTE backward compatibility
Speaking exclusively to WiMAX Vision from the WiMAX Forum's member conference in Hawaii, Siavash Alamouti, CTO of Intel's Mobile Wireless Group, takes issue with a key claim made …
Tricom selects Airspan to supply WiMAX in Dominican Republic
Airspan Networks has announced that Tricom, one of the Dominican Republic's leading carriers, has awarded Airspan a contract to supply its WiMAX solutions in the licensed 3.5GHz f…
Clearwire, Sprint planning 'common network architecture'
Amid reports suggesting Sprint and Clearwire have resurrected their deal, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff announced at an investor conference that the companies have "aligned on common ne…
Packet One appoints Alcatel-Lucent to deploy 2.3GHz network
Malaysian operator Packet One Networks (P1) has selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy and manage a commercial WiMAX network in the 2.3GHz band, a deal valued at $71 million for Phase …
Alvarion deploys wireless broadband network for NGI in Italy
Alvarion has announced that NGI, one of the main ISPs in Italy, has deployed its BreezeACCESS(R) VL and BreezeNET(R) B to offer high speed broadband wireless services in Northern …
Tranzeo and Proximetry collaborate for WiMAX and Wi-Fi tool
Tranzeo Wireless, a manufacturer of Wi-Fi and WiMAX systems, and Proximetry, a supplier of real-time network and performance management solutions, are collaborating to enhance Wi-…
What are the prospects for mobile WiMAX at 3.5GHz?
Although there are still obstacles to overcome, it seems that mobile WiMAX at 3.5GHz is becoming a reality in a number of markets. Notably, UK Broadband has recently …
28/01/2008
Malaysian 2.3GHz operator commits to $150m rollout
Malaysian 2.3GHz licence holder Asiaspace has said that it will invest RM500m ($152m) over several years to roll out a WiMAX network. Asiaspace was awarded a 2.3GHz li…
US mass market a tough nut says Maravedis
The large-scale adoption of WiMAX in the US still faces many hurdles, according to research firm Maravedis, which has also concluded that LTE will be dominant in the country by 20…
Wateen orders 198,000 Motorola CPE
Motorola has announced a contract with Wateen Telecom-Pakistan for the supply of 198,000 end-user WiMAX CPE devices for both indoor and outdoor use. Complementi…
Neovia seeks additional funding
SAO PAULO (WiMAX Day). Brazilian WiMAX operator Neovia expects it will soon close on a new round of financing. The company did not disclose the total amount of capital it seeks, b…
Italian licences attract 29 bidders
Italy's Ministry of Communications has received 29 bids for 3.5GHz WiMAX licences, it announced last week. Amongst the bidders for WiMAX licences are Telecom Italia, …
DoCoMo, SoftBank back mobile WiMAX despite losing out
Even after losing the recent beauty contest for licences in the 2.5GHz band, Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank Mobile say they have not abandoned plans to offer mobile Wi…
SOMA Networks chosen by BSNL
SOMA Networks has been chosen by Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Ltd (BSNL), India's state-owned and largest telecommunications company, to deploy what it says will be the industry's larges…
What are the prospects for mobile WiMAX at 3.5GHz?
Although there are still obstacles to overcome, it seems that mobile WiMAX at 3.5GHz is becoming a reality in a number of markets. Notably, UK Broadband has recently …
Redline's products chosen by One Ring Networks of Atlanta
Redline has announced that One Ring Networks has selected Redline's 3.65GHz RedMAX products to deliver WiMAX services in the metro area of Atlanta, Georgia. One Ring N…
Monaco Telecom to collaborate with Alvarion, Cisco and Nokia on mobile WiMAX
Monaco Telecom, a Cable & Wireless affiliate, is working with Alvarion, Cisco and Nokia to establish a Centre of Excellence on WiMAX in the Principality. This init…
22/01/2008
WiMAX flies under the radar in China
It has always been difficult to fathom China's official attitude to WiMAX. But operators are going ahead with trial deployments regardless, says Will Strauss, president of Forward…
FREEDOM4 and ConnectMK launch WiMAX service in UK
FREEDOM4 has joined forces with ConnectMK to offer the first UK commercial wireless broadband service using WiMAX technology, the companies announced last week. The r…
Enforta plans to WiMAX 40 Russian cities in 2008
Enforta will expand its WiMAX footprint to 65 of Russia's largest cities by the end of 2008, the company announced last week. The company now provides high speed inte…
Sweden readies auction of 2.6GHz WiMAX spectrum
STOCKHOLM (WiMAX Day). The National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) of Sweden is now accepting applications from interested parties to participate in the auction of 2500-2690MHz rad…
Sequans leading European R&D programme on next-generation WiMAX
WiMAX chipmaker Sequans is leading a new WiMAX development project established and funded by the European Commission. The project will develop a new air interface for the next gen…
Clearwire and Google collaborate
Clearwire is teaming up with Google to deliver the company's popular Google Apps communication suite to Clearwire customers. Clearwire will begin migrating its curren…
Alcatel-Lucent WiMAX center endorsed by Taiwan government
Alcatel-Lucent will open its WiMAX Application and Interoperability Testing (IOT) Center to local Taiwan CPE manufacturers, working with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Asia to dominate mobile WiMAX market: Juniper Research
Juniper Research forecasts that Asia will account for over 50 per cent of mobile WiMAX 802.16e subscribers by 2013, exceeding 40 million mobile subscribers. A country …
Airspan wins 5GHz contracts in the Ukraine
Airspan Networks has announced that its MicroMAX products in the 5GHz frequency band have been successfully deployed in the Ukraine. Ten national and regional carrier…
15/01/2008
Bringing in the New
It's not all about Xohm, Barry West told his audience at CES 2008 in Las Vegas. And well he might. WiMAX has a global momentum that means that, Sprint's adventures notwithstanding…
Xohm on Track, looking for investors: West
"We are exactly where we said we'd be," said Barry West, president of Sprint's Xohm business unit, at CES 2008 in Las Vegas, going on to reiterate that the current Xohm soft launc…
Australia's WiMAX landscape transformed
Unwired has been bought by the Seven Network. Austar has sold its spectrum to the OPEL consortium. What does it all mean for WiMAX in Australia? Local Ovum analyst Nathan Burley s…
WiMAX Forum begins Mobile WiMAX Certification
The WiMAX Forum's lead certification lab in Spain is now open for formal Mobile WiMAX certification testing and evaluation of 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz equipment. The Forum a…
Motorola seals Mexican WiMAX win
Mexican integrated fixed-line telco AXTEL has selected Motorola to provide WiMAX access points, core network equipment, associated services and CPE for its initial deployment of W…
WiMAX taking off in India, but serious roadblocks remain
The potential for WiMAX in India is massive, but widespread success would require a confluence of several factors, including improved spectrum options, low-cost end-user devices a…
Huawei to deploy WiMAX in Bulgaria
Huawei has announced that it has been selected by TransTelecom, a Bulgarian telecom operator, to deploy a commercial WiMAX network covering central business districts and hot spot…
Redline's RedMAX chosen for WiMAX network in Tunisia
Redline has announced that Divona Telecom, a leading satellite and WiMAX operator in Tunisia, has chosen Redline's RedMAX products for its five-city WiMAX network. Red…
Orange links with Synterra to become WiMAX VNO
MOSCOW (WiMAX Day). The Russian wireless broadband carrier Synterra has agreed with Orange Business Services, a subsidiary of France Telecom, to launch "mini" WiMAX networks acros…
World's first WiMAX vehicle navigation system
Japan's Oki Electric Industry and Alpine Electronics demonstrated with Runcom the world's first car navigation system with streaming content based on Mobile WiMAX at CES 2008 in L…
17/12/2007
Sprint Nextel switches on WiMAX lights
This week, Sprint Nextel goes live with its mobile WiMAX networks in Chicago and Baltimore/Washington D.C., soft-launching services in preparation for commercial rollout next year…
Brazil to auction 3.5GHz airwaves in Q1 2008
Brazil's national regulator Anatel has confirmed that the long-postponed auction of 3.5GHz wireless broadband licences will go ahead in the first quarter of 2008. …
Pan-Asia WiMAX: Taiwan and India take center stage
3Q07 saw the mobile WiMAX industry take a big step in Asia Pacific, with Taiwan becoming the first major Asian country to issue licenses for 2.5GHz spectrum and key WiMAX developm…
WiMAX Forum to establish certification lab in India
The WiMAX Forum has announced that it plans to create the first ever WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory in India by 2008. "India's ecosyste…
SoftBank aims for DoCoMo WiMAX deal
SoftBank has made a surprise approach to rival mobile operator NTT DoCoMo to discuss forming a consortium to increase their chances of securing one of the two 2.5GHz…
Intel, Comstar collaborate to develop mobile WiMAX in Russia
Russian telecoms provider Comstar and Intel have announced a collaboration to develop mobile WiMAX in Russia. The joint effort will initially focus on building a cityw…
WiMAX invades upper Normandy
PARIS (WiMAX Day). Le Conseil General de Seine Maritime has announced the wireless invasion of the upper region of Normandy, France. By next month nearly all of the inhabitan…
Telsima unveils WiMAX 450MHz/700MHz solution
Telsima's WiMAX 450/700MHz solution is an end- to-end communication solution for operators who have a frequency license between 400MHz and 1GHz. The Telsima solution can be customize…
What now for 802.16d operators with 802.16e on the horizon?
The imminent arrival of Mobile WiMAX is generating a great deal of industry noise. However, what of operators who already have Fixed WiMAX deployed? Should thes…
10/12/2007
ASN Gateways high on 2008 WiMAX agenda
After mobile WiMAX operators have selected and deployed their radio networks the next, vital step is implementing the ASN Gateways that will connect the WiMAX RAN to the IP core a…
VSE NET, Alcatel-Lucent launch Germany's first mobile WiMAX network
The regional provider VSE NET of the Saarland has formally launched Germany's first commercial WiMAX network with full commercial service to follow in January 2008. V…
NEC lands first mobile WiMAX contract
NEC has announced that it has received an order from Taiwan's Tatung InfoComm for the supply of mobile WiMAX systems, the first order received by NEC for a commercial mobile WiMAX…
Hong Kong to issue WiMAX licences next year
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has announced it will release two spectrum licences by auction in Q4 2008 to enable wireless broadband services.<…
Italian WiMAX licences attract 48 firms
Telecom Italia, Wind and broadband operator Fastweb are among the 48 firms that have expressed interest in Italy's auction of 3.5GHz WiMAX licences, according to the Italian gover…
Mobilink selects Motorola for WiMAX network in Pakistan
Motorola has announced an agreement with Mobilink to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network for the operator in Pakistan. Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will…
Fujitsu and Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry to form WiMAX JV
Fujitsu and the Institute for Information Industry (III) of Taiwan have entered into a MOU to establish a new company in Taiwan that will develop WiMAX application platforms.<…
NextPhase Wireless announces 2008 WiMAX rollout plan
NextPhase Wireless has announced that it will commence testing and deployment of certified WiMAX products in 1Q08 in the United States. "Deploying WiMAX services in t…
WiMAX equipment market revenue up six per cent in 3Q07
The WiMAX market is heating up quickly, with worldwide sales of WiMAX equipment up six per cent in 3Q07 to $206 million following a 14 per cent jump in 2Q07, says Infonetics Resea…
UGC + WiMAX = profitable new relationships
Speaking to a packed audience at Informa's WiMAX 2007 event in Munich, Jason Ling, Head of Mobile at MySpace.com, shared his views on the opportunity for WiMAX to bring his commun…
04/12/2007
WiMAX operators gather to talk shop
WiMAX operators gathered in force at the WiMAX 2007 conference in Munich last week to share deployment experiences with their peers. WiMAX Vision was there to record some intrigui…
Turkcell looks forward to WiMAX spectrum auctions in 2008
Turkey could issue up to four nationwide 3.5GHz licences next year, according to Turkcell, Europe's second largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers, which wants to use WiMAX …
WiMAX competition arrives in Caribbean nation
The Dominican Republic is becoming a WiMAX hotbed, with the country's regulator, Indotel, striving to encourage widespread broadband adoption. The nation is set …
Siemens introduces 802.16e portfolio at WiMAX 2007
Siemens announced at the WiMAX 2007 conference in Munich its new portfolio of WiMAX subscriber devices, which will initially consist of two modems and two gateways. A…
Google to participate in the mother of all auctions
MOUNTAIN VIEW (WiMAX Day). To ensure it has an upper hand in shaping the brave new world of mobile Internet, Google has its eyes on the fundamental key to a turned-on ecosystem: t…
University finds WiMAX suits rural USA
Ball State University's Office of Wireless Research and Mapping (OWRM) has released its research findings on WiMAX that it says will help steer the development of broadband servic…
Israel moves closer to WiMAX tender
Israel's Ministry of Communications has prepared a policy outline designating which areas of wireless spectrum will be identified for WiMAX uses. The guidelines will …
MTN deploys Redline WiMAX in Cameroon
Redline has announced that MTN Cameroon, a subsidiary of the MTN Group, has chosen Redline's RedMAX products for its 12-city WiMAX network. The first phase of MTN Cam…
Alvarion's Mobile WiMAX solution in Nigeria
Alvarion's 4Motion 802.16e solution has been selected by Monarch Communications, a WiMAX license holder in several different states in Nigeria. Data and VoIP services,…
UGC + WiMAX = profitable new relationships
Speaking to a packed audience at Informa's WiMAX 2007 event in Munich, Jason Ling, Head of Mobile at MySpace.com, shared his views on the opportunity for WiMAX to bring his commun…
20/11/2007
ITU welcomes WiMAX frequencies into IMT
The ITU resolved last week to designate radio frequencies used for WiMAX as IMT frequencies, providing a further boost to the WiMAX community after last month's acceptance of WiMA…
Cisco defines WiMAX strategy
Cisco executives fleshed out the company's WiMAX strategy last week, briefing analysts on how the acquisition of Navini Networks fits in with the company's broader aims, particula…
Umniah launches WiMAX in Jordan
Umniah, Jordan's newest mobile communications provider and a subsidiary of Batelco Bahrain Group, has launched WiMAX services under the UMAX brand. Umniah announced th…
Hotspot chooses Redline for national WiMAX network in Tanzania
Redline has announced that Hotspot Business Solutions (Hotspot), a regional telecommunications provider in Tanzania, has selected Redline's RedMAX products for the country's first…
Tricom awards Airspan WiMAX contract in the Dominican Republic
Airspan Networks has announced that Tricom, one of the Dominican Republic's leading carriers, has awarded Airspan a contract to supply its WiMAX solutions in the licensed 3.5GHz f…
Samsung releases new WiBro line-up
Samsung has unveiled four new WiBro devices that will operate on Korea Telecom's WiBro network in an effort to further boost the Korean mobile WiMAX market. The device…
Redline chosen for first WiMAX in Lebanon
Redline has announced that its RedMAX WiMAX products have been chosen by Comium Data Lebanon (Comium), for its country-wide WiMAX network in Lebanon. Comium is one of…
Five bidders take 2.6GHz WiMAX spectrum in Norway
OSLO (WiMAX Day). The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (NPT) completed an auction last week of 2.6GHz radio frequencies, the first auction of an IMT frequency since…
Capitalising upon the cost effectiveness of WiMAX
It is crucially important to assess how WiMAX compares to other technologies in terms of build-out cost, a critical facet of any operator's deployment strategy. The ro…
Redline first to receive FCC approval for 3.65GHz WiMAX products
Redline has announced it has received FCC approval for its RedMAX AN-100U WiMAX base station in the United States, the first 3.65GHz WiMAX product to be approved for operation in …
13/11/2007
Sprint, Clearwire terminate WiMAX agreement
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced separately last Friday that they had terminated their proposed partnership to jointly build a WiMAX network across the US, although both comp…
WiMAX ripe for MVNO model?
The WiMAX business could develop along lines that are substantially more MVNO-friendly than the cellular business, suggests Tom Elliott, VP, North American Consulting, Strategy An…
Personal expands WiMAX network with Redline
Paraguayan operator Personal is expanding its Hipuu! WiMAX network beyond the first phase by deploying Redline's RedMAX solutions, Redline has announced. Personal, a l…
Maravedis and Tonse predict 21 million WiMAX subscribers in India by 2014
India will have up to 21 million WiMAX subscribers by 2014, according to a report co-authored by Maravedis and Indian market research firm Tonse Telecom. Maravedis, in…
Solectek establishing Brazil WiMAX operation
Solectek Corporation, a manufacturer of broadband wireless equipment, announced that the company is establishing operations in Brazil in order to locally manufacture and sell its …
Taiwanese WiMAX equipment makers taking off in 2007
According to MIC (Market Intelligence Center), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, in 2007 Taiwanese WiMAX CPE shipment value is expected to amount to $159m, repre…
Top vendors support WiMAX Forum Congress Series
Motorola, Intel, Samsung, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel & Alvarion have all confirmed as lead sponsors for the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia and the WiMAX Forum G…
NetCracker introduces WiMAX, VDSL2+, and Metro Ethernet solution
NetCracker Technology has announced capabilities that enable service providers to fulfill and provision high definition and high bandwidth services over WiMAX, VDSL2/2+, and Metro…
06/11/2007
Cisco bets on Beamforming with Navini acquisition
Cisco put the rumours to rest last month by acquiring WiMAX equipment manufacturer Navini Networks in a $330m deal that confirmed Cisco's change of heart towards WiMAX. <…
In-building coverage key to WiMAX success
Indoor coverage will be critical to the appeal of WiMAX networks as the balance of wireless network usage shifts from voice towards data, but the subject is not getting the attent…
Top vendors support WiMAX Forum Congress Series
Motorola, Intel, Samsung, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel & Alvarion have all confirmed as lead sponsors for the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia and the WiMAX Forum G…
ONEMAX and Alcatel-Lucent complete first 3.5GHz mobile WiMAX handoffs
ONEMAX, a new wireless broadband access provider serving the Dominican Republic, and Alcatel-Lucent have announced the completion of the world's first mobile handoffs on a commerc…
SMART Alliance launched by Navini, Beceem, Fujitsu, Runcom
In an effort to drive harmonized system performance and interoperability of Smart Antenna systems, Navini, Beceem, Fujitsu and Runcom have announced the formation of the "SMart An…
Mobile broadband spectrum opens up across Western Europe
Opportunities for operators to deploy mobile broadband are gathering steam in Western Europe, with a variety of recent and impending spectrum activity set to open up the market. <…
Huawei releases new converged WiMAX solution
Huawei has rolled out its New Generation WiMAX commercial solution, with integrated 4G mobile technologies that it says can provide operators with 30 per cent cost-savings on base…
Sri Lankan operator launches WiMAX network
Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN), a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia-owned Dialog Telekom, has become the first operator in Sri Lanka to introduce broadband over WiMAX technology.
New Zealand auction set for December
New Zealand's Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe announced last week that 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz airwaves would be auctioned next month. "Fo…
SkyCross chosen by Intel for WiMAX antennas
SkyCross, a global wireless company providing antenna-centric RF solutions, has announced that Intel has chosen internal SkyCross WiMAX antennas for the Dana Point Express34 PC ca…
23/10/2007
ITU approves WiMAX as IMT-2000 technology
The WiMAX industry received a huge boost last week when the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly approved WiMAX as part of the IMT-2000 family of standards ahead of the ITU World Radio…
ITU approval paves way for '4G' WiMAX
The ITU's decision to include WiMAX as an IMT-2000 technology firmly places WiMAX on the path towards 'IMT-Advanced', or '4G', status when the next generation of ITU-approved stan…
Vodafone Malta expands WiMAX coverage
Vodafone Malta has expanded its WiMAX packages for residential and business customers into the island of Gozo, the second island of the Maltese archipelago. The WiMAX…
WiMAX Forum launches application lab, releases PlugFest results
The WiMAX Forum has opened the first WiMAX Forum-endorsed application lab in conjunction with the Taiwanese government's M-Taiwan project and released details of its latest PlugFe…
Japan has big decision to make in WiMAX contest
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will become the latest government body in Asia Pacific to be faced with the tricky problem of deciding how to allocate just…
Bollore Telecom selects Motorola for Paris WiMAX trial
Motorola has announced the deployment of a WiMAX pilot in Paris with Bollore Telecom, a holder of 12 WiMAX licences in France. The pilot is designed to assist B…
Max Telecom deploys nationwide network from Navini
Bulgaria's Max Telecom will roll out nationwide mobile WiMAX services running over infrastructure provided by Navini Networks. The services will be marketed under the…
Far EasTone selects Alcatel-Lucent for WiMAX highway
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Far EasTone to deploy a 802.16e-based WiMAX network along a major freeway linking Taipei city with Taoyuan International Airport. …
Clearwire introduces first wireless pc card
Clearwire has announced the availability of the first Clearwire pc card through all of its distribution channels in its markets across the United States. …
Elcoteq becomes Telsima's partner for WiMAX
ODM manufacturer Elcoteq SE has announced that it has become the global manufacturing partner for Telsima, a leading developer of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access (BWA) and D…
16/10/2007
Pipex Wireless becomes Freedom4, announces launch in Q4
Pipex Wireless has a new name, Freedom4, and is preparing to launch a new WiMAX market in the U.K. in Q4 2007 while simultaneously spinning the venture off. WiMAX Vision spoke to …
Minister says Italian WiMAX auction set for January 2008
MILAN (WiMAX Day). The Italian Ministry of Communications (Agcom) has announced that licences for 3.4-3.6GHz WiMAX spectrum will be auctioned in January 2008. The lon…
Argentina's Ertach plans 2008 mobile WiMAX launch
According to local news provider BNamericas Argentine broadband provider Ertach will launch mobile WiMAX services in Argentina in the first quarter of 2008. The compan…
Nortel joins Motorola as Far EasTone WiMAX supplier
Far EasTone will launch its mobile WiMAX network in Taipei County with equipment from Nortel it emerged a week after Far EasTone awarded two WiMAX contracts to rival vendor Motoro…
Chilean regulator plans 700MHz auction
Chile's telecoms regulator Subtel plans to auction 700MHz spectrum for wireless broadband services, according to statements by the Subtel head Pablo Bello. The announc…
Japanese carriers submit WiMAX licence bids
The consortia assembled by Japanese mobile players NTT DoCoMo, Softbank and KDDI, along with PHS provider Willcom, have applied for WiMAX licences. The four groups are…
Fujitsu, Navini demo beamformed mobile WiMAX
Navini Networks and Fujitsu Microelectronics America (FMA) have announced the first demonstration of multi-vendor interoperability using Smart WiMAX technology, the conjunction of…
Aricent launches UMTS baseband and WiMAX BTS solution
Aricent has introduced its new UMTS baseband and WiMAX base station software solution designed to enables semiconductor manufacturers to rapidly enter the femtocell, picocell and …
AT4 wireless opens U.S. testing facility
AT4 wireless, formerly Cetecom Spain, has opened its first WiMAX testing facility in the United States, next door to Sprint Nextel's own WiMAX testing labs. The Malaga…
09/10/2007
Will mobile WiMAX halt subsidy cycle?
Notwithstanding the efforts of Sprint Nextel to introduce a new 'subsidy-free' model of device distribution, other forms of subsidy will persist, predicts Michael Thelander, found…
Taiwan's WiMAX players set out rollout plans
Far EasTone plans commercial WiMAX by early 2009, Tatung expects rollout in the fourth quarter of 2008, while Taiwan's other licensees are also laying out their WiMAX plans.
Back-office challenges loom for Sprint's open-access model
Sprint Nextel's open-access strategy risks inflating expectations of the availability of consumer-electronics devices for its Xohm WiMAX network and could see the operator encount…
Brasil Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent for WiMAX
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Brasil Telecom to deploy the first commercial 802.16e WiMAX networks in Brazil in the cities of Sao Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre. …
Billing is critical for WiMAX, says report
Because many operators contemplating WiMAX rollouts are not in the wireless-communications business, they could face challenges they have not previously encountered, according to …
India's BSNL and VSNL prepare for WiMAX deployments
According to Indian media, government-owned operator BSNL is set to issue a tender for 50,000 WiMAX-connected Common Service Centres (CSC) across India while rival VSNL has set as…
WiMAX in the wind for Weather and Orascom
MILAN (WiMAX Day). The telecoms holding group Weather Investments SpA may seek further investments in WiMAX, according to several sources. The Italy-based investment …
POSDATA unveils G100, world's first mobile WiMAX gaming device
POSDATA has introduced a new gaming platform that will enable gaming enthusiasts to download games and access the internet using mobile WiMAX connections. The platform…
The migration dilemma
The imminent arrival of mobile WiMAX continues to generate a great deal of noise among stakeholders in the industry. What should operators with 802.16d deployed do now that 802.16…
02/10/2007
Australia's WiMAX airwaves up for grabs
Australia's Seven Network has launched a takeover bid for wireless broadband pioneer and WiMAX spectrum holder Unwired and is in talks with Austar, the country's other major licen…
Chips made to measure
Device manufacturers want chipsets tailored to their specs beyond WiMAX certification, according to chipset maker Wavesat, which is developing its 'Panther' silicon with new partn…
Nokia tablet to use Intel WiMAX silicon in 2008
Nokia has announced it will use Intel's WiMAX silicon, codenamed 'Baxter Peak', in its forthcoming Nseries internet tablets. Designed specifically for mobile internet …
Israel's WiMAX tender taking shape
Israel's Ministry of Communications is taking soundings from the public and communications industry until mid-October before publishing the rules for a future WiMAX tender.
Alcatel-Lucent and Kyocera combine to deliver WiMAX solutions
Alcatel-Lucent and Kyocera Wireless have signed a joint development agreement under which they will collaborate on the development of end-to-end wireless broadband solutions. …
Aperto announces 802.16d PacketMAX for 5.8GHz
Aperto Networks has announced the availability of PacketMAX solutions that operate in the 5.8GHz license-exempt band. The products are scheduled for commercial availability in Dec…
Motorola unveils WiMAX chipset for handhelds, new CPE
Motorola has revealed its mobile WiMAX chipset modem solution scheduled to debut in 2008 as well as a new WiMAX CPE solution, the CPEi 300. The WiMAX chipset is part o…
Sequans seals deals with Alvarion, PMC-Sierra, Soma
Sequans has sealed contracts with Alvarion, Sierra and Soma Networks to provide chipsets for picocells, femtocells and macrocells respectively. Sequans will supply Alv…
ZyXEL introduces new WiMAX BTS series
ZyXEL has unveiled two new WiMAX base stations, the MAX-3200 Picocell and MAX-1200 Femtocell base stations. The series provides enhanced WiMAX coverage, increased 4G n…
WiMAX Forum Global Congress Events Series Announces Keynote Speakers
The WiMAX Forum and Informa Telecoms & Media, producers of the WiMAX Forum Global Congress Events Series of trade shows and conferences, have announced they have already secur…
25/09/2007
Chips on the table
Intel has announced the first laptop makers who will support its WiMAX roadmap, Ericsson has countered with its first HSPA module for laptops, while Vodafone and Verizon have uppe…
Japanese 2.5GHz licence bidders crystallise
Following NTT DoCoMo's alliance with ACCA Networks, rival mobile operators KDDI and Softbank last week finalised their consortia in preparation to bid for Japanese 2.5GHz spectrum…
WiMAX Forum Global Congress Events Series Announces Keynote Speakers
The WiMAX Forum and Informa Telecoms & Media, producers of the WiMAX Forum Global Congress Events Series of trade shows and conferences, have announced they have already secur…
Swedish regulator issues draft rules for 2.5GHz auction
PTS, the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency, intends to issue licences for future wireless applications in the 2500-2690MHz frequency band through an auction planned for the…
Mobilink selects Alcatel-Lucent to rollout Mobile WiMAX in Pakistan
Alcatel-Lucent and Pakistan Mobile Communications, a mobile operator in Pakistan and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, have agreed to deploy a Mobile WiMAX network.
Sequans announces Telsima deal, WiNetworks Wave 2 base station
Sequans has announced that Telsima is using Sequans chips in its StarMAX product line and that WiNetworks is using Sequans chips for its new Mobile WiMAX base station. <…
Redline's RedMAX products chosen for Egyptian network
Redline Communications has announced that its RedMAX family of WiMAX products have been chosen by EgyNet for its broadband wireless network in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Sinai peninsula…
Airspan introduces quad-band MiMAX device
Airspan Networks has announced its Mobile WiMAX client device family called MiMAX. The first product in this family is the MiMAX USB, a USB2.0 based device that turns any laptop i…
Navini introduces new line of 802.16e modems
As the WiMAX industry gets closer to Mobile WiMAX certification, Navini Networks is announcing its Mobile WiMAX device portfolio, named "Surfer". Navini's Surfer line up will cons…
18/09/2007
Australia signs contract for rural WiMAX
Australia's government has ratified its AU$958 million subsidy to the Opel consortium which will use ADSL2+ and WiMAX to deliver broadband to rural areas. The subsidy…
Nokia's WiMAX Vision
With reports suggesting that Nokia is preparing a WiMAX version of its N800 Internet tablet WiMAX Vision quizzed Ari Virtanen, VP Convergence Products at Nokia's Multimedia unit, …
AT&T to launch WiMAX?
According to an unconfirmed report in Unstrung AT&T is preparing to launch WiMAX in the south of the U.S. during the second quarter of 2008. AT&T has 2.3GHz s…
Intel Capital, MCI invest in Bulgarian WiMAX operator Nexcom
Intel Capital and MCI Management S.A. have invested in Nexcom Bulgaria EAD, an alternative Bulgarian telco that is currently constructing a nation-wide WiMAX network. …
Clearwire enters Spain in Seville
Clearwire Espana has announced its first entry into Spain with the launch of its Instant Internet (Instanet) service in Seville. The Andalusian capital is the f…
Clearwire and ICO trial mobile video
Satellite services company ICO Global Communications and Clearwire have announced a joint agreement to collaborate on mobile video trials. In addition to testing mobi…
Taiwan's WiMAX CPE growth in 2007
Taiwan's WiMAX CPE shipment volume is expected to reach 651,000 units in the second half of 2007, growing 800 per cent year-on-year, according to Taiwanese industry research insti…
Sequans introduces new chip for Mobile WiMAX BTS
Sequans has introduced its newest WiMAX chip, SQN2130, the industry's first PHY and MAC ASIC optimized for Mobile WiMAX base stations. The SQN2130 is WiMAX Forum Wave…
Freescale, ArrayComm to deliver multi antenna signal processing
Freescale Semiconductor and ArrayComm have developed a baseband reference design intended to speed and simplify the creation of high-performance WiMAX base station equipment. …
From Wi-Fi to HSPA to WiMAX in Notebook Computers
Gaining support from the notebook computer manufacturer community will be fundamental to the mass-market success of WiMAX. The prospects for embedding WiMAX into note…
11/09/2007
Korea meeting paves WiMAX way into IMT-2000
WiMAX still looks set fair for entry into IMT-2000 after a special meeting of ITU-R Working Party 8F in Seoul, Korea, although opposition remains vociferous. As a res…
WiMAX players anticipate Indian payday
According to Indian press reports, state-owned telco BSNL is preparing a tender for WiMAX as part of its vast $14.7 billion three-year network expansion plans. Bharat …
Telmex tests Motorola WiMAX
Motorola is testing WiMAX with the Argentine unit of Mexican telecoms giant Telmex, BNAmericas reports quoting local newspaper Infobae. Tests are being conducted in th…
Unwired gets new investor
Broadband phone company Engin Limited has taken a 10.38 per cent stake in Australian wireless ISP Unwired Group Limited, which plans to migrate its network to WiMAX next year.
Alvarion's WiMAX solution for Russia
Alvarion has announced that its BreezeMAX system has been chosen by CenterTelecom for a deployment in Russia. The new network has already started rolling out with Cent…
AIRCOM accelerates WiMAX
AIRCOM International has launched its ENTERPRISE 6.0 network engineering suite which the company says has the potential to accelerate the roll-out and integration of WiMAX network…
Redline's RedMAX to rollout in Gabon
Redline and Radiall Systems, a French systems integrator, have announced that IBN Corporate chose Redline's RedMAX products for the first WiMAX network in Gabon. IBN …
SR Telecom and Wavesat Collaborate
SR Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Wavesat to collaborate on initiatives that address the market demand for global WiMAX technology. "Waves…
Sequans claims lead in throughput, power consumption
Sequans has announced that the SQN1130 for Mobile WiMAX subscriber station has demonstrated industry-leading high throughput with low power consumption in field testing. …
From Wi-Fi to HSPA to WiMAX in Notebook Computers
Gaining support from the notebook computer manufacturer community will be fundamental to the mass-market success of WiMAX. The prospects for embedding WiMAX into note…
04/09/2007
NTT DoCoMo, ACCA partner for WiMAX licence
NTT DoCoMo, frustrated by regulations barring it from bidding for new 2.5GHz wireless broadband licences in Japan, has partnered with broadband ISP ACCA Networks to form a joint v…
Bahrain set for nationwide WiMAX
By the beginning of next year the Kingdom of Bahrain should have two nationwide WiMAX networks, one built by MTC-Vodafone running over 802.16d equipment from Redline, the other pr…
Alcatel-Lucent building first 802.16e WiMAX network in Germany
Alcatel-Lucent is deploying Germany's first commercial WiMAX network based on the 802.16e-2005 standard in the Saar region for VSE NET, a regional telecommunications service provi…
Sprint awards Samsung New York
Sprint Nextel has awarded Samsung the New York area market for its mobile WiMAX network for Xohm services beginning in late 2008. Samsung was previously awarded the W…
Huawei to deploy 802.16e network in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Telecom, the largest service provider in Saudi Arabia, has selected Huawei to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-based network in Saudi Arabia, covering major cities including Riyadh, J…
Batelco Group's Umniah selects Airspan for Mobile WiMAX in Jordan
Airspan has been awarded a nationwide WiMAX deployment contract by Jordanian carrier Umniah Mobile Company, a subsidiary of the Batelco Group, with fixed and mobile WiMAX solution…
WiMAX for Hanoi, HCM City
The state-owned Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has signed a contract to provide WiMAX services in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen Chau Son, Vice H…
Redline, Siemens collaborate on WiMAX interoperability
Redline Communications and Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices have conducted private testing to verify interoperability between Redline and Siemens WiMAX Forum Certifie…
KPN puts WiMAX, HSPA head to head
KPN has announced that tests that it has performed with WiMAX and HSPA show that broadband access will soon be possible even for users in the remotest corners of the Netherlands.<…
LG and Marvell ship WiBro smartphones in Korea
Marvell and LG Electronics have announced the availability of the LG-KC1 smartphone with the Marvell PXA 320 application processor on Korea Telecom's WiBro 4G network. <…
WiMAX seeks success in emerging markets
Wateen Telecom's commitment to WiMAX, enabled by Motorola, has generated a great deal of buzz in the industry, representing a major milestone in the roadmap for the technology, wi…
20/08/2007
Sprint Nextel sets out XOHM business plan
At last week's Sprint Nextel Technology Summit executives put some more flesh on the bones of the company's mobile WiMAX network plans, including unveiling the much-trailed 'XOHM'…
Vodafone declares WiMAX interest
Vodafone has let it be known that it will seriously consider WiMAX as a future network evolution option, alongside LTE, by joining the WiMAX Forum. Vodafone stressed t…
New Zealand starts consultation on 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz auction
New Zealand's government has released its consultation document on the joint spectrum auction in the 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz bands, to take place in December 2007. Communic…
AT&T Alascom delivers WiMAX with Alvarion
AT&T Alascom, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., has announced the availability of WiMAX-based broadband Internet service for residents of the Alaskan capital Juneau. …
Taiwanese WiMAX licensees form north-south alliance
WiMAX Telecom and Vastar Cable TV System, two of the six Taiwanese WiMAX licensees, have signed a strategic alliance to provide island-wide WiMAX services starting in the first ha…
NextWave Broadband releases NW1000 Series WiMAX chipset
NextWave Broadband Inc., a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless, has begun shipping samples of its NW1000 Series WiMAX chipset to consumer electronics and mobile device manufacturers. …
700MHz Auction rules meet Google halfway
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has released auction rules for 62MHz of 700MHz spectrum, with the auction set to begin by January 28, 2008. The rules meet …
India bows to 2.5GHz WiMAX pressure
India has succumbed to international pressure and is finally proposing to issue licenses at 2.5GHz for mobile WiMAX services. The Department of Telecommunications is r…
Alvarion receives FCC certification for 5.4GHz, 5.3GHz bands
Alvarion has announced that regulators in the U.S. and Canada have granted new certifications to its BreezeACCESS VL multipoint wireless broadband solutions operating in the 5.4GH…
08/08/2007
Nortel, Urban WiMAX pitch mobile WIMAX to Ofcom
Sights firmly set on Ofcom's upcoming auction of 2.5GHz spectrum Nortel and Urban WiMAX have launched a "cross market collaboration" to prove mobile WiMAX in the field. WiMAX Visi…
Bahrain's Mena Telecom selects Motorola for nationwide WiMAX
Mena Telecom has selected Motorola to plan, deploy and manage a nationwide 802.16e-based mobile WiMAX and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Google searches for WiMAX route to mobile net
In a deal that paves the way for Google's entry into telecoms service provision the search engine has teamed up with Sprint Nextel to create a search, interactive and social netwo…
Navini unveils Mobile WiMAX in Panama
Navini Networks has rolled out its first 802.16e Mobile WiMAX software with beamforming in Panama City, Panama, where operator Liberty Technologies has started implementing Navini…
Alvarion, ArrayComm combine for advanced antennas
Alvarion and ArrayComm have announced their ongoing technology partnership for integration of ArrayComm's multi-antenna signal processing software (A-MASTM) into Alvarion's 4Motio…
Airspan's 5.8GHz WiMAX deployed by BigAir in Sydney, Melbourne
Airspan Networks has announced that its 5.8GHz MicroMAX base stations have been deployed by BigAir Group Limited (BigAir), an Australian wireless broadband service provider, for t…
Taiwan awards six WiMAX licences
Taiwan's National Communications Commission has awarded three WiMAX licences for the north of the island nation, three licences for the south, with two of the country's three majo…
Neovia, Redline initiate WiMAX network in Brazil
Redline Communications Inc. has announced that Neovia, the Brazilian wireless service provider, has chosen Redline's RedMAX products for the first stage of its planned $30 million…
Israel to sell WiMAX licences in October: report
Israel's Ministry of Finance plans to launch a tender for the sale of WiMAX-friendly frequencies on October 1 and it will shut out the country's main cellular players, according t…
LG formally launches WiMAX-based smartphone
Handset manufacturer LG has released the LG-KC1, which runs on a WiMAX-compatible WiBro network to deliver speeds approaching Wi-Fi across a wide area. The device boa…
23/07/2007
Sprint and Clearwire join forces
Confirming widespread speculation on Wall Street and hints from senior executives, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have signed a letter of intent to jointly build a nationwide …
U.S. debates fate of 700MHz spectrum
FCC chairman Kevin Martin has whipped up the American wireless fraternity by proposing open access regulation in the valuable 700MHz band, potentially enabling new entrants to bec…
Indian government maps out WiMAX future
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has followed the recommendations of the WiMAX Forum by proposing WiMAX rollout in 2.5GHz spectrum, with 20Mhz of spectrum available to three op…
Businesses will prefer Wi-Fi/WiMAX to cellular, says Forrester
A combination of Wi-Fi and WiMAX will ultimately provide ubiquitous mobility for enterprises, particularly as the cost benefits for WiMAX are realized and coverage is rolled out, …
Airspan wins $4.5m WiMAX contract in Guyana
Guyana's incumbent fixed line operator GT&T has awarded US wireless infrastructure supplier Airspan Networks a $4.5m contract to deploy a mobile broadband network. <…
Eight qualify to bid for WiMAX licenses in Taiwan
TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). The National Communications Commission (NCC) of Taiwan has selected eight companies to bid for WiMAX spectrum licenses. The NCC said the licenses are to be auc…
MTN Uganda selects Alvarion for nationwide deployment
Alvarion has announced that MTN Uganda, the leading mobile operator in Uganda, has chosen its BreezeMAX solution for the 3.5GHz frequency as part of a nationwide data network depl…
ZTE and Sprint sign WiMAX PC card deal
ZTE USA, Inc. a subsidiary of ZTE Corporation, has announced that it has entered into a master purchase agreement with Sprint Nextel for WiMAX PC cards in express and USB form fac…
Next generation technology forum in IPR breakthrough
The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Forum, an eclectic mix of telecoms companies seeking a common vision for networks and technologies beyond 3G, has reached a breakthrough…
16/07/2007
Broadband to the Bush
They call it the 'lucky country' and right now Australian proponents of WiMAX are feeling fortunate. The government is backing WiMAX to the tune of nearly AU$1 billion and market…
Taking the pulse of today's WiMAX networks
Wireless ISPs make the most money from WiMAX services, WiMAX networks mostly emulate standard broadband speeds and pricing, WiMAX BTS support fewer CPE than anticipated; some key …
Alcatel-Lucent to deploy WiMAX for SFR/Neuf Cegetel JV in France
Alcatel-Lucent and SHD, a corporate joint venture between SFR and Neuf Cegetel, have announced they have signed a two-year contract for the supply and installation of the first ne…
Pipex Wireless begins first phase of nationwide UK WiMAX rollout
Airspan Networks has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply its solutions to Pipex Wireless covering the Manchester region; the first phase of Pipex's nationwide …
Italy WiMAX tender by September?
Thomson Financial news service last week reported that Italy's communication minister Paolo Gentiloni intends to launch by the end of September the tender procedure to sell radio …
Orascom Telecom Algeria taps Redline's Broadband Wireless Solutions
Redline Communications, a provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, announced that its RedCONNEX AN-30e and award-winning AN-50e solutions …
HelloSoft launches VoIP for WiMAX
HelloSoft has announced the launch of its VoIP technology for WiMAX System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. HelloSoft is a leading provider of high-performance VoIP technologies for a pleth…
Agilent and GCT Semiconductor team for WiMAX test system
Agilent Technologies and GCT Semiconductor have announced plans to jointly implement a WiMAX manufacturing test system for GCT's WiMAX chipsets, which will accelerate manufacturin…
WiMAX Forum® and AT4 wireless upgrade Spectrum & Regulatory Database
The WiMAX Forum® and AT4 wireless have implemented additional features on the WiMAX Forum Spectrum and Regulatory Database, a database developed in collaboration with AT…
09/07/2007
WiMAX moves centre stage in Russia
The WiMAX industry is moving to fill the broadband gap in Russia, reaching out beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg into provincial towns and cities where a booming economy and…
Forum backs students to develop WiMAX applications
The WiMAX Forum is preparing Proof of Concept (PoC) test networks in university campuses in Taiwan and California to road test mobile WiMAX applications. Howard Liu, Disney…
Emerging markets set to be proving ground for WiMAX
In 2012, a significant proportion of WiMAX subscribers will be using the technology for all of their broadband and voice needs, according to research by Senza Fili Consulti…
Clearwire announces new $1billion loan
Clearwire Corporation has closed and funded its first tranche of a fully committed $1billion senior secured term loan, the remainder of which is expected to be funded on a …
WiMAX Forum puts its weight behind IPR pooling
The WiMAX Forum has proposed a WiMAX "patent pool" that it says would prevent any company from exploiting a dominant position in IPR and in June, Ron Resnick, pre…
Special meeting called to clear WiMAX for IMT-2000
GENEVA (WiMAX Day). At a meeting two weeks ago of the International Telecommunications Union ITU-R Study Group 8, it was decided that one final meeting would be required to…
WiMAX Forum announces Brazil office
The WiMAX Forum has announced the establishment of the WiMAX Forum Brazil Office in conjunction with appointment of the WiMAX Forum Brazil Director. W…
Agilent introduces WiMAX Optimization Solution for 802.16e-2005
Agilent Technologies has announced its WiMAX Optimization Solution for IEEE 802.16e-2005. This drive-testing capability for its network optimization t…
nex-G, IBM and Nu Horizons collaborate on WiMAX Base Station
nex-G is collaborating with IBM on the product development of its mobile WiMAX base station, and with Nu Horizons Electronics Asia Pte Ltd to expand the global reach for it…
Informa launches WiMAX Forum Congress Event Series Website
The WiMAX Forum, in partnership with Informa Telecoms & Media (ITM), is proud to announce the launch of the official website for the WiMAX Forum Congress Events Series. <…
25/06/2007
NextWave buys European spectrum via WiMAX Telecom
In a move to boost its spectrum holdings and smooth the way for its WiMAX products in Europe NextWave Wireless has bought a 65 per cent majority share of pioneering European …
Clearwire banks on triple play with DirecTV, EchoStar
Satellite TV companies DirecTV and EchoStar have joined AOL on Clearwire's roster of distribution partners as the WiMAX operator looks to triple-play bundles as a preferred r…
Sprint reviews coverage options to meet WiMAX-rollout target
Sprint Nextel is considering its WiMAX network and possibly looking for roaming partners, as it tries to figure out how to build out its WiMAX footprint. The…
Airspan brings WiMAX-powered services to Vodafone Malta
Airspan Networks has announced that its HiperMAX base station and customer premise equipment (CPE) are being deployed by Vodafone to launch its first commercial WiMAX network…
Telkom the first South African operator to launch WiMAX
Telkom has become the first operator in South Africa to commercially launch products based on WiMAX. Do Broadband Wireless, Telkom's WiMAX product suite, will be targeted at …
Aperto supplies Brazil's first unlicensed WiMAX deployment
Aperto Networks has announced that its PacketMAX line of base stations and subscriber units have been chosen by Wideway Do Brasil LTDA, a leading provider of Internet service…
NextWave jumps into silicon
NextWave Wireless has announced that its subsidiary NextWave Broadband will begin sampling WiMAX chipsets this quarter. NextWave also intends to begin commer…
WiMAX Forum opens Japan office, U.S., Asian certification labs
The WiMAX Forum has announced the establishment of the WiMAX Forum Japan Office and its first North American and Asian certification test labs for WiMAX products.
WiMAX Forum® RF Network Designer™ Certification Boot Camp comes to Munich
Informa Telecoms & Media is pleased to announce WiMAX 2007, 27-29 November 2007, in Munich, Germany. Now in its fourth year, this WiMAX Forum® endorsed event, will fe…
Nortel builds WiMAX ecosystem with ZyXEL, Runcom, Sequans
Nortel has selected ZyXEL Communications to join the growing ecosystem of companies working with Nortel to deliver broadband wireless solutions based on WiMAX. Nortel has als…
11/06/2007
European Commissioner Reding backs WiMAX
European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding has backed WiMAX in a speech calling for a harmonised policy framework for spectrum allocation in Europ…
All WiMAX ships rising
Everyone is a winner in the WiMAX vendor community at the moment, according to In-Stat analyst Daryl Schooler. Expanding markets for fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment mean tha…
WiMAX Broadband Convergence: An Analysis
WiMAX and other wireless broadband systems are on course to overtake DSL and cable as the main routes to the broadband Internet, according to analysis and data in 'WiMAX Broa…
New Zealand combines 2.3GHz and 2.5Ghz auctions
New Zealand Communications Minister David Cunliffe has clarified the uncertainty around the country's delayed auction of 2.3GHz wireless broadband spectrum, announcing that t…
WiMAX scores high marks in Lehman Brothers Asian report
The global investment firm Lehman Brothers has released a research note that boasts significant growth prospects for WiMAX in Asia, reports WiMAX Day. The re…
PCTEL introduces MAXRAD WiMAX CPE antenna
PCTEL Inc. has introduced a flexible, high gain, low profile panel antenna solution for WiMAX CPE. This antenna is available with a robust flexible mounting bracket that allo…
Tranzeo Wireless and AMCC join forces for low cost WiMAX CPE
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies has announced that it is collaborating with Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) to develop wireless CPE based on the WiMAX 802.16 specific…
Aperto, Celestica enter strategic alliance for WiMAX
Aperto Networks and Celestica have entered into a strategic alliance to develop and manufacture multiple WiMAX platforms, with focus on IEEE802.16e-2005 standard compliance. …
Wavesat announces world's first 5.8GHz WiMAX Mini-PCI design
Wavesat has announced the immediate availability of its 5.8GHz Mini-PCI reference design. The reference design in the form of an extended length Mini-PCI card facilitates sys…
VSNL launches WIMAX for enterprise customers in India
Indian telecommunications provider VSNL last week announced the commencement of WiMAX services for enterprise customers in the city of Bangalore. Long-dista…
04/06/2007
ITU backs WiMAX technology for IMT-2000
Mobile WiMAX moved another step closer to membership of the IMT-2000 family of wireless standards last week when the ITU Working Party 8F (WP8F) concluded its Kyoto meeting b…
Sixty smart antenna combos at PlugFest: WiMAX Forum
Last month the WiMAX Forum completed the third of its series of mobile WiMAX PlugFest interoperability events leading up to mobile WiMAX certification. WiMAX Vision quizzed D…
U.K. regulator delays 2.6GHz auction until 2008
Ofcom, the U.K. telecoms regulator, has put back its much-anticipated auction of 192Mhz of spectrum in the 2.5Ghz-2.6GHz range until next year. In a statemen…
Japan excludes mobile incumbents from WiMAX
Japanese mobile operators NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank will not be eligible to bid for licenses in the 2.5GHz WiMAX spectrum when they are issued by the country's Ministry o…
Personal selects Redline for its Hipuu! WiMAX network in Paraguay
Redline Communications has announced that Personal, a leading Paraguayan mobile and WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, has chosen Redline's RedMAX family of p…
NeckarCom selects Motorola for German WiMAX network
NeckarCom Telekommunikation has selected Motorola to plan, deploy and integrate a 3.5GHz WiMAX network in the Ulm region in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany's third largest state.<…
picoChip first with WiMAX Wave 2 and MIMO Basestation reference design
picoChip has announced the next version of its industry-standard WiMAX basestation reference design, with a software upgrade to support Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 and MIMO. The new …
Enforta establishing largest Wireless Broadband 'Footprint' in Russia
Russian wireless broadband operator Enforta has announced that it has started to offer services in the regional capitals of Voronezh and Penza. Networks in Ulyanovsk, Tula, a…
Mena Telecom plans WiMAX network in Bahrain
Mena Telecom is in the final stages of concluding negotiations with vendors for a fixed WiMAX network based on its rights to one of the two National Fixed Wireless Service (N…
29/05/2007
Clearwire outlines mobile WiMAX strategy
Clearwire is preparing to take on cellular operators in consumer and SME markets says Scott Richardson, Clearwire's chief strategy officer, fresh from announcing a successful…
WiMAX bridges Nigeria's digital divide
Nigerian telco ipNX last week became the second operator in the country to embrace WiMAX, inking a $50m deal for an 802.16e standards-based network from U.S. vendor SOMA Netw…
Redline debuts RedMAX 4C platform for Mobile WiMAX
Redline Communications has unveiled its RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX platform and the next addition to RedMAX, its widely deployed WiMAX Forum Certified solution. …
Four charged with WiBro espionage
South Korean prosecutors have charged four men with stealing WiBro secrets worth around $190 million and trying to sell them to a firm they established in the U.S., according…
AudioCodes offers VoIP solution for WiMAX CPEs
AudioCodes has announced the release of its VoIPerfect solution for WiMAX CPE applications, adapted for the Intel WiMAX Connection 2250 (previously codenamed "Rosedale 2") ch…
Primus Canada and Mipps trial Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX solution
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., the largest alternative communications carrier in Canada, and Mipps Inc., a Canadian wireless operato…
New Zealand delays spectrum auction
The New Zealand government has delayed its planned auction of 2.3GHz spectrum suitable for WiMAX with reports suggesting it faced the threat of a judicial review demand by cu…
Fujitsu aims to have first mobile WiMAX SoC certified for Wave 2
Fujitsu has announced the specifications and delivery schedule for the company's mobile WiMAX baseband System-on-Chip (SoC). The SoC is targeted to be the first in its class …
21/05/2007
Taiwan cements role as WiMAX leader
With a new WiMAX Forum office, WiMAX R&D centres supported by NEC and Nortel, and two WiMAX deployments by Alvarion all announced last week, Taiwan further cemented its r…
Can femtocells boost WiMAX?
They are making waves in the cellular industry, but will femtocells prove similarly attractive to WiMAX operators? Femtocell vendors and analysts report some operator interes…
Cameo unveils WiMAX MIMO PCMCIA products
Cameo Communications, an international network products supplier based in Taiwan, has disclosed its latest Mobile WiMAX PCMCIA products based on Wave-2 Profile MIMO 1T x 2R (…
Comcentric deploys Redline WiMAX in Canada
Redline Communications and Comcentric Networking, a consortium of Ontario-based networking and communications providers, have announced the successful deployment of Redline's…
Comsys processors to power dmedia navigation devices
dmedia System, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of navigation devices, has announced that it has selected Comsys' Mobile WiMAX baseband processor, ComMAX, for its new product…
Sequans unveils Mobile WiMAX Wave 2-Ready ExpressCard Design
Sequans last week demonstrated its newest mobile WiMAX MIMO chip at the Taipei Summit/Asia Pacific WiMAX Conference and Exhibition. Sequans ran a full Mobile WiMAX system dem…
Nortel, Toshiba to jointly Develop WiMAX base stations
Nortel and Toshiba Corporation last week announced an agreement for the joint development of mobile WiMAX base stations for Japanese and global markets. The base stations wil…
Ofcom update on the award of 2.6GHz spectrum
UK regulator Ofcom has decided to set out updated proposals for the award of three available spectrum bands that could feature in future WiMAX deployments - the 2500-2690MHz,…
WiMAX Forum PlugFest focuses on smart antenna
The WiMAX Forum brought 33 companies from the Mobile WiMAX equipment and test equipment communities together last week for the third public Mobile WiMAX PlugFest, an interope…
14/05/2007
BT takes steps to WIMAX
British Telecom has issued an RFI for mobile WiMAX as the U.K. incumbent prepares for the upcoming auction of WiMAX-friendly spectrum by U.K. regulator Ofcom. <…
Clearwire aims to double customers in 2007
Clearwire aims to double its customer base in 2007 to 400,000, building on a 41 per cent increase in its first quarter as a publicly traded company. A new PC card and extende…
Navini partners with Argentina's Technology Bureau
Navini Networks has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Argentina's Technology Bureau, in order to sell Navini products and services in Argentina. The …
Netherlands completes first 802.16e WiMAX trial
Alcatel-Lucent and Casema, one of the largest cable operators in the Netherlands, have successfully tested 802.16e WiMAX in the Netherlands, the first such operator trial in …
Chunghwa delivers mobile healthcare with WiMAX
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest integrated telecommunications operator, is launching "Taiwan Mobile Healthcare Services" enabling anywhere, anytime mobile medical care usi…
Inquam awarded Swiss BWA licence
Inquam Broadband has acquired a nationwide Swiss Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) concession in the 3.5GHz band, granted by the national regulator Federal Communications Commi…
NEC trials WiMAX in Taiwan
NEC Corporation has recently begun a full-scale mobile WiMAX trial with Tatung Company, a major Taiwanese conglomerate company which runs manufacturing, sales of consumer-ele…
Italy defines WiMAX licencing regulations
Italy's communications authority Agcom has settled on the procedures for the awarding of new 15-year licences in the 3.5GHz band for WiMAX-based services, according to local …
Azurecomm announces Mobile WiMAX BTS trials
Azurecomm has announced that trials of its single sector, low cost, 802.16e mobile WiMAX base stations will begin in late 2007. The AzureMAX-2500 operates fr…
08/05/2007
Horizon counts on first mover advantage
WiMAX startup Horizon Wi-Com is trialing 802.16e networks in several northeastern U.S. cities and plans commercial rollout this summer. CEO and president Ron Olexa told WiMAX…
Consumer electronics companies primed for WiMAX
Consumer electronics companies are primed to develop a range of WiMAX-enabled devices that will deliver on the vision of 'personal broadband'. The key driver for CE companies…
WiMAX opportunity in emerging markets
Potentially a disruptive influence on current data delivery services, can WiMAX be considered a viable alternative to 3G in emerging mobile markets, becoming the standard for…
Alcatel-Lucent secures UK site rights
The UK's leading independent holder of urban antennae site rights, Macropolitan, has signed a deal with Alcatel-Lucent to provide the vendor with access to its 8,900 antennae…
Spectrum crunch threatens Indian WiMAX
A status report on the availability of WiMAX spectrum by the Indian Department of Telecom shows that there is heavy frequency crunch in some of the key bands such as 2.3-2.4G…
Autumn auction for 2.6GHz in Norway
The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (NPT) has re-scheduled the date for its auction of the frequency bands 2500-2690Mhz until autumn of 2007, reports WiMAX Da…
DBD expands German WiMAX with Airspan
Airspan Networks has announced that German WiMAX operator DBD Deutsche Breitband Dienste (DBD) has ordered over 500 additional base stations and a significant number of subsc…
Agilent introduces manufacturing test for WiMAX CPE
Agilent Technologies has introduced a WiMAX Manufacturing Test System for WiMAX Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) and PC card manufacturers seeking a calibration and tuning s…
South Africa's MWEB announces WiMAX trial
MWEB has announced a WiMAX trial in Cape Town and Johannesburg that will see 1000 home and business users testing MWEB's Mobile WiMAX services. This follows MWEB's successful…
30/04/2007
Qualcomm adds WiMAX options
With its purchase of the 802.16e System-on-a-Chip (SoC) assets of TeleCIS Qualcomm has quietly bolstered its OFDM technology portfolio and raised the prospect that it could s…
WiMAX device market evolves to mobile
With Nokia announcing that it will have a WiMAX device in 2008, and LG and Samsung planning the imminent release of mobile WiMAX smartphones and handheld PCs in Korea, attent…
Telkom South Africa starts nationwide WiMAX with Alvarion
Alvarion has announced that Telkom South Africa, the provider of public switched communications services in South Africa, has selected its BreezeMAX 3.5GHz to roll out WiMAX …
Portability will be major WiMAX revenue generator by 2012
The increased take-up of portable and mobile WiMAX services will mean that, starting in 2009, growth in revenues from non-fixed WiMAX services will outstrip growth in revenue…
Asiaspace, Maxis, Telekom Malaysia set for WiMAX
Malaysia's Asiaspace will invest more than RM350 million ($100m) to roll out wireless broadband services and may list the firm as it seeks to become a major telecoms player, …
TechnoConcepts Unveils WiMAX Platform
TechnoConcepts has announced that it has completed a True Software Radio (TSR) based WiMAX platform, which incorporates its Radio Frequency to Digital (RF/D) and Digital to R…
Nortel bags first US WiMAX contract
Moline Dispatch Publishing Co. (MDPC) will use Nortel WiMAX technology to deliver high-speed broadband across western Illinois and eastern Iowa through its ISP, Quad-Cities O…
Wintegra unveils new WiMAX chip processors
Wintegra, the fabless semiconductor company, has announced the launch of WinMax, a family of single chip processors and associated software for WiMAX basestation (BTS) applic…
Caribbean operator favors mobile WiMAX for VoIP
Scarlet, a wireless-broadband provider on the Caribbean island of Curacao, says it is upgrading its pre-WiMAX network at 2.3GHz to full 802.16e mobile WiMAX, primarily to pro…
23/04/2007
WiMAX in notebooks in 2008: Intel
Intel will add WiMAX to notebooks in 2008, the chip giant told delegates at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. WiMAX Vision spoke to Intel's Christian Stavig, manager, WiM…
China keeps WiMAX industry guessing
Even as fellow emerging giant India embraces WiMAX, China still keeps the technology at arms length, with spectrum allocations and government approval slow in coming. Neverth…
Clearwire subscriber numbers pick up
Clearwire has announced a 25 per cent surge in customers for the first quarter of 2007 ahead of releasing its official first quarter 2007 results on May 8. …
Wateen to launch WiMAX in Uganda
Communications service provider, Wateen Telecom, part of the Abu Dhabi Group, plans to launch WiMAX-based fixed line services in Uganda by the fourth quarter of the year, acc…
Atmel announces 3.5GHz WiMAX transceiver
Atmel Corporation has announced the second of its MAX-Link series of transceivers designed specifically for WiMAX applications. Along with enhanced WiMAX system functionality…
JMD introduces WiMAX front-end module
Jacket Micro Devices (JMD) has announced the launch of the M30001, a highly integrated and performance optimized WiMAX front end module containing all active and passive comp…
SOMA introduces FlexMAX MS-G100 subscriber gateway
SOMA Networks has introduced the FlexMAX MS-G100 Gateway, a series of indoor, self-installable wireless broadband gateways based on the 802.16e-2005 standard. <…
SR Telecom refocuses on WiMAX
SR Telecom, a supplier of broadband wireless access solutions through its WiMAX-certified symmetry solutions, has announced a plan to reorganize its internal operations to ge…
Survey: U.S. Consumers Prefer WiMAX
In a head-to-head comparison, respondents to a U.S. consumer survey indicated a significant preference for WiMAX over cellular data and Wi-Fi services, reports In-Stat.
16/04/2007
Pipex expands WiMAX plans with Nokia Siemens
UK alternative operator Pipex Wireless has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to provide a WiMAX network pilot as a precursor to a national rollout. The deal cements Pipex's d…
Who owns WiMAX IPR?
With Nokia and Qualcomm trading blows over 3G patents and royalties and Verizon's court victory pushing Vonage's VoIP business to the brink, wireless property rights are head…
WiMAX in 1000 Indian cities
Indian state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will soon float a tender to offer WiMAX in 1,000 cities across the country, according to a report in the Indian ne…
Nigerian authorities endorse WiMAX
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has endorsed WiMAX technology as a solution to the digital divide in the country, according to a report in Nigerian daily newspap…
Telsima receives $50 million funding infusion
Telsima Corporation, a developer and provider of WiMAX based Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) and Mobility solutions, has announced $50 million in new funding. It includes com…
Pacific Internet WiMAX rollout in the Philippines
Pacific Internet, the largest telco-independent ISP by geographic reach in the Asia-Pacific region, has announced a major investment plan for Pacific Internet Philippines (PI…
Korea Telecom expands WiBro coverage
Korean telecoms operator KT Corp has expanded its mobile WiMAX network to cover the whole of the country's capital city of Seoul, the company has announced. KT Corp uses a Ko…
Samsung launches new mobile WiMAX devices in Korea
Samsung has released three new mobile WiMAX (WiBro in Korea) devices - a WiBro smart phone (SPH-M8100), a top of the range multimedia convergence device (SPH-P9000), a USB Do…
Solid foundation for WiMAX in Asia/Pacific
Last year was remarkable for the development of WiMAX in the Asia/Pacific region, as a solid foundation was laid by the joint efforts of market regulators, operators and eage…
02/04/2007
Sprint Nextel reveals further 'ecosystem' details
Sprint Nextel has unveiled further details of its expanding WiMAX ecosystem, announcing at CTIA that Samsung, ZTE and ZyXel would be its initial device vendors, providing the…
Roaming will drive WiMAX growth: Trustive
Wi-Fi hotspot aggregator and clearinghouse Trustive is at the forefront of the WiMAX community's first efforts to develop a roaming framework. The company's co-founder Bram J…
Siemens selects new Sequans Wave 2 Chips
WiMAX semiconductor manufacturer Sequans has announced that Siemens will use its newly released mobile WiMAX Wave 2 chips to build WiMAX residential modems and gateways.
Starent and Airspan to deliver mobile WiMAX solution
Starent Networks and Airspan Networks have announced that the companies will jointly deliver an end-to-end 802.16e mobile WiMAX network solution. Airspan wil…
VTR selects Motorola to deploy 802.16e WiMAX
Motorola has announced that it has been selected by VTR to deploy its 802.16e WiMAX network in Chile, marking the country's first deployment of WiMAX technology. VTR is one o…
JRC and Runcom develop mobile WiMAX BTS and user terminal
Japan Radio Company (JRC) and Runcom Technologies recently completed the development of mobile WiMAX base station equipment and user terminals based on an advanced version of…
Symmetricom announces TimeMAX synchronization sub-system for WiMAX
Symmetricom has announced the introduction of TimeMAX, a series of cost-effective synchronization sub-systems designed to be integrated into existing communications and trans…
MSV selects Nortel for first hybrid satellite-terrestrial trial
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), one of North America's providers of mobile satellite communications services, will deploy what is believed to be the first integrated 4G and …
MTC-Vodafone plans WiMAX launch in Bahrain
MANAMA (WiMAX Day). In the hushed elegance of the Banyan Tree Spa, MTC-Vodafone unveiled the launch of the first phase of its WiMAX network in Bahrain. In July 2007, the Bahr…
26/03/2007
Ron Resnick on 802.16m: the future evolution of WiMAX
Earlier this month WiMAX Vision reported on the IEEE's plans for 802.16m and aired the view that the new standard might replace WiMAX and 3G cellular standards or converge th…
Brazilian WiMAX players focus on the individual
Latin America is one of the most progressive regions in the world for WiMAX. On March 13-14 the WiMAX world gathered in Rio de Janeiro for Informa's WiMAX Latin America confe…
Malaysia awards four WiMAX licences
Malaysia's government has awarded four new wireless broadband licences to new entrants, bypassing the country's established phone companies in an effort to diversify the tele…
Verso and Navini alliance for WiMAX VoIP
Verso Technologies and Navini Networks have announced that a reciprocal partnership has been secured to globally market VoIP solutions to the Mobile WiMAX sector by introduci…
Solectek and WNI Global Sign $10.7m deal
Solectek Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement with WNI Global, an international provider of broadband wireless solutions, whereby Solectek will deliver a…
Scarlet awards first Caribbean mobile WiMAX network to Navini
Scarlet B.V., the Curacao network operator, has announced the upcoming conversion of Scarlet's current Navini-based wireless broadband network to the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e sta…
Beceem chipset selected by Sanyo
Beceem Communications has announced that SANYO has chosen Beceem's BCS200 chipset as the foundation for its entry into the mobile WiMAX (802.16e) handset market.
Entel expands WiMAX coverage
Chilean fixed line operator Entel has expanded its WiMAX coverage through the addition of 18 antennas in 14 cities and towns, the company said in a statement.
Cree transistors boost WiMAX power amplification
Cree Inc. has announced that it is shipping sample quantities of three new gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMT), which will boost WiMAX efficiency …
19/03/2007
How secure is WiMAX?
As WiMAX is more widely deployed and goes mobile the question of security becomes increasingly prominent. The IEEE and WiMAX Forum have learned from the experience of Wi-Fi a…
What price WiMAX spectrum?
While 3G spectrum was in many instances wildly overvalued, WiMAX spectrum to date has been undervalued, according to Pyramid analyst Dan Locke, who predicts that WiMAX freque…
NTT West deploys Alvarion WiMAX in Okinawa
Alvarion has announced that NTT West Corporation Okinawa Branch Group has successfully deployed the multiple broadband networks in Okinawa using its BreezeACCESS(R) VL system…
Nokia to roll out Sprint Nextel WiMAX in Texas
Nokia has announced that Sprint Nextel has awarded it the four Texas markets of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin for the initial build-out of Sprint Nextel's mobile…
Telmex reportedly to acquire Ecutel
Mexican fixed line operator Telmex has reportedly reached an agreement to acquire Ecuadorian telecoms operator and broadband provider Ecuador Telecom (Ecutel), international …
Enforta WiMAX expansion in Russia
Enforta has announced that it will extend its wireless broadband network to an additional six Russian cities during the second quarter of 2007. The additional six cities are:…
NXP 2x2 MIMO mobile WiMAX transceivers
NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, has announced the availability of its complete WiMAX 2x2 MIMO-powered family of transceivers for…
Edge-Core WiMAX solution
Edge-Core, the professional networking solution provider inherited from Accton Group, last week launched its WiMAX solution at the CeBIT technology exhibition in Hanover, Ger…
LitePoint test software for Beceem's/Sequans' mobile WiMAX
LitePoint Corporation has announced the release of the LitePoint IQfact turnkey WiMAX manufacturing test software based on Beceem Communications' mobile WiMAX chipset and on …
13/03/2007
Clearwire finds life tough on the Street
Clearwire raised $600m in its much-anticipated IPO last week but the WiMAX pioneer's shares slumped 11% in value in its first week of trading as financiers raised concerns ab…
Why MIMO needs beamforming
Smart antenna technologies MIMO and beamforming are widely considered to be the making of mobile WiMAX. While they can be deployed separately, WiMAX infrastructure supplier N…
12/03/2007
TVA, Nortel to build WiMAX trial network in Brazil
Brazilian pay TV company TVA is building a WiMAX trial network based on equipment and services supplied by Nortel Networks, the companies have revealed. TVA,…
WiSOA members sign first WiMAX roaming agreement
(WiMAX Day). In an historic decision, members of the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) have signed the world's first WiMAX roaming agreement, and formed a partnership wi…
Chilean regulator mulling VoIP, WiMAX reform
Chile's telecommunications regulator Subtel plans to propose a regulatory reform bill to congress in the first half of 2007 regarding WiMAX and VoIP services, local newspaper…
WiMAX on a global roll
WiMAX continues to gain momentum globally from the perspective of licensing and operator commitment. Backers of the technology are pinning their hopes on the potential of the…
Asia-Pacific shows the way to WiMAX
According to Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia-Pacific is on course to be the top regional WiMAX market worldwide in 2007-12. Overall, the number of WiMAX subscribers in Asi…
Ofcom study slams wireless as last mile tech
A study commissioned by UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom has blasted wireless technology as insufficient to cope with future broadband requirements over the whole of the last mile.…
New Airwave solution manages Wi-Fi, WiMAX and mesh
Airwave Wireless has announced version 5.0 of its wireless management software suite that expands its support for Wi-Fi networks to include management for WiMAX and mesh netw…
06/03/2007
New IEEE standard to replace WiMAX and 3G
The IEEE has begun work on 802.16m, a new standard that will offer 1Gbps wireless throughput by 2009 and which has the potential to converge 3G cellular and WiMAX networks in…
WiMAX and Wi-Fi join forces
Combining WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies seems like a natural evolution in wireless broadband and big name vendors like Motorola and Samsung have endorsed the concept. Proxim W…
QTEL and Megacom deal for Peru's WiMAX network
QTEL Global Networks Ltd, a provider of national wireless broadband networks to emerging markets, has signed an agreement with Megacom Corp, the parent company of Compania Telefo…
Colombian WiMAX business lagging expectations
The Colombian city of Medellin's comptroller's office has told WiMAX operator Orbitel that its WiMAX service performance is falling short of expectations laid out in the comp…
Explosive growth for WiMAX in Central America
(WiMAX Day) The densely populated Republic of El Salvador is the most advanced market in Central America for WiMAX and, according to experts, is one of several Central Americ…
Malaysian 2.3GHz WiMAX winners this week?
Malaysia's Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said on Friday that the winners of the country's 2.3GHz WiMAX spectrum would be known in the …
Mobile WiMAX a mixed picture in Asia
With South Korean technology WiBro approaching its first birthday in June, Asia Pacific has become home to two entirely different WiMAX markets. But there has been no progres…
Telecom Namibia Deploys WiMAX Network
Alvarion has announced that incumbent carrier Telecom Namibia has selected its BreezeMAX to upgrade wireless local loop systems with WiMAX, in order to provide primary teleco…
KDDI and Fujitsu develop amplifier for Mobile WiMAX
KDDI Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Laboratories have announced their joint development of a high-efficiency amplifier applicable for mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005),…
27/02/2007
India takes further steps towards WiMAX
A flurry of WiMAX news from India last week, from a review of 2.5GHz frequency allocation to newly-delicenced 5.8GHz spectrum and a first field test of mobile WiMAX, suggests tha…
Plugfest shows mobile WiMAX vendors set for mid-2007 certification
The WiMAX Forum recently concluded its second mobile WiMAX interoperability Plugfest in Spain. WiMAX Vision spoke exclusively to the Forum about the promising results of the Plug…
Clearwire snaps up AT&T WiMAX spectrum
AT&T has sold to Clearwire Corporation all 2.5GHz spectrum currently owned by BellSouth. The $300m deal follows through on a commitment of the AT&T-BellSouth merger and a…
Two national WiMAX licences for Romania
Romania's General Inspectorate for Communications and Information Technology (IGCTI) has said it will offer two national 3.5GHz WiMAX licences for auction in April. …
Poland's MNI buys WiMAX network from Airspan
Airspan Networks will supply a WiMAX network infrastructure to MNI Telecom, a telco owned by MNI SA, a Polish multimedia group that concentrates on the development of telecom…
Israeli government mulls WiMAX tender
Israel's Minister of Communications Ariel Atias is leaning towards publishing a tender for WiMAX frequencies for wireless broadband infrastructure, according to Israeli business …
Alcatel-Lucent to build Telmex's WiMAX network in Chile, invest in Sequans
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a major contract by Mexican operator Telmex to deploy Latin America's first commercial universal WiMAX network, in Chile, the company said in …
Redline unveils 5.4GHz RedCONNEX AN-80i solution
Redline Communications, a provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, has released the latest version of its RedCONNEX AN-80i family of broadband wirele…
Merger for SK and Hanaro?
SEOUL (WiMAX Day). Rumours continue to circulate that SK Telecom, the second largest telecom operator in Korea, will soon acquire broadband operator Hanaro Telecom. While in January …
19/02/2007
Sarin sends mixed signals about WiMAX at 3GSM
Buck up your ideas, mobile telecoms industry, or WiMAX could steal your lunch. Such was the warning from Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin, delivered during his keynote speech at Infor…
Alvarion Access all Areas
While big name WiMAX infrastructure vendors pay lip service to the principle of 'open' networks they are actually shackling their operator partners to closed systems. So clai…
Six wireless broadband licences for Taiwan
Six licences for wireless broadband spectrum suitable for WiMAX will be issued by the Taiwanese authorities by the end of June, the government announced last week. The licenc…
Wateen and Motorola deploy WiMAX across Pakistan
Motorola has deployed Wateen Telecom's WiMAX network in 17 major cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, the company announced last week. The two par…
Samsung unveils 'world first' mobile WiMAX devices
Samsung used the 3GSM World Congress last week to showcase its latest WiMAX handheld devices, including the 'world's first' mobile WiMAX PDA phone, during demonstrations of WiMAX…
WiMAX Forum plugfest attracts large numbers
The WiMAX Forum brought 35 companies from the mobile WiMAX equipment and test equipment communities together for the second public mobile WiMAX Forum PlugFest last week. The …
WiMAX IPR reports provide insight on future WiMAX expenses
Two research reports released last week sought to tackle the thorny issue of IPR royalty payments in the WiMAX/4G space, providing some insight into the future expenses likel…
Runcom and partners claim firsts for MIMO WiMAX
WiMAX chipset developer Runcom Technologies has claimed world firsts in integrating MIMO capability into mobile WiMAX, together with partners NXP, Kyocera and Nortel. The bre…
06/02/2007
WiMAX Forum announces exclusive endorsement of Informa's 2007 events
Ron Resnick used his Keynote Address at last week's WiMAX Forum Member Meeting in Hawaii to announce news of an exclusive agreement between The WiMAX Forum and Informa Teleco…
Mobile WiMAX close to IMT-2000 approval
The WiMAX Forum and the IEEE are pushing for the inclusion of mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) as a member of the IMT-2000 family of radio standards that cover worldwide 3G mobile…
Wavesat unveils mobile WiMAX product roadmap
WiMAX chipmaker Wavesat will have the industry's smallest mobile WiMAX chipsets in customers' hands by the end of the year, ready for integration into portable devices like USB d…
WiMAX embedded faster than Wi-Fi
It will take a lot less time to get WiMAX embedded in the chipsets of new end-user devices, such as laptops, than it did Wi-Fi, says Motorola. Citing figures from research firm I…
Maxis starts WiMAX testing in Malaysian capital
Malaysian GSM mobile phone operator Maxis Communications has started testing mobile WiMAX services in Kuala Lumpur using Motorola equipment. The trial is Motorola's first liv…
Sprint Nextel might have to ride out Wave 2 WiMAX delay
Sprint Nextel's mobile WiMAX launch, scheduled for late this year, will most likely have to make do with Wave 1-certified equipment. The operator says its vendor partners will en…
Kyocera, Runcom to collaborate on mobile WiMAX devices
Kyocera Wireless and Runcom Technologies will join forces to develop new consumer electronic devices employing the latest in broadband mobile WiMAX technology, marrying Kyoce…
Texas Instruments and Motorola to co-operate on WiMAX
Texas Instruments and Motorola have entered into a strategic partnership to develop WiMAX handsets leveraging intellectual property from both vendors' portfolios. The deal is…
Nexcom launches commercial WIMAX network in 10 cities in Bulgaria
Nexcom Bulgaria, a subsidiary of US-based Nexcom Telecommunications LLC, has launched the first commercial WIMAX network in Bulgaria and the Balkans. The network spans 10 cit…
France approves first WiMAX spectrum transfers
French telecommunications regulator Arcep has announced that it has approved the first two transfers of 3.5GHz WiMAX spectrum under an August 2006 ruling by the French author…
30/01/2007
WiMAX at 700MHz a real prospect in US
Whispers about using 700MHz for WiMAX have for a long time been part of the background chatter about spectrum in the United States. Earlier this month Soma Networks announced one…
WiMAX - Broadband Wireless Alternative - An Intel Perspective
by Oscar Vaz Clarke, President and General Manger, Intel, Brazil Wireless broadband is the most cost-effective way to deliver broadband access, be it to busi…
Aperto lands Kuwaiti deal
Arab Telecom, a Kuwaiti telecoms operator with ambitions to expand further into the Middle East and Africa, has contracted Aperto Networks, builder of WiMAX base stations and…
Ertach expects 35% spike in 2007 revenues
Argentine broadband access solutions provider Ertach forecasts revenue growth of 35% this year compared to the $9.7m it saw in 2006, company president Luis Galli has said. He…
TenXC and Coherent establish WiMAX centre in Pakistan
TenXc Wireless and Coherent Designs have established a joint development center in Islamabad, Pakistan, which will focus on developing 4G access systems such as mobile WiMAX …
China's home-grown wireless broadband developer to IPO
Beijing-based Xinwei Telecom Technology, the core developer of China's home-grown competitor to WiMAX, the McWiLL standard, as well as the TD-SCDMA 3G standard, will reported…
Philippines telcos have limited spectrum choices
The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has received "several" statements of interest for frequency bands within the 2.4GHz to 2.7GHz ranges, spectrum t…
Azimuth Systems Introduces Next-Generation WiMAX Channel Emulator
Azimuth Systems, a leading maker of multipath channel emulators for Wi-Fi systems, has introduced the ACE(TM) 400WB, a channel emulator platform for testing multiple-input-mu…
23/01/2007
Open or Closed? Sprint Nextel still debating
Readers of last week's WiMAX Vision may recall Nokia's Mark Slater lauding Sprint Nextel's vision of an 'open' internet-friendly model for devices running on its forthcoming WiMAX ne…
OTE Taps Aperto for WiMAX Pilot
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE S.A.), the largest telco in Greece, plans to deploy WiMAX nationwide and has chosen Aperto Networks' PacketMAX(TM) WiMAX gear for a pilo…
Pipex steps up UK WiMAX trials
UK ISP Pipex Wireless is gearing up for its second commercial trial of WiMAX services, over three sites in the Leamington Spa and Warwick areas of the UK. In partnership with Nationa…
Saudi Mobile WiMAX network announced
Samsung and Bayanat Al-Oula, a joint venture established in 2004 by a consortium of Saudi Arabian telcos, have signed a contract to deploy what they say will be the largest Mobile Wi…
Malaysian Licences Due in February
The winners of Malaysia's WiMAX spectrum tender could be announced this month, and not later than the end of February, the government has announced. Energy, Water and …
Telmex Pledges $15m for Chilean WiMAX
In a further extension of its regional WiMAX strategy, Mexican telco Telmex has pledged $15m as a first phase investment to cover 90 per cent of Chile's territory, and 98 per cent of…
Ertach WiMAXes 16 Patagonian cities
Argentine broadband telco Ertach has brought WiMAX coverage to 16 cities in the remote Patagonia region, the company announced last week. By deploying a WiMAX node in the cit…
Max Telecom Plans Nationwide Mobile WiMAX in Bulgaria
Max Telecom will use WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks to launch a mobile WiMAX network across Bulgaria in 2007, the company announced last week. Starting in the c…
Fujitsu Ships First 5.8GHz WiMAX System-on-Chip for BSTs and Subscriber Units
Fujitsu Microelectronics America is now shipping its 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband system-on-chip (SoC) to ODM partners and customers worldwide, including solutions provider Texas Instrument…
Intel's Interest in the Middle East Intensifies
Intel's attraction to the Middle East has never been exactly hush hush. One needs only to log onto the computing giant's pressroom site to discover a wealth of statements from Intel …
15/01/2007
WiMAX opportunity knocks says Motorola's Man in LatAm
"Everyone is looking at WiMAX broadband...fixed and mobile players." (Carlos Garza) Plentiful sp…
Nokia exec details WiMAX strategy after Sprint Nextel deal
"It is a big deal for Nokia...a more open model compared with network operators today." (Mark Slater) …
WiMAX Winners and Losers: An Operator Guide
Depending on who you ask, mobile WiMAX is positioned either as a complementary or a competitive technology to 3G. The argument for complementary deployment is that 3G offers nationwi…
NextWave acquires GO Networks
NextWave Wireless has agreed to buy GO Networks Inc, a developer of mobile Wi-Fi network solutions, in a cash and stocks deal worth US$39 million. The deal is the latest in a number …
ADAPTIX taps Maxim for New Mobile WiMAX Terminals
ADAPTIX will use WiMAX transceivers from Maxim Integrated Products to power the RF capabilities of the ADAPTIX SX-series mobile WiMAX terminals. The SX family of mobile terminals is …
BSNL rolls out WiMAX in January
By the end of this month Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will have rolled out WiMAX infrastructure across six major Indian cities and four rural areas, according to t…
ATCO Clearwire wins, loses in Middle East
ATCO Clearwire Telecom, a joint venture between Saudi-based A.A. Turki Group and US WiMAX pioneer Clearwire, has secured a license for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) in the 3…
Freescale unveils WiMAX Infrastructure Development Platform
Incorporating PowerQUICC(TM) communication technology, StarCore(TM) digital signal processors and a field programmable gate array (FPGA), the WiMAX base band platform works together …
Face-off: 4G vs. WiMAX vs. WiFi
The cellular wireless industry over the last twenty plus years has identified each technological roll-out of new services to the public as a generation. In the early 1980s, the…
08/01/2007
Shinsat gets nod for WiMAX testing in Thailand
Thailand's telecom regulator has given permission for Thai satellite player ShinSat to trial WiMAX over its 3.5GHz spectrum.Recently the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) …
Samsung outlines WiMAX strategy
Samsung Electronics has been further explaining its plans to back mobile WiMAX. The South Korean vendor announced in November that it planned to invest more than US$322 million in mo…
Colombia awards WiMAX licences
Further underlining WiMAX's potential in Latin America, Colombia has awarded 55 departmental licences for 3.5GHz spectrum covering 32 regions of the country. The regional li…
Sprint Nextel puts WiMAX USA to the fore
If Clearwire's U.S. fixed-wireless WiMAX rollout has demonstrated that the technology can be used as a DSL or cable substitute even in developed markets, it is Sprint Nextel's US$4.5…
Aircel to deploy Alvarion WiMAX throughout India
A subsidiary of leading Indian cellular operator Aircel will rollout WiMAX networks across India in 2007 using equipment from Israeli vendor Alvarion. Aircel Business Soluti…
WiMAX goldrush in the offing?
Late last year two WiMAX pioneers, Clearwire and NextWave, filed to go public with the US Securities & Exchange Commission. And on January 4, another American wireless broadband …
Whither WiMAX in 2007?
2007 is the year of the Pig. So will WiMAX players be feeding at the trough in the next 12 months, or just rolling around in their own muck? Have they, like Orwell's famous porkers, …
Latin America Ripe for WiMAX
On the back of various WiMAX deals in Latin America from Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Chile, real opportunities for WiMAX are emerging in the region as the technology offers a signi…
German spectrum awarded, Italian assets to sell before June
Germany has handed out three national and two regional WiMAX licences in the 3.5GHz spectrum range raising a total EUR56 million, the regulatory authority Bundesnetzagentur announced…
20/11/2006
Deutsche Telekom says no to WiMAX
Deutsche Telekom says it will not be using WiMAX to expand its high-speed internet network in Germany in the foreseeable future. It is the first major European network operator to p…
Merger savings will fuel WiMAX investment, Alcatel says
French telecoms vendor Alcatel plans to make cuts after its merger with U.S. rival Lucent is complete so it can to reinvest in its WiMAX strategy, according to the head of the compa…
Nortel demos TV over WiMAX
Nortel has demonstrated IPTV and IMS services over a live WiMAX network at the WiMAX World trade show in Boston. In the demonstration, an IPTV service over a WiMAX connection was use…
Nokia say WiMAX enabled handsets expected in 2008
Nokia has confirmed that it will commercially unveil WiMAX-capable mobile devices in 2008 (3GWB, 7 Jun, 2006), and Intel has made a WiMAX system-on-a-chip - the WiMAX Connection 2250…
Several Asian service providers planning to roll out WiMAX networks
A number of companies have announced plans to roll out WiMAX networks across Asia. Russian telecoms operator Comstar United Telesystems has applied for frequencies in the 2.5-2…
MIMO will increase mobile WiMAX costs
Fixed operators are waiting to deploy 802.16e mobile WiMAX because they believe costs will be lower than for current fixed-WiMAX equipment. But initially, CPE costs for 802.16e will …
Mobile WiMAX won't take off until 2008
Mobile WiMAX will not become standardized until early 2008, according to a report by research firm Yankee Group. The company said that although there was significant attenti…
WiMAX still cheaper than 3G but price varies by region
WiMAX spectrum still works out cheaper than 3G spectrum, analysts say. Pyramid Research says that WiMAX spectrum remains substantially cheaper than 3G spectrum, which it…
17/10/2006
Security experts see vulnerabilities in WiMAX
WiMAX is designed to be a cost-effective way to deliver broadband over a wide area. It has standardized broadband-wireless-access technology and is intended to handle high-quality vo…
Samsung demonstrates 4G services, with video-on-the-move
Electronics giant Samsung unveiled its foray into what it is calling 4G, with a demonstration of a handset on a moving bus. The company held the demo -on a bus traveling at speeds of…
Spectrum situation clouds Woosh's WiMAX aspirations
It is still not clear whether Woosh Wireless is planning to roll out a WiMAX network in New Zealand. What is clear, however, is that it won't be cheap to do so and that the future of…
Companies demo live pay TV over WiMAX
Three companies cooperated to demonstrate the delivery of pay TV over a WiMAX network at the IBC2006 trade show in Amsterdam earlier this month as part of a pilot program designed to…
Virgin Trains roll out trackside WiMAX
The UK's Virgin Trains is planning to roll out a WiMAX network along its West Coast Main Line routes, in preparation for a launch in 2007. The new service would enable passengers to …
06/09/2006
Sprint justifies WiMAX decision but remains coy on funding
Sprint Nextel has announced that it will invest US$1 billion in 2007 and between $US1.5 billion and US$2 billion in 2008 to build out an 802.16e mobile WiMAX network in its 2.5GHz sp…
Emergence of WiMAX will propel telecoms operators into becoming wireless broadband companies
The next wave of networks will deploy Wi-fi and WiMAX in urban areas, and cellular across countries, says Ryan Jarvis, former head of BT's wireless division. Jarvis, who joined BT in…
15/08/2006
Motorola puts WiMAX at heart of 4G strategy
Motorola recently said that it hopes that its pending acquisition of Clearwire's NextNet subsidiary will enable it to sell its own WIMAX technology into existing NextNet accounts. Th…
Vodafone puts Czech 3G on hold
Vodafone Czech Republic last week said it has put off plans to roll out a UMTS network because return on investment is expected to be low. Vodafone Czech Republic is now looking at W…
Malaysia to cancel WiMAX
The Malaysian Communications Ministry has announced that it has delayed the tender for WiMAX spectrum, according to media reports. It is not known how many companies had placed bids …
Maxis bids for WiMAX
Maxis Communications has confirmed that it is one of the bidders for the recently announced WiMAX spectrum in Malaysia. A total of 17 companies submitted bids for the mobile wireless…
Aperto in Russian Wimax deal
Aperto Networks has shipped its PacketMAX products to Avalcom, Aperto's reseller and systems integrator in Russia. Avalcom is reported to have lined up nearly a dozen service provide…
21/07/2006
WiMAX story in Philadelphia for NextPhase
NextPhase Wireless, a service provider based in Southern California, has announced it has completed hardware evaluation and testing for WiMAX rollout in Philadelphia and New Jersey. …