| 05/07/08 | Person close to talks: Sprint close to $12 billion WiMax financing deal
Sprint Nextel Corp. is close to finalizing a deal to get financing for its new wireless broadband network from a group that includes Comcast Corp. and Google Inc., according to a person close to the talks. |
| 05/07/08 | Partners Airspan Networks and Stutler Technologies Announce Early Success in New WiMAX Band
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading worldwide provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks, and Stutler Technologies, one of the nation's largest system integrators for wireless carriers, today highlighted successes in the recently allocated 3.65 GHz band in the United States. This band has been made available to supplement national licensed bands like 2.5 GHz. |
| 05/06/08 | Predicting the Future Triumph of Clearwire's $14 Billion Broadband Wireless Network
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced Wednesday that the companies will combine their broadband wireless units to create a $14.55 billion mobile wireless communications company to provide internet access, phone service, movies, games and a variety of other broadband wireless data services. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will continue developing a mobile network based on WiMax technology, which promises much faster speeds than the latest 3g cellular networks. |
| 05/06/08 | SR Telecom & Co. Announces Series of WiMAX Wins
The new SR Telecom has retained the trust and support of its global customer base, and is increasing deliveries of its WiMAX solutions following the recent acquisition of its business activities by Groupe Lagasse. Merely a month in since the re-launch of its business as a subsidiary of Groupe Lagasse, SR Telecom & Co., S.E.C. announced that it has received purchase orders for wireless network deployments from customers in Cameroon, Mexico and the Philippines and is on-track to securing significant additional orders from new and existing customers in the next few weeks. |
| 05/06/08 | 012 Smile.Communications Submits Application for Mobile WiMAX Trials in Tel Aviv- Ramat Gan
012 Smile.Communications (Nasdaq: SMLC ; TASE) announced that it has applied to Israel's Communications Ministry to expand its license for mobile WiMAX trials to allow an expanded trial in the Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan area, Israel's most densely populated business and residential center. Through the trial, the Company plans to provide users with an Internet connectivity rate of up to a high 10MB, a speed sufficient to support both mobile telephony and a variety of Internet-based applications. The trial will utilize WiMAX technology provided by Alvarion (Nasdaq: ALVR). |
| 05/05/08 | Towerstream Powers First NYC Skyscraper with Building-Wide Wireless Broadband Access
Towerstream (Nasdaq: TWER), a leading fixed WiMAX service provider, announced it will be powering one of New York City's landmark skyscrapers with building-wide access to its high-speed, wireless broadband solution. The 50-story building, which extends a full city block, will also serve as Towerstream's sixth point-of-presence (PoP) in its New York City wireless broadband network, extending broadband coverage to much of Manhattan's north side. |
| 05/05/08 | Tranzeo Achieves Volume Production on its WiMAX Line
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT), a leading producer of wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems, has achieved full production volume on its high-performance WiMAX radio equipment. |
| 05/02/08 | WiMAX Broadband Wireless Networks Continues to Expand Along Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor
Ashburn-based DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced that it is expanding high speed wireless Internet service coverage to Idaho Falls, ID. This launch adds the third community within the Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor along Interstate 15 to DBC's WiMAX broadband wireless network in southeastern Idaho. In Idaho Falls, the WiMAX service, called BridgeMAXX, will reach more than 25,000 homes and businesses. DBC is also serving Rexburg, Pocatello and Hailey Idaho, and plans to expand to other communities over the next few months. |
| 05/01/08 | Motorola and Advanced Info Service Launch WiMAX Trials in Thailand
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is working with Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile operator in Thailand, to conduct trials of mobile WiMAX solutions. The trials will enable AIS to gain insight into the next generation personal wireless broadband services. |
| 04/24/08 | Airspan Receives $1.7 Million WiMAX Broadband Wireless Networking Equipment Order
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it had received its initial order from Fujitsu, totaling approximately $1.7 million, for Airspan's baseband WiMAX modules that are part of the jointly developed Mobile WiMAX base station MacroMAXe. |
| 04/23/08 | 3G Wireless Carrier Upgrades GSM/HSPDA Network with WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology to Add Quality IP Data Services for Its Existing Base of 23 Million Customers
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Vodacom Lesotho, a subsidiary of Vodacom Group has selected Airspan as its preferred WiMAX supplier. Airspan will supply its MicroMAX base stations in the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz frequency band in addition to CPEs (customer premise equipment). The contract is through Airspan's reseller partner, TVS. |
| 04/23/08 | Aerohive Networks Introduces New Broadband Wireless Portfolio of 802.11n Outdoor Access Points
Aerohive Networks, creators of the "cooperative control" broadband wireless LAN (WLAN) access point (HiveAP), announced a portfolio of 802.11n HiveAPs. The portfolio includes the attractively designed dual-radio HiveAP 320 for indoor use, the metal-chassis dual-radio HiveAP 340 for indoor-industrial use, and the waterproof three-radio HiveAP 380 for outdoor use. |
| 04/23/08 | Hotel Contractor Adds Ultra Fast 802.11n Broadband Wireless Option for Hotel Operators
Ruckus Wireless announced that Lodgian, Inc. (Amex: LGN), one of the largest independent owners and operators of full-service hotels in the United States, has become one of the first hotel operators to deploy the next generation of Wi-Fi technology, known as 802.l1n, throughout its Crowne Plaza Beach Oceanfront Resort Hotel in Melbourne, Florida. |
| 04/18/08 | Lockheed Martin Opens Wireless Wi-Fi Cyber Security Lab
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently opened a new Wireless Cyber Security Center, one of only a handful of technology labs capable of testing wireless communications systems in a classified environment. The lab allows defense and intelligence agencies to test and evaluate wireless systems like 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband satellite links on a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) network. |
| 04/17/08 | Experimental License to Conduct Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology Trials Has Been Extended in Tel Aviv
012 Smile.Communications (NASDAQ Global market and TASE:SMLC) announced that its experimental license to conduct WiMAX technology trials in Sderot and a high tech business center in the Tel Aviv area has been extended by the Ministry of Communications. With respect to the Sderot area - the license was extended until April 7, 2009 and with respect to the Tel Aviv area - the license was extended until September 18, 2009. |
| 04/17/08 | DBD Orders VoiceMAX for Their Broadband Wireless WiMAX Network
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that its customer Deutsche Breitband Dienste GmbH of Germany has purchased Airspan's class leading VoiceMAX voice over IP solution. Airspan and DBD have also reached agreement on all outstanding contractual issues. |
| 04/16/08 | Setting Marketing Trends in the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) Industry
Due to mistakes made by Google, Earthlink, Sprint and other big companies in the broadband wireless industry, many members of the press seem to have lost their appetite for wireless Internet service provider stories. Regardless, of the media who now frown on the ability for broadband wireless technology to provide high-speed Internet access, the truth is that there are literally thousands and thousands of companies doing it successfully around the world. |
| 04/15/08 | Airspan Reports Improved Quarterly Cash Burn on Lower Than Expected Revenues
Airspan is the industry's leading WiMAX pure player, ranked #1 for IEEE802.16-2004 WiMAX revenue in 2007 and has now been selected for some of the world's largest mobile WiMAX deployments. |
| 04/14/08 | Sierra Wireless and Wavefront Announce Best Mobile Broadband Wireless and GPS Real Time Location Services Contest
Sierra Wireless Inc. (SW:TO, SWIR:NASDAQ) and Wavefront, a commercialization accelerator for the British Columbia Wireless and New Media industries, announced the launch of the "Sierra Wireless - Wavefront Developer Challenge." The purpose of the six-month challenge is to find best-in-class broadband wireless enterprise or consumer applications that take advantage of the mobile broadband and GPS capabilities built into Sierra Wireless PC cards, ExpressCards, and USB modems. |
| 04/11/08 | Motorola Unveils New WiMAX 802.16e Wave 2-Ready WAP 450 Broadband Wireless Internet Access Point
Motorola said the WAP 450 uses the recently announced 4G common broadband base control unit, has a smaller common equipment cabinet and a more powerful tower-top RF module able to deliver up to 10 watts of power output per sector at the antenna port, improving coverage and capacity. It claimed the WAP 450 provides performance and cost advantages to operators enabling them to lower capital and operating expenditures while extending coverage and allowing more data-rich and bandwidth-intensive applications to meet customer demand. |
| 04/11/08 | Tektronix' G35-WiMAX Broadband Wireless Test Solution Selected by WiMAX Forum as Official Protocol Test Tool
As part of the WiMAX Forum Network Interoperability Test initiative, reference networks will be set up in all WiMAX Forum Test Laboratories, against which WiMAX component vendors can test their implementation. Tektronix Communications' G35-WiMAX protocol test solution will serve as the reference point to analyze the responses of individual devices in test scenarios specified by the WiMAX Forum. In this way, the G35 will provide key support in assessing the behavior of the reference network. |
| 04/04/08 | Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. Selects Alcatel-Lucent To Build WiMAX Network In The Coachella Valley Region Of California
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. (TSX: CWG) announced the selection of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to build Craig Wireless' new WiMAX network - based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) WiMAX standard - in the Coachella Valley region of California. |
| 04/01/08 | Texas Instruments Announced the Industry's First Multi-carrier, Multi-standard Development Platform for Broadband Wireless Base Stations
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN ) announced a scalable, programmable development ecosystem enabling base station OEMs to support multiple carriers of established and evolving wireless standards from a single platform. Based on TI's multicore TMS320TCI6487 and TMS320TCI6488 digital signal processors (DSPs) and multi-interface software libraries, the development platform covers all major air interfaces including GSM-EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA , LTE and WiMAX. With a single development platform, OEMs largely "design once-deploy multiple" base stations, significantly reducing design costs, while speeding the deployment of new 3G features and beyond 3G standards. |
| 04/01/08 | Optichron Single-Board Transmit Chain Development Platform Supports Frequency Bands from 800 MHz to 3.5 GHz and Protocols from GSM to WiMAX, plus LTE
Optichron, Inc. announced the availability of the DPD-CFR-DEV-30 development platform, a complete transmit signal chain compression and linearization solution from baseband to power amplifier (PA). The platform may be used as a reference for production solutions of multiple architectures, using a single, highly-efficient design that supports frequency bands from 800 MHz to 3.5 GHz and protocols from GSM to WiMAX, plus LTE, and proprietary protocols. |
| 04/01/08 | Nortel Shows how Carriers can Deliver Better, Faster Networks to Reach True Mobile Broadband Wireless Customers
With billions of people and machines currently connected to the network and millions more being connected each day, Nortel (NYSE:NT) understands how to transform the challenges of Hyperconnectivity into opportunities for its carrier customers. At CTIA Wireless 2008, Nortel will demonstrate the ways its mobile convergence and 4G mobile broadband technologies - LTE and WiMAX - are reducing the complexity of a hyperconnected world to deliver better, faster wireless networks that simplify work, study and even play for today's "always connected" consumers. |
| 03/26/08 | Azimuth Systems Announces Expanded Channel Emulator Product Line and Features for Mobile WiMax
Azimuth Systems Inc. announced a range of enhancements and expansions to the world-class ACE 400WB channel emulator designed for MIMO broadband wireless communications testing. The ACE 400WB is an industry-leading channel emulator with up to 4x4 MIMO bi-directional capabilities. The company is also announcing the release of three new ACE 400WB models optimized for 2x2 MIMO, MIMO Wi-Fi and uni-directional testing. |
| 03/21/08 | Free WiMAX and Wi-Fi White Paper Details Delivering Broadband Services to Fixed and Mobile Broadband Wireless Clients
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the availability of a new white paper on Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) that explores the strengths and weaknesses of this technology for delivering broadband wireless services to fixed and mobile clients. The widespread availability of WiMAX has for years been just around the corner but non-interoperable implementations and frequency spectrum licensing issues have hindered deployments. |
| 03/21/08 | Motorola Teams Up With United Information Highway on Mobile WiMAX Trial in Thailand
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that the company has achieved the first successful mobile WiMAX trial in Thailand, teaming up with United Information Highway Company Limited (UIH). The trial, demonstrating new wireless broadband experiences for users, marks the first among a series of Motorola's mobile WiMAX engagements in Thailand and yet another milestone in the company's global WiMAX development. |
| 03/19/08 | Redline's RedMAX Product Line Chosen by CityLink for WiMAX Broadband Wireless Network in Cambodia
Redline Communications Group Inc., (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that CityLink, the largest Internet Service Provider in Cambodia, has chosen Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its multi-city WiMAX network. CityLink has initiated its two-city, phased deployment in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh and is currently serving hundreds of business and residential subscribers. |
| 03/19/08 | wi-tribe limited Selects Aptilo Networks to Build WiMAX Broadband Wireless Deployments in the Middle East and Asia Pacific
Aptilo Networks announces that wi-tribe limited, a joint venture between Qatar Telecom (Qtel), the exclusive telecommunications service provider in the State of Qatar and A.A. Tukri Group of Companies (ATCO) of Saudi Arabia, has chosen Aptilo's Mobile WiMAX AAA Connectivity Service Network (CSN) platform as one of the key network components to enable services over the WiMAX networks to be deployed by wi-tribe across the Middle East and Asia Pacific, utilizing Aptilo's access and policy control service management platform. |
| 03/17/08 | Altair Semiconductor Announces an Ultra Low-Power Mobile WiMAX Processor
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS) announced that Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company developing the world's most advanced mobile WiMAX semiconductors for handheld devices, has integrated MIPS processor and analog IP in its new ALT2150 mobile WiMAX baseband processor. The ALT2150 is the first baseband processor optimized for handheld devices, combining ultra-low power consumption, low cost and the smallest footprint. |
| 03/17/08 | Silvus Technologies to Showcase Enabling High-Speed Wireless Broadband Capabilities for Both 802.11n and Wireless HD Video
Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of broadband wireless semiconductor IP solutions in 802.11n, wireless HD video, and tactical military systems, will showcase technology demonstrations and lead in-depth discussion sessions, both of which feature technology-proven wireless broadband capabilities within the company's solution portfolio. |
| 03/14/08 | Wightcable Chooses Airspan to Provide WiMAX to the Isle of Wight
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Wightcable for its MicroMAX 5.8 GHz base stations, VoiceMAX for VoIP services and related CPEs (customer premise equipment), which include Airspan's ProSTs and EasySTs. Wightcable will provide WiMAX voice and data services across the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, starting in the town of Newport. |
| 03/13/08 | D-Link Takes Top Spot in Draft 802.11n Product Shipments Worldwide
D-Link is the leader in Draft 802.11n Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, showing significant growth in Q4 2007 and surpassing nearest competitors Linksys and Belkin, according to leading analyst firm In-Stat. |
| 03/13/08 | Airspan Wins New $1.7 Million Broadband Wireless Contract From Tricom to Expand Its WiMAX Network in the Dominican Republic
Airspan Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading worldwide provider of WiMAX wireless access networks announced that Tricom, one of the Dominican Republic's leading carriers, has awarded Airspan an expansion contract to continue to supply its WiMAX solutions in the licensed 3.5 GHz frequency band. This latest award would bring the value of Airspan contribution to Tricom's network to approximately $1.7 million. Airspan began supplying Tricom with its WiMAX solutions in the fourth quarter of 2007, using its HiperMAX-2 and Hiper-Micro base stations. |
| 03/11/08 | Altair Semiconductor Unveils Power-Efficient Mobile WiMAX Processor for Broadband Wireless Handheld Devices
Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company developing an advanced mobile WiMAX semiconductors for handheld devices, announced the release of the ALT2150 mobile WiMAX baseband processor to leading handheld device and module manufacturers. The ALT2150, a small and power-efficient mobile WiMAX processor, implements full WiMAX Forum Wave-2 physical (PHY) Layer and Media Access Control (MAC) functionality, and offers substantial performance enhancements beyond this profile. |
| 03/10/08 | Alvarion Unveils New WiMAX SentieM Technologies, Bringing Unmatched Innovation to Mobile Broadband Wireless Networks
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) unveiled SentieM technologies, which surpass the Mobile WiMAX basic technologies and provide better coverage, capacity and throughput per user to operators using Alvarion's end-to-end Mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution. SentieM includes Advanced Antenna and Radio Resource technologies in addition to Distributed Network capabilities, improving the economics for operators and the quality of service for subscribers. |
| 03/10/08 | ANADIGICS Expands WiMAX Portfolio with New RF Power Amplifier Engineered for 2.3-2.4 GHz Frequency Band
ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD) announced its new AWM6422 Power Amplifier. By offering the AWM6422, which operates in the 2.3-2.4 GHz frequency band allocated for broadband mobile wireless services, ANADIGICS expands its portfolio of leading edge products for WiMAX and WiBro (Korea) systems. The new AWM6422 is already being integrated into USB Adaptors manufactured for a major Korean telecom company. |
| 03/07/08 | SonicsWM Simplifies System on Chip Designs for WiMax Broadband Wireless Applications
Sonics Inc. announced SonicsWM, a family of integrated SMART Interconnect solutions ideally suited for SoC designs that incorporate WiMax. SonicsWM enables customers to leverage a configurable platform to meet the rapidly-changing requirements of the WiMax market while reducing SoC development costs and improving time-to-market. Resulting SoCs offer numerous advantages including higher performance, lower power, IP re-use and simplified software architecture. |
| 03/07/08 | Beceem's Broadband Wireless Chipset Solution Delivers Seamless Mobility to Mobile WiMAX Devices
Beceem Communications announced the selection of its latest chipset for mobile WiMAX devices as one of the chipsets that broadband pioneer Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) is working with for its mobile WiMAX trial in Portland, Oregon. Beceem ' s leading chipset solution is powering a family of PC peripheral WiMAX devices to provide a true mobile broadband Internet experience on laptop computers. |
| 03/06/08 | Aruba Networks Releases Technical White Paper on Optimizing Broadband Wireless Local Area Networks
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the results of recent throughput tests conducted on four different 802.11n wireless LANs. The tests, using a variety of laptop computers containing wireless radio chip sets from Atheros, Broadcom, and Intel, revealed significant differences in the throughput performance of the same laptop with different wireless LANs. Overall the tests highlighted the importance of evaluating any 802.11n wireless LAN using a representative sample of different radio chip sets. |
| 03/05/08 | Tata Communications Installs 5,000 WiMAX Customers in 10 Cities
Tata Communications has selected Telsima Corporation, a global player in WiMAX systems to provide WiMAX solutions for Tata Communications broadband wireless network in India. Tata Communications is the first to launch broadband services on the WiMAX platform on a large scale for retail consumers in India. |
| 03/04/08 | Wi-LAN Founder Dr. Hatim Zaghloul Steps Down as New Patent Troller Management Team Sues Its Way Toward Profitability
Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) announced that Dr. Hatim Zaghloul, the Company's co-founder, will be stepping down from the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors and will not be standing for re-election to the Board at the Company's 2008 annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held on March 27, 2008. Dr. Zaghloul will continue to work with the Company as Chair of its Technical Advisory Committee. |
| 03/03/08 | Nearing The Climax? WiMax As Wireless DSL Soon A Reality In The U.S.
Closing in potentially simultaneously on the end of the 700 MHz spectrum auctions and what we believe will be a new multi-party joint venture (JV) with Sprint and several funding partners, we believe the value inherent in Clearwire's spectrum asset is increasingly apparent. Upon the potential announcement of a JV, we believe CLWR shares should trade up sharply. |
| 02/27/08 | Airspan Networks Announces 40% WiMAX Broadband Wireless Revenue Increase for 2007
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced results for the fourth quarter and year ending December 31, 2007. Fourth quarter revenues increased by 5.8% to $23.8 million, compared to $22.5 million in the third quarter of 2007, driven by WiMAX growth. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2006, revenues decreased by 24% from $31.3 million, due to the decline in non-WiMAX revenues. The fourth quarter gross margin was 29%, adversely affected by revenue deferrals related to multi-element contractual arrangements and provisions related to non-WiMAX inventory. |
| 02/25/08 | PuntoNet Chooses Airspan to Provide 5.85 GHz WiMAX Broadband Wireless Solutions in Ecuador
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that PuntoNet, Ecuador's largest Wireless Internet Service Provider, has awarded Airspan a follow-on contract to supply MicroMAX base stations and related CPE equipment to expand their nationwide WiMAX services in major cities in Ecuador. |
| 02/25/08 | Ulusnet Announces Deal for Continued Shipments of WiMAX Broadband Wireless Network Equipment to Build Out High-Speed Internet Access in Mongolia
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it continues to supply its MacroMAX base stations and customer premise equipment (CPEs) to Ulusnet, Mobicom's subsidiary in Mongolia, as the carrier builds out its WiMAX network. Ulusnet began offering WiMAX services in February of last year, using Airspan's WiMAX solutions. |
| 02/25/08 | Elan Digital Predicts Growth for Workstation WiMAX PCMCIA Cards
Elan Digital predicts that, despite the current WiMAX marketing focus on mobile notebooks, connecting fixed workstations is likely to be a significant proportion of the overall fast growing WiMAX market. They are seeing a worldwide surge in interest in their P-Series Adapters, all of which now support any PCMCIA compliant modem cards. |
| 02/25/08 | Portable WiMAX VoIP Cell Phones Displayed at 2008 Mobile World Congress
NetIndex Inc., Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. and Runcom Technologies Ltd. have succeeded in jointly developing a VoIP portable telephone using the WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications module. Thus, at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (previously 3GSM show) one of the largest and most advanced Mobile Communication shows in the world, these companies will be displaying their VoIP portable telephone using WiMAX which achieves All-IP voice communication. |
| 02/25/08 | It's Make Or Break For WiMAX, Says Analysys
This year will be decisive in the development of WiMAX, which experienced temporary setbacks in 2007, says Analysys, the global advisor in Telecom, IT and media, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. |
| 02/21/08 | Airspan Selected by Enforta to Provide WiMAX Solutions in Russia
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Enforta, the largest wireless Internet Service Provider in Russia, has chosen Airspan's MicroMAX base stations and related CPEs to deploy WiMAX services in Russia. |
| 02/21/08 | Tranzeo Wireless Offers Turn-Key WiMAX Solution With New Family of Pico Base Stations Using Proximetry's AirSync
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT) announces a new family of turn-key WiMAX pico base stations using Proximetry's market-leading intelligent provisioning and management software, AirSync. The first product operates in the 3.5GHz licensed band, offering wireless internet service providers (WISPs) and emerging carriers a price/performance breakthrough and higher degrees of base station performance management. |
| 02/21/08 | Galaxia Telecom International PLC Rolls Out the Largest Commercial WiMAX Network in Africa
Galaxia Telecom International PLC, the telecom integrator and operator specializing in the innovation and deployment of wireless broadband technologies, announces today the listing of the company's shares on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the launch of its first mass market WiMAX network in Algeria. |
| 02/20/08 | Siemens Communications Certifies New WiMAX Products
Iperia, Inc. announced that Siemens Communications, Inc. has certified the IperiaVX as "HiPath Ready (U.S)" on the Siemens HiPath 8000 Platform. The certification tests took place in October 2007 at the Siemens Technology Partner Lab in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| 02/15/08 | Over the Air Device Provisioning for WiMAX Gets Soft Touch from Bridgewater Systems
Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) announced an Over-The-Air Provisioning (OTA) solution, which enables service providers to support dynamic provisioning of devices on WiMAX networks. Working in conjunction with Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA-DM) compliant servers, the Bridgewater solution recognizes when subscribers and devices are on the network to facilitate seamless provisioning and firmware updates over the air, thereby reducing service introduction costs and enabling immediate subscriber access to WiMAX services. |
| 02/15/08 | Nortel Demonstrates Industry's First WiMAX VoIP Call Controlled by 2G/3G Voice Network
Wireless Internet service providers seeking to offer advanced voice and data capabilities without replacing existing network gear take note. Nortel is demonstrating at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Hall 8, B145) the ability to provide VoIP calling using a 2G/3G GSM/UMTS core network to host 4G WiMAX access. This is good news for GSM and UMTS wireless operators looking to evolve to 4G, as they can look to Nortel's innovative technology to cost-effectively support it all: current 2G and 3G voice and text services as well as future 4G communication services like advanced mobile broadband. |
| 02/14/08 | Tranzeo and Proximetry Collaborate for Seamless WiMAX and Wi-Fi Operation and Broadband Wireless Network Management Tool
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. TSX: TZT), a premier manufacturer of high-performance wireless broadband solutions including Wi-Fi and WiMAX systems, and Proximetry Inc., the technology leader in real-time network and performance management solutions for wireless networks, are collaborating to enhance Wi-Fi and WiMAX network performance and lower network management costs for operators in both vertical and developing markets. |
| 02/14/08 | Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Debut Industry's First Solution for Seamless WiMAX-GSM/EDGE Dual-Mode Services
Samsung Multimode Handheld Device, Together With Network Features From Alcatel-Lucent, Enable Service Continuity Across Both WiMAX and GSM/EDGE |
| 02/14/08 | Agilent Technologies and Runcom Technologies to Collaborate on Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX Broadband Wireless Protocol Testing
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Runcom Technologies Ltd. announced they will extend their WiMAX collaboration to include Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Protocol Test. All WiMAX devices must undergo protocol conformance test (PCT) to become certified for use. To realize the promise of interoperability, the WiMAX industry relies on traceable and effective protocol test solutions. The assurance of interoperability between WiMAX reference designs and protocol test equipment creates customer confidence and enables industry growth. |
| 02/14/08 | Redline Launches Full Suite of RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX products
Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) introduced its full suite of RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX products. Redline's expanded family of 802.16e-2005 base stations units and subscriber devices for the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands allows operators to select and deploy network elements that meet their specific network and business requirements. |
| 02/12/08 | Redpine Signals Demonstrates Its Lite-Fi Ultra Low Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Connectivity on Infineon Technologies S-GOLD 3H/MP-EH Mobile Platform
Redpine Signals, Inc., a leading developer of ultra low power multi-standard OFDM and MIMO silicon-based solutions, announced the availability and successful integration of its Lite-Fi RS9110 silicon solution on Infineon's MP-EH mobile platform. |
| 02/09/08 | Anite Selected by All Major Mobile WiMAX Chipset Developers for Broadband Wireless Protocol Testing
Anite announced that it has been selected by all of the leading Mobile WiMAX chipset developers and vendors for protocol testing. According to the company, customers deploy Anite's Protocol Conformance Toolset and Base Station Emulator to quicken the development of their WiMAX chipsets and ensure conformity to the WiMAX Forum's certification requirements. |
| 02/08/08 | OKI and Alcatel-Lucent to Collaborate in Marketing OKI's Broadband Wireless Mobile WiMAX Terminals
Oki Electric Industry, Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6703) announced an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU), to jointly market OKI's mobile WiMAX terminals to the worldwide market. As part of the agreement, a demonstration showing how OKI terminals work with Alcatel-Lucent ' s WiMAX base stations will be featured at Alcatel-Lucent's booth at Mobile World Congress 2008, which will be held from Feb. 11 to 14 in Barcelona, Spain (Booth number: 8A147 in Hall 8). |
| 02/08/08 | WiNetworks Receives $17M in Broadband Wireless Orders for the 802.16e SOC Based Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 (MIMO) Base Station
WiNetworks has received over $17M in orders from various customers as a result of successful trials. Shipments have begun to customers in the European, Asian and North American regions for the 802.16e SOC based Mobile Compact Base Station in the 1.4GHz (L-Band) and 3.5GHZ frequency. Products in the 2.5GHz frequency will be released in March 2008. |
| 02/08/08 | New "MacroMAXe" Mobile WiMAX Base Station Sets Standard for Features, Range and Capacity
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) announced they had signed a four-year cooperation agreement to jointly build a leading-class Mobile WiMAX Base Station designed for carriers in the 2.5 and 2.3 GHz bands. This new Base Station combines the advanced technologies of both parties and will significantly cut the time to market and allow both companies to take a leadership position in the dynamic 2.5 and 2.3 GHz frequency bands. |
| 02/08/08 | In-Stat Reports Mobile WiMAX More of an Opportunity than a Threat for Mobile Operators
From a mobile operator perspective, mobile WiMAX or 802.16e provides more of a service complement, than a competitive threat, reports In-Stat. The mobile standard for WiMAX, has been the subject of debate since its inception, the high-tech market research firm says. Mobile operators and vendors have disputed how this technology will impact their existing operations. The debate can be broken into two camps. |
| 02/08/08 | Dual-Mode EDGE-WiMAX Reference Design Based on Nexperia Cellular and Intel WiMAX Solutions
NXP Semiconductors will be demonstrating a dual-mode EDGE-WiMAX reference design at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 11-14, 2008. The dual-mode reference design highlights the extended mobility between the two wireless standards by combining NXP's Nexperia Cellular System Solution 5210 for EDGE networks with the forthcoming Intel  WiMAX Connection 2400 solution for ultra mobile and CE devices, formerly codenamed, "Baxter Peak." A fully validated reference design for the dual-mode EDGE-WiMAX solution will be available from NXP in second half 2008. |
| 02/04/08 | MacBook Air Now Shipping Complete with 802.11n Internet Access Connectivity
MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight(R) video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch, rotate and swipe. MacBook Air is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1. |
| 01/28/08 | Leading WiMAX Companies Setup WiMAX Business Development Center in Monaco to Let Customers Experience Best of Breed Broadband Wireless WiMAX Communications
Monaco Telecom has revealed it is working with wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd (Nasdaq:ALVR), networking solutions provider Cisco and mobile communications company Nokia (NYSE:NOK), to set up a Center of Excellence on Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) in Monaco. |
| 01/28/08 | BSNL Chooses SOMA Networks to Deploy Mobile WiMAX Network in India
SOMA Networks Inc (SOMA) announced it has been selected by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India's state-owned telecomms company, to deploy a Mobile WiMAX network in India, following field trials in urban, suburban and rural areas. |
| 01/28/08 | 3GPP Scrambles to Approve LTE Definition of What Bandwidth Requirements Need to Be Met in Order to Develop a Competitive Solution to WiMAX
With the recent approval of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology specifications by the leading global wireless standards organization 3GPP, LTE is on target and continuing its momentum as the next phase of technology development for the GSM family of technologies, according to industry association 3G Americas. |
| 01/28/08 | Airband Communications Brings More Broadband Wireless WiMAX Bandwidth To Houston
Airband Communications, Inc. announced expanded coverage and capacity of its high-bandwidth solutions in Houston. As part of its national expansion strategy, the company has increased its market reach and service area in the Houston market by 50 percent. The expansion also includes a doubling of Airband's network capacity driven by local customer demands for higher bandwidth services. |
| 01/28/08 | New Research Report Provides Comprehensive WiMAX Business Planning Kit
Research and Markets has announced the addition of WiMAX Comprehensive Business Planning Package to their offering. The comprehensive WiMAX package includes the Mind Commerce WiMAX Business Plan, WiMAX Business Planning Tool, and WiMAX RFP. This represents the most comprehensive WiMAX business planning kit available today as it provides a business plan, planning tool with working spreadsheet, and RFP. Each of these are also available separately. |
| 01/24/08 | The Oriental Bangkok Deploys 802.11n Wireless Broadband Technology to Provide High-Speed Internet Access for Guests
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and the Oriental Bangkok Hotel announced the world's first deployment of Cisco's next-generation wireless 802.11n technology in the hospitality industry. The new high-speed wireless network supports the Oriental Bangkok's vision to offer superior guest experience through information and communications technology (ICT). |
| 01/24/08 | WiChorus and Aptilo Networks Announce Successful Completion of WiMAX Interoperability Testing
WiChorus and Aptilo Networks announced that they have completed interoperability testing (IOT) of WiChorus' Intelligent ASN Gateway with Aptilo's WiMAX CSN (Connectivity Service Network) System, the market's first integrated solution for standards-compliant Mobile WiMAX AAA and Service Control. Testing of the WiChorus and Aptilo products was based on the WiMAX Forum's NWG 1.0.0 specification. |
| 01/23/08 | Elan Digital Systems Ltd Announces Support for the WiMAX Forum
ELAN DIGITAL SYSTEMS LTD announced its support for single-standard WiMAX technology by joining the WiMAX Forum, an industry-led non-profit organization committed to promoting and certifying interoperable WiMAX products, as a regular member. |
| 01/21/08 | Le-Ru Telecom Selects Airspan to Build Broadband Wireless 3.65 GHz WiMAX Network in the U.S.
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Le-Ru Telecom of Missouri, has chosen Airspan to supply HiperMAX base stations and related CPEs in the 3.65 GHz band in the U.S. Airspan will supply its WiMAX equipment through its U.S. channel partner, Stutler Technologies. This announcement follows the recent FCC approval for Airspan's HiperMAX base station in the 3.65GHz band in the United States, the first MIMO-enabled WiMAX solution to receive such certification. |
| 01/21/08 | Wireless Internet Service Provider Bringing WiMAX Broadband Wireless Internet Service to Pocatello, ID
Ashburn-based DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced the expansion of its high speed wireless Internet service to Pocatello, Idaho. This is the second town in Idaho in which DBC has launched WiMAX service. DBC previously launched service in Rexburg, Idaho in June 2007 and Missoula, Montana in October 2007. In Pocatello, service will reach more than 17,000 homes and businesses with planned expansion reaching over 20,000 in the coming months. |
| 01/18/08 | Asia to Dominate Mobile WiMAX Market With Over 50% of Broadband Wirelesss Subscribers by 2013
Juniper Research forecasts that Asia will account for over 50% of Mobile WiMAX 802.16e subscribers by 2013, exceeding 40 million mobile subscribers. |
| 01/15/08 | Airspan Announces 5 GHz WiMAX Deployments in Ukraine
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that its MicroMAX products in the 5 GHz frequency band have been successfully deployed in the Ukraine. Ten national and regional carriers have won frequency licenses in the 5 GHz band during the recent competitive tenders carried out by the Ukraine National Committee of Telecommunications Regulations and are now beginning to deploy WiMAX networks. |
| 01/11/08 | One Ring Networks to Rollout New WiMAX Service in Atlanta
One Ring Networks announced that it will be launching WiMAX service in the Atlanta Metro area using licensed spectrum it was recently granted. The grant which gives One Ring access to 50Mhz of spectrum between 3650Mhz and 3700Mhz has favorable propagation characteristics. WiMAX is a wireless technology which allows broad coverage with data-rich connectivity unlike Wi-Fi which is unlicensed and limited to small hot-spots. |
| 01/11/08 | WiMAX Chipset Market: Faith in Mobile WiMAX Drives Expected Volume Growth Worldwide
We expect the total WiMAX user terminal chipset market to reach almost $500 million in 2012, growing from $27 million in 2007. WiMAX base station semiconductor revenues are expected to be approximately $1.4 billion in 2012, compared to $130 million in 2007 |
| 01/11/08 | Redline to Build Broadband Wireless WiMAX Network in Tunisia for Divona Telecom
Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that Divona Telecom, a leading satellite and WiMAX telecom operator in Tunisia, has chosen Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its five-city WiMAX network. |
| 01/11/08 | This Report Examines Next Generation Mobile Broadband Wireless Solutions and Cellular Solutions
This report examines next-generation mobile broadband wireless solutions, including 801.16e/WiBro, FLASH-OFDM, and cellular solutions. It analyzes potential market opportunities, examines the competitive equipment and service industry landscape, shares consumer perspectives on mobile broadband wireless solutions, and provides market-sizing information. |
| 01/11/08 | New Report Enables Intelligent WiMAX Investment and Deployment Decisions
The WiMAX Business Plan contains over seventy pages of high value content that will enable intelligent WiMAX investment and deployment decisions. While there are some documents on the market forecasting only return on investment, this is the only WiMAX business plan available that will allow the buyer to focus on the WiMAX-specific services that every enterprise subscriber needs, including specific industry verticals where the WiMAX pitch should be a "one-call close". |
| 01/10/08 | Bandspeed To Showcase AirMaestro Virtual Controller Wi-Fi Access Points and WLAN Management Software at NRF 2008
Bandspeed announced that it will demonstrate its AirMaestro Virtual Controller Wi-Fi Access Points and WLAN Management Software Console at NRF 2008, January 14-16 at New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center. |
| 01/09/08 | WiMAX Backhaul: No Longer Takes a Back Seat
The topic of much debate, WiMAX is rapidly becoming a growing market. With more service providers and enterprises jumping on the WiMAX bandwagon, the next step is to accelerate the deployment of WiMAX worldwide by leveraging the numerous benefits of wireless backhaul. |
| 01/08/08 | Azimuth Broadband Wireless Test Systems Record Fourth Consecutive Year of Accelerated Growth
Azimuth Systems Inc. announced several major milestones that mark the company's fourth consecutive year of accelerated growth. In 2007 alone, the company increased its customer base by 26% with substantial expansion in international business and introduced its first WiMAX product, the ACE 400WB Mobile WiMAX Channel Emulator. The ACE 400WB has been widely adopted in the WiMAX industry and is now included in the WiMAX Forum State of the Art Test Equipment document. |
| 01/08/08 | Atheros Demonstrates Expanded Broadband Wireless Technology Portfolio
Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR) announced it is demonstrating its broadly expanded technology portfolio at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at its booth at the LVCC, South Hall 4, #35349. The company's technology momentum is intersecting the rapidly expanding demand for converged networking, computing and entertainment in an array of fixed and mobile devices. |
| 01/08/08 | World's First WiMAX Compatible Navigation System for Vehicles Unveiled at CES
OKI Electric Industry, Co., Ltd. and Alpine Electronics Inc. joined forces with Runcom Technologies Ltd, the pioneer in ODFMA enabling technologies for Mobile WiMAX. The three companies will demonstrate the world's first broadband wireless car navigation system with streaming content based on Mobile WiMAX technology at Runcom's booth (Sands 72702) at International CES 2008 in Las Vegas from January 7th to 10th. |
| 01/08/08 | TransTelecom Selects Huawei to Deploy Commercial Broadband Wireless WiMAX Network in Europe
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd announced that it has been selected by TransTelecom, a telecom operator in Bulgaria, to deploy a commercial WiMAX network, covering central business districts and hot spots in the country's major cities, including its capital, Sofia, and Varna, Bulgaria's largest harbor city. |
| 12/27/07 | Huawei Selected by Babilon-T for WiMAX Commercial Broadband Wireless Network Deployment
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd (Huawei) has been selected by Babilon-T, a telecomms operator in Tajikistan, to deploy a WiMAX commercial network, representing the first in Central Asia. |
| 12/26/07 | Dynamic Spectrum Access Could Allow Regulators to Take a New Approach to Spectrum Allocation, Says ABI Research
Meanwhile the Digital Dividend is set to free up spectrum in the 700 MHz bands for new applications including homeland security, mobile Internet, mobile TV, and terrestrial HDTV. The market will be allowed to decide in competitive auctions how to make best use of the spectrum, which will not be able to support all these new technologies and services unless a different approach is taken. |
| 12/26/07 | Find Out How Large the Mobile WiMAX Market Will Be Over the Next 5 Years
This forward looking report forecasts subscriber numbers and service revenues from 2007 to 2013 for all mobile broadband technologies globally and by region and for 33 countries (mobile WiMAX only). This unique study first provides an understanding of the technologies that will enable the delivery of Mobile Broadband applications and services and then explores the market drivers and inhibitors of 802.16e Mobile WiMAX whilst giving an overview of its market status by region, including detailed examples of in-service systems and trials. |
| 12/21/07 | POSDATA and KT Draw Up Plans to Establish a "Mobile WiMAX Town" in Pohang City
Mobile WiMAX, a next-generation telecommunications service currently being offered in the Seoul metropolitan area, will be expanded to Pohang, a thriving city of 500,000 people in the south of Korean peninsula. |
| 12/21/07 | Alvarion Continues WiMAX Broadband Wireless Momentum in 2007
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) announced that it has continued to extend its global broadband wireless leadership position in WiMAX during 2007, and that a Tier 1 operator recently joined more than 25 other operators in choosing Alvarion to provide a Mobile WiMAX solution. Alvarion's WiMAX solutions are the most widely-deployed in the industry. |
| 12/21/07 | WiMAX Forum Begins Certification Testing for Mobile WiMAX Products
The WiMAX Forum announced its lead certification lab is now open for formal Mobile WiMAX certification testing and evaluation of Mobile WiMAX products. WiMAX Forum vendors may begin immediately submitting their 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz Mobile WiMAX equipment for testing. The WiMAX Forum's lead certification lab is headquartered at AT4 Wireless in Spain. The WiMAX Forum expects its four other certification labs in the U.S., Taiwan, China and Korea to open for formal Mobile WiMAX certification testing shortly. |
| 12/19/07 | In-Stat Reports North American PC Users Increase Usage, Want More Mobility Americans Viewing Their Computer Screens More Than 48 Hours a Week; Want More Wireless Internet Access and Peripheral Services Via WiMAX, LTE and EVDO
Consumers' usages of PCs and purchasing patterns continue to evolve, according to a survey of North American PC users, reports In-Stat. Key findings in the In-Stat survey include a rise in the number of hours consumers use PCs and a desire for increased mobility, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 12/19/07 | Motorola Continues WiMAX Leadership in 2007 With 802.16e Network Deployments, Devices, and Historic Mobile WiMAX Handoffs
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) issued a year-end update on its wi4 WiMAX solutions and customer engagements. During 2007 Motorola increased to 15 its number of contracts for commercial WiMAX networks and demonstrated the historic first live mobile WiMAX 802.16e handoffs between continuous WiMAX cells supporting voice, data and multimedia applications during WiMAX World USA in Chicago. |
| 12/18/07 | German Wireless ISP Launches Commercial VoIP Service via WiMAX Wireless Broadband Network
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that NeckarCom Telekommunikation GmbH, an innovative German telecommunications provider, has launched its commercial Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service following the successful implementation earlier this year of a WiMAX network in the Ulm region of Germany by Motorola. The flexibility of the Motorola WiMAX solution has enabled NeckarCom to easily integrate all of its current standard voice services across the WiMAX network and offer a new combined voice and data solution, quickly and effectively. |
| 12/17/07 | Telsima Announces WiMAX 450 MHz / 700 MHz Broadband Wireless Access Solution
Telsima Corporation announced its WiMAX 450/700 MHz BWA Solution at the India Telecom 2007 show at New Delhi, 2007. Telsima's WiMAX 450/700MHz solution delivers Internet, Voice and Multimedia services over a wireless broadband link to remote users. An end- to-end communication solution for operators who have a frequency license between 400 MHz and 1 GHz, the Telsima solution can be customized for any specified band within that range -- by default it supports the 450 MHz and 700 MHz bands. |
| 12/13/07 | Beceem Claims Major Technical Milestone Achieved with Sprint's WiMAX Wireless Broadband Network
Beceem Communications announced the completion of the first major milestone of Mobile WiMAX equipment initial interoperability testing performed between Beceem's chipset and Sprint's WiMAX infrastructure as part of the Sprint Mobile WiMAX device launch preparations. |
| 12/13/07 | WiMAX Research Shows that Sprint's Stockholders Were Fools to Oust Gary Forsee's Vision of Broadband Wireless Technology that is Far Superior to 3G
Juniper Research, in a new report, forecasts that Mobile WiMAX 802.16e will begin to take off over the 2010 to 2013 period, exceeding 80 million mobile subscribers globally by 2013. Sprint would have been on the leading edge of the new wireless broadband revoluation if it weren't for stockholder's unfounded fears. With 190 MHz of MMDS spectrum in the United States, Sprint was positioned perfectly to offer broadband wireless services that will never ever be possible using "slower than molasses 3G technology" for wireless data transfer. |
| 12/13/07 | OMRON Introduces World's First Global WiMAX Antenna for Notebook Computers
In anticipation of major WiMAX roll-outs around the globe, OMRON Corporation (TOKYO: 6645, US: OMRNY; Omron) has announced the introduction of a new, global WiMAX band polymer antenna, the HAWK-WMX, for laptops, notebooks, tablet and ultra-mobile PCs. Significantly smaller than competing products, the HAWK-WMX fits under the lid of notebook PCs, enabling computer manufacturers to design smaller and lighter models for highly mobile users. |
| 12/10/07 | Telsima Announces New 2.5GHz Mobile WiMAX Base Station
Telsima Corporation announced that it will be unveiling its innovative IEEE 802.16e-2005 Mobile WiMAX Base Station at the India Telecom 2007 show in New Delhi. The StarMAX 6400 series based Mobile WiMAX base station's innovative features ensure that it is Mobile and Enterprise/Portable application agnostic. Technically, this means that the StarMAX 6400 base station is operable with Telsima's central provisioning system supporting high bandwidth Enterprise and Portable/Nomadic subscribers -- while at the same time it is interoperable with NWG compliant ASN-GW supporting highly mobile users. |
| 12/10/07 | Redline Wins FCC approval for 3.65 GHz Broadband Wireless WiMAX Subscriber Units
Redline Communications Inc. announced it has received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for its RedMAX WiMAX Outdoor Subscriber Unit (SU-O) in the United States. With this approval, Redline now offers the only complete FCC-certified WiMAX system for the newly-available 3.65 GHz frequency band. |
| 12/10/07 | Understanding the Role and Importance of MIMO Broadband Wireless Antenna Technology
The holy grail of telecommunications services is a quadruple play where all services are offered on one access technology from one service provider. WiMAX has the potential to be that technology. In a fixed wireless configuration it can replace the telephone company's copper wire and cable TV's coaxial cable. In its mobile variant, WiMAX has the potential to replace cellular networks. In order for service providers to adopt WiMAX, platforms will have to demonstrate a strong quadruple play business case. |
| 12/07/07 | Vecima Announces WiMAX Starter Kits for Telecommunications Operators that Want to Trial the Broadband Wireless Performance and Capabilities of WiMAX
Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM) announced the launch of its broadband wireless VistaMAX Starter Kits, the latest addition to Vecima's VistaMAX family of WiMAX products. The VistaMAX Starter Kit operates in the 1.9 and the 3.5 GHz bands and is based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. The Starter Kit is designed to enable operators to assess the performance and capabilities of Vecima's VistaMAX product line. Vecima is committed to supporting the operator through the installation, configuration and evaluation of the Starter Kit to ensure future business. |
| 12/04/07 | Industry Research Report Forecasts More than 21 Million WiMAX Subscribers in India by 2014
Report Buyer has added a new report which provides a detailed review of current regulatory challenges and overall wireless/WiMAX market trends in India. "India Broadband Wireless and WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecasts " estimates that there will be up to 21 million WiMAX subscribers in India by 2014. It finds that the Indian economy is flourishing, and the demand for telecommunications services has outpaced the legacy wired telecommunication infrastructure. |
| 12/03/07 | Can Sprint Hang On to WiMAX in the Face of a Financial Struggle?
Sprint is under increasing financial pressure as it loses subscribers to competitors such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T," says Phil Solis, principal mobile broadband analyst at ABI Research. "Many say Sprint should focus on its core business rather than push forward with WiMAX, but this idea is nonsensical." |
| 11/29/07 | ICT Announces Wi-Fi/WiMAX Voice and Data Platform for 3G Cell Phones
This ICT Product Development Group's project, code named the "Cannes Project" enables users to send voice and data from any broadband device anywhere in the world without using cellular plan minutes and not requiring a cellular carrier wherever Wi-Fi/WiMAX is present. Connection to non-broadband mobile devices and landlines are projected to be at a 60% reduced cost over present mobile, VoIP and telecom carriers. |
| 11/27/07 | DigitalBridge Communications and Eastern Idaho Sports Network Launch Local Sports Webcasts Via WiMAX
DigitalBridge Communications Corp., the leading WiMAX service provider in the Intermountain West, is proud to announce a partnership with Eastern Idaho Sports Network to enable exclusive live Web coverage of high school sports in Eastern Idaho. |
| 11/27/07 | FCC Gives Redline's AN-100U 3.65GHz WiMAX Base Station Approval for Operation in the United States
Redline Communications Inc. announced it has received Federal Communications Commission (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 the United States, the RedMAX base station will enable operators across the United States to deploy WiMAX services using the newly-available 3.65 GHz spectrum. |
| 11/27/07 | Sequans WiMAX Wave 2 Technology Embedded in USB dongles, ExpressCards, Modems and other Broadband Wireless Internet Access Devices
SEQUANS Communications announced that USI (Universal Scientific Industrial) is using Sequans chips as some of its solutions to manufacture Mobile WiMAX end user devices and SIP-based (system-in-package) modules. USI has been manufacturing WiMAX devices since 2004, and has special expertise in wireless SIP module technology, for which it has recently won a national invention and creation award from the Taiwan government. |
| 11/27/07 | MTI Wireless Edge Offers Wide Selection of 3.65 GHz WiMAX Broadband Wireless Antennas
MTI Wireless Edge announced the availability of their large selection of 3.3-3.8GHz antennas for WiMAX broadband wireless applications. |
| 11/27/07 | Alvarion's Mobile WiMAX Solution Chosen for Broadband Wireless Network in Nigeria
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) announced that its 4Motion solution, featuring 802.16e Mobile WiMAX technology was selected for deployment by Monarch Communications, a privately owned company and WiMAX license holder in several different states in Nigeria. |
| 11/27/07 | MTN Picks Redline's RedMAX Products for Its WiMAX Broadband Wireless Network in Cameroon
Redline Communications Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that MTN Cameroon, a subsidiary of the MTN Group, a multinational telecommunications group operating in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, has chosen Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its 12-city WiMAX network. |
| 11/19/07 | Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. Wins Broadband Wireless Spectrum Auction for WiMAX Network in Norway
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. (TSX: CWG) announced that it has won an auction for 50 MHz of 2500-2690 GHz spectrum for Norway pursuant to the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority Competitive Auction Selection Procedure that commenced on November 5, 2007 and terminated with Craig Wireless as the winning bidder for the Spectrum on November 13, 2007. Craig Wireless' winning bid for the license to use the Spectrum was 72,391,000 Norwegian Kroners, which is the equivalent of approximately CDN $12.7 million. |
| 11/15/07 | AIRCOM and Huawei Successfully Complete Network Management Interoperability Tests Between IP and CDMA Broadband Wireless Networks
AIRCOM announced that it has successfully completed the integration between Huawei's iManager M2000, the mobile network management tool, and AIRCOM's DATASAFE, the market-leading network configuration management tool. This interoperability integration will enable Huawei to further improve call quality for more than 300 million mobile subscribers worldwide. |
| 11/15/07 | Hotspot Business Solutions Selects Leading WiMAX Vendor for National WiMAX Network in Tanzania
Redline Communications Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that Hotspot Business Solutions, a regional telecommunications provider in Tanzania, has selected Redline's RedMAX products for the country's first national WiMAX network. |
| 11/15/07 | WiMAX Vendor Selected to Build Broadband Wireless Network in Lebanon
Redline Communications Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that its RedMAX WiMAX products have been chosen by Comium Data Lebanon, for its country-wide WiMAX network in Lebanon. |
| 11/15/07 | AirLive Wireless-N (draft 2.0) Series Supports 802.11n Technology to Offer the Latest Internet Connectivity Solutions
AirLive announced the launch of its latest products in its AirLive Wireless-N (draft 2.0) series. Always devoted to new technology but never satisfied with current results, AirLive presents the advanced wireless LAN speed standard -- 802.11n -- to show how it continues to take the lead over other companies. The family includes routers, PCI cards and USB dongles. |
| 11/13/07 | Sprint Nextel and Clearwire Terminate WiMAX Letter of Intent
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) have mutually agreed to terminate the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed in July 2007. The two companies could not resolve complexities associated with the LOI and failed to reach final agreement on the terms of the transaction. |
| 11/12/07 | Single-Chip 802.11n Broadband Wireless Solution Now Available from Atheros
Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR) announced the world's most integrated, most compact, single-chip 802.11n solutions for the PC market. The new dual-band AR9280 and single-band AR9281 PCI Express (PCIe) designs join the Atheros XSPAN family, the most widely adopted draft 802.11n Wi-Fi technology worldwide. Both have been expressly designed to satisfy the requirements of PC OEMs focused on delivering the high-performance benefits of 802.11n in mainstream consumer and enterprise notebook platforms. |
| 11/07/07 | Wireless ISP Moves from Trial to Full-Scale Buildout of Hipuu! WiMAX Network in Argentina
Redline Communications Inc., (TSX:RDL and AIM:RDL) announced that Personal, a leading Paraguayan mobile and WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, will initiate its aggressive network expansion following the successful first phase of its Hipuu! WiMAX service network rollout. Personal will install additional RedMAX products to expand its network to reach 10,000 subscribers in 2007. |
| 11/06/07 | Airspan's MicroMAX Wireless Broadband Access Solution Is Approved by the Rural Utility Service for U.S. Government Funded Projects
Airspan Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that its MicroMAX 5.8 GHz wireless broadband access solution and its corresponding subscriber terminals, the EasyST and the ProST, have been accepted by the Rural Utility Service (RUS) for purchases under the RUS Broadband Loan Program. |
| 11/06/07 | Rohde & Schwarz and Beceem Improve WiMAX Radio Testing
Beceem, a leading Mobile WiMAX terminal chipset developer, and Rohde & Schwarz, a world wide leader in test and measurement equipment, have teamed up to enable best-in-WiMAX RF performance test solutions for the WiMAX ecosystem. |
| 11/06/07 | Intel Utilizes WiMAX and Laptops to Perform Digital Transformation Projects in Morocco
In a country known for mesmerizing mystique and a multicultural history that dates back to at least 8,000 B.C., Intel Corporation is using computers and Internet technology to help bring Morocco's 33 million people into a modern digital age ripe with opportunity. |
| 11/06/07 | CableFree's Broadband Wireless Product Portfolio Targets Point-to-Point Last-Mile, WiMax and Cellular Backhaul Applications
CableFree Solutions launched a range of high performance, cost-effective microwave radios operating in the 6-38GHz bands, adding to its already extensive portfolio of high performance and cost-effective wireless products. |
| 11/02/07 | EFJohnson Subsidiary Announces Agreement With Cisco to Build 700MHz, 4.9GHz and WiMAX Broadband Wireless Equipment
EFJ, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFJI) announced that its EFJohnson subsidiary is teaming with Cisco to combine Cisco's IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) with EF Johnson's robust portfolio of advanced Land Mobile Radio communications solutions. This will provide state and local governments and first responders with a complete IP interoperability solution as they look for new ways to improve response times to protect citizens. |
| 10/30/07 | Meru Networks Awarded 802.11n Draft 2.0 Wi-Fi Alliance Certification
Meru Networks announced its 802.11n solution has been Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) for 802.11n draft 2.0. The Meru AP300 dual-radio 802.11n access point (AP) and Meru controller have successfully passed the Wi-Fi Alliance's rigorous qualification tests, which are aimed at ensuring interoperability, adherence to security protocol and backward compatibility with previous generations of Wi-Fi gear. Meru Networks is the only 802.11n vendor that offers customers the choice of using 2.4 GHz and 5GHz bands on both radios and the ability to deploy dual radio 802.11n access points using existing PoE 802.3af standard. |
| 10/29/07 | Commercial WiMAX 802.16 Rev. E Network Transfers First WiMAX Mobile Hand Offs for 3.5 GHz Broadband Wireless Network in Santo Domingo
ONEMAX and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced the completion of the world's first mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network in 3.5 gigahertz spectrum band. Subscribers on ONEMAX's network in the city of Santo Domingo enjoyed the groundbreaking mobile broadband services at an event marking the inauguration of ONEMAX's commercial network, officially opened yesterday. |
| 10/29/07 | Telsima Announces World Wide WiMAX Manufacturing Services Contract
Telsima Corporation announced that it has signed agreements with Tier 1 contract manufacturer, Elcoteq, for manufacturing world class quality volume production of its WiMAX based subscriber stations. |
| 10/29/07 | Clearwire Introduces Its First High-Speed Broadband Wireless PC Card
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) announced the availability of the first Clearwire pc card through all of its distribution channels in its markets across the United States. Based on Clearwire's guiding principles of simplicity, reliability, high speed and affordability the Clearwire pc card delivers a "True Broadband" experience unlike any other pc card available in the market place today. |
| 10/29/07 | New Publication Provides an Easy to Understand Process for Assessing the Parameters for School District-wide WiMAX Deployment
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "WiMAX Market and Business Assessment: Access, Affordability, and Applications for Education" to their offering. |
| 10/25/07 | USDA's Rural Development Utilities Program Approves $268 Million for Open Range Communications to Build Broadband Wireless Networks for 500 Rural Communities
Open Range Communications, a broadband wireless provider whose primary focus is delivering rural wireless broadband that is Simply Easier, announced it will build a national network offering high-speed data and voice services to hundreds of un-served and underserved rural communities across America. |
| 10/25/07 | Cisco Snaps Up Leading WiMAX Vendor for $330 Million
Cisco Systems Inc. is buying privately held Navini Networks Inc. for $330 million, extending the networking equipment maker's acquisition streak and providing the latest validation for the broadband wireless WiMAX networking technology. |
| 10/24/07 | IEEE 802.16 WirelessMAN Standard enters IMT-2000 Family for International Mobile Telecommunications
The IEEE announced a major step forward in the internationalization of the IEEE 802.16 WirelessMAN standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks with its incorporation into the set of IMT-2000 Recommendations maintained by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Final approval was granted by the ITU's Radiocommunication Assembly (RA), which convenes every 3-4 years and included delegations of nearly 100 nations along with many private-sector representatives and international member organizations such as IEEE. The International Telecommunication Union is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies. |
| 10/24/07 | WiMAX OFDMA Broadband Wireless Te |
Click the folder to bookmark this page!