| 03/15/10 | DesignArt Networks Announces DAN3000 Base Station SoC Family
DesignArt Networks announced its next-generation DAN3000 SoC family. With the new DAN3000 SoC platform, DesignArt Networks shattered current performance levels for mobile infrastructure SoCs -- driving deep into 4G LTE and IMT Advanced territory, enabling the deployment of pervasive multi-gigabit mobile radio access networks (RANs). |
| 12/28/09 | Engineering Firm Selects Proxim's New High-Performance Wireless Backhaul Gear to Connect Buildings and Increase Network Capacity
Proxim Wireless Corporation announced that Sunny Corner Enterprises, an
engineering and fabrication company in Canada, has deployed Proxim's new
Tsunami QB-8150 point-to-point wireless backhaul products to connect
its buildings and increase network capacity by nine times over its previous
link. |
| 12/21/09 | South Metro Fire Rescue Authority Selects Exalt Broadband Wireless Radio Systems for Critical Communications
Exalt Communications announced that South Metro Fire Rescue Authority (South Metro) in Colorado has upgraded its mobile emergency communications network with Exalt EX-4.9i microwave radio systems . South Metro provides fire and emergency services over 176 square miles in Douglas and Arapahoe counties, serving communities such as Centennial, Cherry Hill, Greenwood Village, Parker and most of the Denver Tech Center. The organization deployed Exalt EX-4.9i radio systems to increase bandwidth and reduce interference issues it had faced with legacy Wi-Fi-based radio systems. |
| 10/05/09 | Solar Powers Remote Cell Towers in Arizona
The entire GSM system has been re-engineered to a new standard called WorldGSM, and it requires less than half of the energy required by a standard transmitter. With that sort of savings, VNL was able to explore alternative fuels and battery packs, ultimately deciding that solar offered them the most utility. |
| 09/30/09 | Siskiyou County Announces $23 Million Federal ARRA Rural Broadband Wireless Stimulus Bid
Western Blue, Northern and Central
California's experienced IT solution integrator, in a consortium with
Siskiyou County, local firms, the Karuk Tribe, the College of the Siskiyou,
national technology experts and the State of California announced a $23
million federal ARRA rural broadband wireless stimulus bid.
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| 09/30/09 | Exalt Shatters Price-Performance Barrier With New ExtendAir Microwave Radio Platform
Exalt Communications announced its new ExtendAir microwave radio
platform -- a complete line of entry-level licensed and license-exempt
point-to-point systems that, for the first time, brings high-end
performance, range and features including native
TDM to the sub-$5,000 per-link category. |
| 08/27/09 | Independent Towers Holdings LLC Receives $7.5 Million Funding to Develop Broadband Wireless Communications Towers
Independent Towers Holdings LLC, a wireless
communications tower company, announced it has signed a tower
development agreement with Tarpon Towers LLC. The agreement commits up to
$7.5 Million in financial support to Independent Towers to develop and
acquire 30 or more sites in the Northeastern United States. |
| 08/24/09 | Proxim Wireless Increases Broadband Wireless Investment in Key Brazilian Market in Conjunction With Release of New High-Capacity MIMO Product Line
With
the introduction of the Tsunami QB-8100 point-to-point wireless
backhaul and MP-8100 point-to-multipoint connectivity products in July,
Proxim's products now provide up to eight times the capacity of WiMAX with
non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality for even greater VoIP and video
application support like HDTV.
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| 08/21/09 | MoqiZone Selects Axxcelera Broadband to Provide WiMAX Base Stations and CPEs
MoqiZone awarded a contract to Axxcelera Broadband Wireless Inc. to supply the WiMAX Base stations and CPEs for their proprietary MoqiZone WiMAX Network in China. |
| 08/20/09 | NewPath Networks Announces $10 Million Funding Deal With Square 1 Bank for Fiber-Fed Distributed Antenna Systems
NewPath Networks announced that Square 1 Bank will provide the company with a $10 million line of credit. NewPath will use the line of credit to help fund continued expansion of the company's Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) networks in new and existing markets throughout the U.S. |
| 08/05/09 | Ericsson Selects MapleNet Wireless to sell World-Leading Portfolio of Microwave Radio Systems
Ericsson Inc. (NASDAQ: ERIC) has signed an agreement with MapleNet
Wireless, Inc. to sell Ericsson's portfolio of short- and long-haul
microwave radio systems to broadband wireless network operators in the utilities, health
care, education and municipal government segments. |
| 07/06/09 | EJL Wireless Research Reports Huawei as #1 Base Station Supplier for 2008
The global base station market grew by
27.8% in units in 2008, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless
Research titled "Global Base Station Market Analysis and Forecast,
2008-2013, 5th Edition." "The GSM/EDGE base station market again outpaced
our projections from a year ago while WCDMA shipments were on target with
prior year forecast," says founder and President, Earl Lum. |
| 04/23/09 | Proxim's Broadband Wireless Backhaul Eliminates Leased Line Costs for the City of Bee Cave, Texas
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that the city of Bee Cave, Texas has connected the city's municipal buildings with Proxim's
point-to-point wireless backhaul technology. Using Proxim's GigaLink®
radios, the city not only increased the overall system bandwidth by 400x
from 3 Mbps to 1.25 Gbps, but it also saved over $7,800 per year in leased
line costs. |
| 04/21/09 | NewPath Networks Announces $47 Million in Private Equity Financing for Continued Expansion of Fiber-fed Distributed Antenna System (DAS) Broadband Wireless Carrier Networks
NewPath Networks announced $47 million in new
investment funding in a private placement offering, of which $30 million
was closed on April 20, 2009. The financing was led by Charterhouse Group,
a private equity investment firm in New York, New York; joined by Meritage
Funds, a venture capital firm in Denver, Colorado; and existing investor
Sweetwater Capital, LLC, a venture capital firm in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Proceeds from the financing will be used for network expansion through
acquisitions and organic growth in existing and new markets across the U.S. |
| 04/02/09 | Broadband Wireless Operators Begin to Focus on Building Green Communications Towers
Broadspot World Wide Wireless announced that its CEO Nyhl Henson will moderate the "Is Your Tower
Green Enough?" panel at the CTIA's Tower Technology Summit in Las Vegas on
Thursday, April 2, 2009. |
| 03/09/09 | DragonWave Wireless Backhaul Equipment Helps Bring High-Speed Broadband Wireless Internet Access to Rural Georgia
DragonWave Inc. (TSX:DWI) a global supplier of high-capacity, wireless native Ethernet backhaul solutions for mobile and access networks, today announced that the South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority (SGRITA) has deployed DragonWave's Horizon Compact radios in a state-of-the-art broadband network throughout Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller and Mitchell counties in South Georgia. |
| 03/06/09 | 2008 Broadband Wireless Mobile Base Station Contracts Reach 550, Led by Nokia Siemens Networks
Total contracts awarded within the
wireless industry for 2008 reached 550 as activity surged in Q4 according
to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research titled Global Base Station
Contract Analysis Annual 2008 Review. |
| 01/30/09 | Enea and PureWave Partner to Bring Advanced WiMAX Broadband Wireless Basestations to Market
Enea (Nordic Exchange/Small Cap/ENEA) announced that PureWave
Networks, an innovative US-based WiMAX equipment manufacturer, has
purchased Enea Accelerator 2.0 for their next generation base
stations. The deal was finalized during the fourth quarter of 2008. |
| 01/04/09 | W-CDMA Macro RAN Equipment Up 50% Year-over-Year as China's 3G Rollouts Continue
Infonetics Research released its third quarter (3Q09) Mobile Infrastructure
and Subscribers market share and forecast report, which tracks mobile
subscribers and macro radio access network (RAN), mobile switching
subsystem, mobile packet core network, and home location register (HLR)
equipment. |
| 12/22/08 | MTS Allstream Deploys $1.2 Million Broadband Wireless Wide Area Network for Prairie Rose School Division
MTS Allstream Inc. announced it has deployed a $1.2 million contract for Prairie Rose School Division
for the provision and installation of a wireless wide area network ("WAN") to
28 locations within the Division, which covers an area spanning 1,400 square
miles in southwest Manitoba. |
| 12/22/08 | SOMA NETWORKS Base Station Receives Broadband Wireless Mobile WiMAX Certification
SOMA Networks, Inc. announced the
FlexMAX ABS-1000 Mobile WiMAX Base Station has received the WiMAX Forum
Certified seal of approval for operation in the 2.5 GHz band. The SOMA
base station underwent rigorous interoperability and conformance testing,
as defined by the WiMAX Forum, at the AT4 wireless facilities in Malaga,
Spain before achieving this milestone. |
| 12/16/08 | Vanu, Inc. to Launch MultiRAN Virtual Base Station (vBTS)
Vanu, Inc.
announced the commercial launch of MultiRAN. MultiRAN is the first
commercially available RAN solution that enables active infrastructure
sharing through the utilization of virtual BTS platforms. |
| 12/15/08 | Solar Power to Bring Broadband Wireless Service to Billions of People in 3rd World Countries
By 2013, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) anticipates
that there will be some 6.5 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world,
compared to today's 3.7 billion. About 90 percent of growth is expected to
come from developing markets where more than half of the population lives
outside city limits. To build mobile networks in rural areas with no or
unreliable power grid means that the power challenge must be solved. |
| 11/24/08 | Broadspot World Wide Wireless Acquires 40 Microwave Towers for $2 Million
Broadspot World Wide Wireless (PINKSHEETS: BWWD)
has executed a definitive agreement to acquire forty carrier-grade
microwave towers originally constructed by AT&T and MCI, from Worldwide
Communications, Inc. The towers purchased, valued at $2,000,000, are part
of a 22 state network spanning the continent and are located in Tier III
markets. |
| 11/19/08 | Mitec Announced $1.6 Million for Broadband Wireless Interference Mitigation Filters
Mitec Telecom (TSX: MTM) has received orders valued at more than $1.6 million for Mobile Wireless Infrastructure components from two of the world's top five major telecom providers. The orders are for coverage solution products which are manufactured at Mitec's Suzhou, China facility. They are at various stages of production and delivery. |
| 11/05/08 | Competitive Companies, Inc. (CCI) Acquires 40 Carrier-Grade Microwave Towers from Worldwide Communications, Inc.
Competitive
Companies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCOP) has entered into a letter
of intent to acquire 40 carrier-grade microwave towers originally
constructed by AT&T and MCI, from Worldwide Communications, Inc. The towers
purchased, valued at more than $2,000,000, are strategically located in
alternate tier markets in 13 states in the United States. |
| 10/14/08 | SureWest Communications to Sell 50 Broadband Wireless Towers to Global Tower Partners
Leading independent communications holding company SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its more than 50 owned wireless communications towers to Global Tower Partners. |
| 10/03/08 | Sprint's XOHM Broadband Wireless Internet Service at Demonstrated at WiMAX Smart Home Exhibit
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Sprint (NYSE: S) offered a first taste of XOHM service to guests attending a WiMAX open house event last night at Chicago's famed Smart Home. The Smart Home was built using green building techniques, technology that manages home energy use, and is designed with the latest in communications technology in mind. |
| 09/17/08 | D-Link Brings Broadband Wireless Internet Access to Sub-Rural Areas in Texas
D-Link is helping bring Internet access to parts of central Texas classified as 'sub-rural' -- communities that are so small and isolated that they are not recognized by the Census Bureau -- by providing routers and managed switches to LiveAir Networks, a technical services company that brings digital microwave Internet service to the region. |
| 09/02/08 | ARC Wireless' Wireless Communications Solutions Division Now Shipping New ARC IES TM Generation II Enclosure
ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCW) announced that the company's Wireless Communications Solutions Division is shipping the ARC IES Generation II Enclosure, the newest addition to their ARC IES Integrated Enclosure Solution product line. |
| 08/06/08 | First Licensed WiMAX Base Station Registered in California
NextPhase Wireless (OTCBB: NPHS), a nationwide developer of WiMAX networks and provider of advanced broadband solutions, announced that it has submitted its first application to the FCC to register a licensed WiMAX base station in Anaheim, CA. NextPhase Wireless is a service provider based in Southern California, building a nationwide WiMAX network in the 3.65 GHz band. |
| 07/15/08 | WPCS Receives $8 Million in New Broadband Wireless Networking Projects
WPCS International Incorporated (Nasdaq: WPCS), a leader in design-build wireless engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that, through its subsidiaries, it has received approximately $8 million in new projects. |
| 06/23/08 | Lattice Enhances Its Wireless Base Station Solutions Portfolio
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC ) announced the availability of three new Intellectual Property (IP) core and reference design products targeting the wireless communications market. The products include RF/IF processing functionality, as well as upgraded support for industry-standard base station connectivity protocols. The designs are optimized to run on the LatticeECP2M FPGA family in order to provide complete, low-cost wireless base station solutions. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 04/11/08 | Vodafone UK and BT Sign Broadband Wireless Backhaul and Managed Service Agreement to Predict and Shape Bandwidth for Base Stations in the UK
Vodafone UK (LSE: VOD) and BT (LSE: BT) announced anew managed network solutions agreement that will see BT Wholesale provide and manage high speed connectivity between Vodafone's UK base stations and its core national network. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, BT will deliver a cost-efficient and flexible solution that enables Vodafone UK to manage the predicted growth in traffic and bandwidth requirements from its range of new bandwidth-intensive mobile applications. |
| 04/09/08 | EJL Wireless Research Reports Global Broadband Wireless CDMA Base Transmitting Station Transceiver Market Grew 35.7% in 2007
The global base transmitting station (BTS) transceiver (TRx) market grew by 35.7% in units in 2007, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research titled "Global BTS Transceiver Market Analysis and Forecast, 4thEdition, 2007-2012." |
| 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 | DragonWave Expands Broadband Wireless Frequency Coverage to Support Carrier Ethernet Services in More Global Markets
DragonWave Inc. (AIM:DWI)(TSX:DWI) announced that it has expanded its coverage to include the 6 to 8 GHz range of licensed radio frequencies. This enhanced frequency coverage on the Horizon Compact product dramatically improves DragonWave's relevance as a provider of wireless backhaul solutions for a variety of geographic markets around the world. |
| 03/28/08 | Trango Broadband Wireless Introduces New All-Outdoor up to 800 Mbps/1.6 Gbps Carrier Ethernet Licensed Microwave Wireless Backhaul Solution for $8,000
Trango Broadband Wireless introduced an addition to its arsenal of point-to-point licensed microwave native Gigabit Ethernet wireless backhaul products, the TrangoLINK Apex. TrangoLINK Apex delivers up to 800 Megabits per second capacity and can be configured with two units on each end to double the capacity up to 1.6 Gigabits per second. A distinguishing characteristic of the TrangoLINK Apex is its integration into a single all-outdoor unit (AOU). |
| 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. |
| 02/08/08 | 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. |
| 01/17/08 | Ubidyne Announces a Joint Development Agreement with Andrew Wireless Solutions to Develop the Next Generation of Antennas with Integrated Radio Technology
Ubidyne announced a Joint Development Agreement with Andrew Wireless Solutions to design the next generation of base station antennas with embedded micro-radio technology. Ubidyne's patent pending technology is the first of its kind in the wireless industry enabling a digital distributed architecture comprised of unique algorithms and proprietary ASICs. This technology allows for efficient, standards agnostic wideband transmission and reception, and enables the complete integration of the active RF sub-system in a standard-size, fiber-fed, electronically-steerable, base station antenna. |
| 01/11/08 | Huawei Captures Top Position in 2007 Mobile Base Station Contracts
EJL Wireless Research announces the second edition of its annual base station contract analysis results for 2007. Total contracts in 2007 reached 205, down slightly from 2006 levels of 217 contracts. |
| 11/12/07 | Los Lunas, New Mexico Equips Firetrucks and Police Cards with WiFi Emergency First Responder Broadband Wireless Solution from Vivato
Catcher Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:CTHH.OB) has successfully deployed its soon-to-be acquired Vivato Networks' broadband wireless solution to the Los Lunas, New Mexico public safety services. The solution comprises 12 Vivato base stations and 17 Vivato micro cells - and is one of the largest installations of its kind in North America. |
| 11/06/07 | Coastside Net Completes Broadband Wireless Network Deployment of Beamforming Wi-Fi Equipment to Provide High-Speed Wireless Internet Access Service in Northern California
GO Networks announced that Coastside Net has completed the upgrade of its downtown Half Moon Bay, CA, outdoor Wi-Fi network using GO Networks' innovative Mobile Broadband Wireless (MBW) products and technologies. |
| 10/30/07 | Invisible Towers and Roadstar Internet Ink Camouflaged Cell Tower Agreement
Invisible Towers, LLC and Roadstar Internet, Inc., two revolutionary Loudoun County-based businesses, have signed an agreement that will likely spark exponential growth on two key fronts: camouflaged and environmentally-appropriate telecommunications towers and wireless broadband. The overarching goal of the agreement is to expand availability and grade of service along multiple platforms for Loudoun County residents. |
| 10/25/07 | ERF Wireless Acquires Momentum Online Adding 2,500 Customers and $1,200,000 Recurring Annual Revenue
ERF Wireless (OTCBB: ERFW) announced that the company has completed the acquisition of the assets and operations of Momentum Online Internet Services Inc. and Momentum Online Computer Services Inc. The transaction, which closed on October 17, 2007, is the ninth such acquisition by ERF Wireless Inc. of a Texas-based wireless Internet service provider and includes all of the current customers and network infrastructure equipment of Momentum Online, including approximately 33 tower locations. |
| 10/23/07 | Ubidyne and Kathrein Team to Develop Integrated Broadband Wireless Base Station Antennas
Ubidyne announced that the company has signed a joint development agreement with Kathrein-Werke KG, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile communications antennas, to jointly develop active antennas that incorporate Ubidyne's digital, embedded micro-radios. |
| 10/17/07 | Rayawave Inc. Receives European Certification for Gigabit Broadband Wireless Radio
The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has allocated the 71-76 GHz frequency range for commercial use and several countries governed under the CEPT administration have already implemented the CEPT recommendation. With the official CE Mark certification under the R&TTE directive, Rayawave Airebeam products can now be officially sold and operated in these European countries. |
| 10/12/07 | ERF Wireless Acquires Rights to Prime Southeast Texas Vertical Real Estate to Support its Broadband Wireless Business Strategy
ERF Wireless (OTCBB: ERFW) announced that, through an affiliate of the company, it has signed a contract to acquire the largest transmission tower facility in Galveston County, Texas to serve as the wireless transmission hub for most of the ERF Wireless banking and wireless broadband networks in the southeastern part of Texas. |
| 10/12/07 | Freescale Development Platform Speeds Creation of LTE Base Station Equipment
Freescale Semiconductor introduces a development platform designed to speed and simplify creation of networking equipment for 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and other emerging broadband wireless technologies. The platform will be displayed in Paris this week at the Freescale Technology Forum. |
| 10/03/07 | Motorola's wi4 Broadband Wireless Portfolio Creates Opportunities in Newly Available 5.4 GHz Spectrum with 255MHz of Available Bandwidth
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT ) announced the launch of its 5.4 GHz Canopy Point-to- Multipoint (PMP) and Point-to-Point (PTP) wireless broadband solutions in the United States and Canada. Part of the MOTOwi4 portfolio, the new offerings will provide network operators, enterprises, government, and commercial customers with access to additional spectrum, enabling bandwidth-intensive data, voice and video communications. |
| 09/28/07 | List of WiMAX Vendors that Unveiled Ground-breaking Broadband Wireless Products and Technologies at WiMAX World 2007
Trendsmedia announced that industry-leading vendors showcased numerous breakthrough WiMAX products, services and technologies at the 2007 WiMAX World Conference & Expo at McCormick Place in Chicago. |
| 09/27/07 | Sprint Preparing to Dominate Broadband Wireless Industry with 190MHz of Spectrum and WiMAX Technology (3G Carriers Beware)
Mobility innovator Sprint (NYSE: S) announced increased momentum for its Xohm WiMAX mobile broadband initiative, citing new access device developments, simplified network connectivity and an international operator alliance. The progress was reported from the WiMAX World USA conference in Chicago, an initial launch market for the advanced mobile Internet service set for commercial launch in a number of U.S. cities beginning the second quarter of 2008, and reaching 100 million people by year end. |
| 09/26/07 | Tech Data U.S. Launches New Broadband Wireless Specialized Business Unit to Assist Computer Reseller Build Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Data Networks
Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) established its Wireless Specialized Business Unit (SBU). The new SBU will provide sales, technical and product management resources to resellers capitalizing on the demand for indoor and outdoor wireless networking solutions like hotspots for small businesses, corporate campuses, universities and municipalities. |
| 09/26/07 | ReVerb Networks Unveils Intelligent Beamforming Solution at WiMAX World
rV100i from Smart Antenna Pioneer to Make Cost Effective Broadband a Reality for Networks with Limited Spectrum but High Bandwidth Demands |
| 09/26/07 | ZyXEL Arms Wireless Internet Service Providers with End-to-End Broadband WiMAX, Rev. 802.16e Solutions
ZyXEL Communications unveiled two new WiMAX Base Stations that arm wireless Internet services providers (WISPs) with complete, end-to-end solutions. ZyXEL's MAX-3200 Picocell and MAX-1200 Femtocell Base Stations offer the most complete and cost-efficient solutions in the WiMAX industry. The series provides enhanced WiMAX coverage, increased 4G network capacity, improved indoor radio penetration and maximized CAPEX/OPEX savings. ZyXEL is showcasing its award-winning Base Station series this week at WiMAX World in Chicago, Ill. |
| 09/18/07 | GrenTech Obtains Orders to Provide CDMA RF Modules for China's Largest Base Station OEM
China GrenTech Corporation Limited (Nasdaq: GRRF) announced that it won a bid from the largest domestic base station equipment manufacturers for the procurement of RF parts and components during the second half of 2007. GrenTech obtained the largest share of the overall arrangement and will provide CDMA and WCDMA filters for this customer. |
| 08/28/07 | Network of 350 Wireless Communications Towers and Over 1,100 Route Miles of Dark Fiber Receives $250 Million Credit Facility from GE
Commercial Finance's Media, Communications & Entertainment business today announced it has provided a $250 million senior secured credit facility to Lightower, a new entity formed by management, M/C Venture Partners and Wachovia Capital Partners to acquire the communications assets of National Grid Wireless U.S. from National Grid plc. GE - Media, Communications & Entertainment is the administrative agent and GE Capital Markets acted as sole bookrunner and sole lead arranger for the facility. National Grid Wireless U.S. will now be known as Lightower. |
| 08/01/07 | Alcatel-Lucent Introduces Zero Footprint CDMA/EV-DO Broadband Wireless Base Station
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) announced the availability of the newest addition to its industry-leading CDMA/EV-DO wireless portfolio, the CDMA Base Station 2400, a high-performance, microcell-type base station that will enable wireless operators to enhance the coverage and performance of their CDMA networks. This "zero footprint" base station which can be deployed in locations such as utility poles and the sides of buildings -- gives mobile operators the ability to quickly and cost-effectively fill coverage holes and add capacity in high-traffic areas such as shopping malls and city centers, enhancing the overall performance of their networks. |
| 07/18/07 | Ceragon First to Achieve Metro Ethernet Forum Certification for Broadband Wireless Ethernet Microwave Solutions
Ceragon Networks Ltd.(NASDAQ: CRNT), http://www.ceragon.com announced that it has become the first global microwave provider to achieve Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certification for Ethernet Microwave Systems. This achievement enables service providers and carriers to utilize microwave transmission for standard Ethernet networks and services. |
| 06/27/07 | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $1.0 Million Order for Satcom Equipment to Support Cellular Backhaul in Southeast Asia
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., was awarded a $1.0 million order to supply satellite communications equipment to a cellular service provider in Southeast Asia. The equipment will support the expansion of cellular services into remote areas. |
| 06/19/07 | As 3G EVDO, Wi-Fi and WiMAX Networks Incorporate More High-Speed Wireless Data Services, the Volume and Cost of Network Traffic Will Grow Dramatically
"As mobile operators begin to adapt radio access networks (RANs) to incorporate high-speed data services, the volume and cost of network traffic will grow dramatically," said Albert Lin, Co-Head Director of Research, American Technology Research. "Long lead times for additional backhaul leased lines present a major obstacle to entry. Cell-site aggregation solutions such as Aricent's allow for the offload of traffic to more efficient and less expensive Ethernet and IP lines and are well positioned to see strong adoption."< |
| 06/05/07 | Freescale LDMOS RF Power Transistors Optimize Performance of Wireless Base Stations Using Doherty Amplifiers
Freescale Semiconductor today introduced seven LDMOS RF power transistors that deliver exceptional performance and enable WCDMA and CDMA2000 base station transmitters to exploit the full potential of the Doherty amplifier architecture. |
| 06/04/07 | TELUS Upgrades Canada's 3G Wireless Network to EV-DO, Rev. A Equipiment for Big Boost in Internet Access Speeds
TELUS announced the availability of faster speeds on its wireless high speed EVDO network throughout Southern Ontario, Montreal and Winnipeg, with enhanced speeds coming to the company's full existing EVDO coverage areas later this year. Building upon the EVDO network launched in late 2005, TELUS has upgraded to EVDO Rev A service in these areas, making it even faster for clients to access data at broadband-like speeds while on-the-go. |
| 05/16/07 | Kedah Electronics Engineering Selects WiMAX System-on-Chip for 3.5GHz Wireless Base Stations and WiMAX Customer Premises Equipment in Russia
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) will provide its
MB87M3550 fixed WiMAX SoCs to Kedah Electronics Engineering, an
entrepreneurial Russian company that designs and manufactures
telecommunication products and systems. Kedah will use the Fujitsu WiMAX SoCs
for its new AsterPlex+ WiMAX Customer Premises Units (CPE) and WiMAX base
stations. Kedah plans to ship systems for the 3.5GHz band this year, and
expand into 2.5 - 2.7GHz and 5.1 - 6.4GHz thereafter. |
| 05/16/07 | Evaluate the Financial Performance of the UK's Masts, Towers & Antennas Market
The Masts, Towers & Antennas - Portfolio Analysis is a
comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated
2007 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies
important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date
information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to
benchmark your own company's results and to study the market in more
depth. |
| 05/10/07 | Software Defined Radios Make Mobile WiMAX 802.16e Base Stations Extremely Flexible
Azurecomm announced that trials of its single
sector, low cost, 802.16e mobile WiMAX base stations will begin in
late 2007. The AzureMAX-2500 operates from 2.3 to 2.7 GHz and is a fully
Software-Defined (SDR) WiMAX base station. |
| 05/05/07 | Largest Wireless ISP Operator in Germany Adding 500 Additional 3.5GHz WiMAX Base Stations
Airspan Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced expansion orders received from DBD Deutsche Breitband Dienste GmbH ("DBD") of Germany, for the deployment of
Airspan's WiMAX products. DBD has placed orders for over 500 additional
base stations and a significant number of subscriber terminals. |
| 05/01/07 | Vodafone Selects Ericsson to Upgrade HSPA Broadband Wireless Network in Spain
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC ) has been selected by Vodafone Spain to modernize and expand its existing WCDMA/HSPA radio access network throughout Spain. This is the first time Ericsson will deliver WCDMA/HSPA radio network equipment to Vodafone Spain. |
| 05/01/07 | Design for Manufacture - A Key Factor in Cost Reduction for Wireless Infrastructure
Elcoteq SE announces that Arno
Kolk, Elcoteq's senior manager business development, presented a
paper, titled "Design for Manufacture - A Key Factor in Cost Reduction
for Wireless Infrastructure", at the 5th International Basestation
Conference in Bath, UK, on April 27, 2007. |
| 04/17/07 | Arqiva Acquires Rights to Market T-Mobile's UK Tower Sites
Arqiva said the agreement, which is worth about GBP90m initially, covers T-Mobile's use of the towers and extends the sites to all mobile network operators. It claimed the acquisition expands its current SiteShare portfolio and allows it to offer access to an increased range of sites to customers, which will result in easier and faster network expansion.
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| 04/13/07 | China Opens $3.4 Billion Worth of Bids for 15,000 Broadband Wireless Base Stations
China Mobile's first round of bidding for TD-SCDMA network construction started in March, and the procurement of network equipment is expected to be done by the end of May. With 15,000 base stations deployed, the TD-SCDMA network covers ten cities and 95% of the existing networks. It will be completed and launched by the end of October. RMB26.7 billion (US$3.4 billion) has been put aside for TD-SCDMA construction.
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| 03/29/07 | Airspan Unveils Product Strategy for Mobile WiMAX
The addition of the Base Station Distribution Unit (BDSU) for the
MicroMAX product line, now shipping in frequencies between 3.3 GHz and 3.7
GHz and between 5.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz and supporting a full range of Virtual
Private Network (VPN) and enterprise features in addition to broadband
connectivity.
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| 03/29/07 | Motorola Introduces Next-Generation CDMA Universal Base Station Portfolio
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced its next-generation universal
base station (UBS) and Picocell M810 at CTIA Wireless 2007. Both products
will be deployed in mobile communications service provider networks with
various frequencies and configurations (CDMA 1x and EVDO-Rev A) beginning
this year. |
| 03/29/07 | Starent Networks Delivers Comprehensive 802.16e Broadband Wireless Mobile WiMAX Solution
Starent Networks, Corp. and Airspan Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRN) announced
the companies will jointly deliver an end-to-end 16e Mobile WiMAX
network solution. Airspan will incorporate Starent's Access Service
Network (ASN-GW) Gateway and Home Agent (HA) with their MIMO-based
802.16e-2005 HiperMAX and MicroMAX Base Stations for Mobile WiMAX
network deployments. |
| 03/05/07 | Heartland to Distribute Altai WiFi Smart Antennas for Next Generation Municipal Wi-Fi Network Base Stations
Lowell Todd, President of
Heartland Communications, and Chi Hung Lin, CEO and President of Altai
Technologies, announced that Heartland Communications will become an
authorized US distributor of Altai Technologies' WiFi cellular base station
-- a new generation of metropolitan wireless broadband product based on
smart antenna technology. |
| 03/01/07 | Telecom Namibia Migrates Wireless Local Loops to a WiMAX Network Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX in order to Provide High-Speed Broadband Wireless Internet Access
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) announced that incumbent
carrier Telecom Namibia has selected its BreezeMAX to upgrade wireless
local loop systems with WiMAX, in order to provide primary
telecommunication voice services, broadband data and high speed
Internet access, throughout the country. In addition, Telecom Namibia
will offer primary voice and data services to residential and business
subscribers; Rampoint Communications is Alvarion's local partner for
the project. |
| 02/28/07 | Unity Wireless Receives Point-to-Point Antenna Order From One of Canada's Largest Broadband Wireless Providers
Unity Wireless Corporation (OTCBB: UTYW) announced that it has received the first three purchase orders in a forecasted series of orders for its high power repeater line to be deployed as part of the MTS Allstream Inc. wireless network through 2007. As one of Canada's largest telecom carriers, MTS Allstream's network flows all the way from British Columbia to Newfoundland. |
| 02/20/07 | What is the Best Way to Get FREE Exposure for WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Mesh Network Products and Services?
If you are a broadband wireless product vendor that is selling to wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) such as Wi-Fi hotspots, municipal wireless networks, WiMAX networks, public safety emergency first responders or even the 3G carriers that are now providing high-speed wireless Internet connections, we have the perfect opportunity for you to get some free exposure on the BWE site.
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| 02/16/07 | Loral Skynet Announces Skyreach Remote T1's for Rural Cell Towers and Wireless Internet Service Providers
Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: LORL), introduced a new, satellite-based cellular backhaul service that enables mobile/cellular operators to extend their networks and reduce the operational costs of serving remote and low annual rate per user (ARPU) areas. |
| 02/16/07 | Poland Wireless ISP Purchases 60 WiMAX Broadband Wireless Basestations From Airspan
Airspan Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it has entered into an agreement to supply WiMAX equipment
to MNI Telecom, a telecommunications company owned by MNI SA, a Polish
publicly traded multimedia group. |
| 02/13/07 | Freescale WiMAX Solutions Power CPE and Base Station Equipment From Vecima Networks
As the WiMAX standard gains momentum around the world,
communications processors from Freescale Semiconductor are driving the
rapid deployment of cost-effective WiMAX customer premises equipment
(CPE) products and base station installations. |
| 02/12/07 | Crown Castle International Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. These results do not include the results of Global Signal Inc. ("Global Signal"), which merged into a subsidiary of Crown Castle on January 12, 2007. |
| 02/06/07 | TECORE Announces Wireless VoIP/SIP Enabled Base Station for GPRS, EDGE and GSM Wireless ISPs
TECORE Wireless Systems announced the launch of its
pre-IMS VoIP/SIP enabled GSM base station to be showcased at this
year's 3GSM World Congress. The BTS-4000RM delivers up to 64 high
powered GSM/GPRS/EDGE voice and data channels occupying as little as
5U of a standard 19" telecommunications rack.
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| 01/28/07 | Dallas Basestation Conference on Broadband Wireless Delivers as Promised
With Vodafone, Sprint and Verizon sharing the first morning platform, the 4th International Basestation Conference immediately delivered on its promise to tackle the key issues facing the carriers, OEMs and subsystem/chip manufacturers in the rush to deliver cost effective broadband wireless services to the mobile public. |
| 12/21/06 | ERF Wireless Acquires "The Door" Wireless ISP Operations in Texas
ERF Wireless (OTCBB: ERFW) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the wireless broadband assets
and operations of Southwest Enhanced Network Services, LP, (dba The
Door to the Internet, "The Door"), a wireless broadband affiliate of
Windstream Corporation. The all cash transaction closed on December
15, 2006, and includes all of the current customers and network
infrastructure equipment including approximately 59 towers. |
| 10/30/06 | Loea Introduces Wireless Gig-E Radios Capable of Reaching More Than 4 Miles
Loea Corporation unveiled its newest product, the L2800
radio, a wireless long-range easy-to-deploy link capable of being
aligned within minutes. Loea's new FCC certified radios transmit more
power, more receiver sensitivity, incorporates the flexibility of an
on-board base-band processor module and maintains a smaller footprint.
Loea is a pioneer in millimeter-wave imaging and led the nation to
commercially operate in the 71-76 Ghz and 81-86 Ghz range. Loea is
currently the world's only supplier of FCC certified radios operating
in these frequency bands. |
| 10/19/06 | ADAPTIX Announces Pricing and Availability of New Mobile WiMAX Base Stations and Mobile Terminals
ADAPTIX has announced pricing and availability for its line of high- performance compact mobile base stations and mobile terminals. Both the BX- 3000 family of base stations and SX-300 mobile terminal cost-effectively address the challenge of providing multi-megabit mobile and fixed wireless connections that will meet the needs of a demanding subscriber base. |
| 10/16/06 | Nokia Marks WiMAX Milestone with Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station
Nokia announced the Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base
Station, an innovation that will revolutionize the way broadband wireless
networks will be built while minimizing operating and capital expenditures
for broadband wireless operators. The introduction of the Nokia Flexi WiMAX
Base Station shows Nokia's engagement in mobile WiMAX and is rooted in the
company's global expertise in wireless network deployments. |
| 10/04/06 | Harris Corporation and RaNET Deliver Microwave IP Transport Solutions for Poland
Using advanced TRuepoint microwave radios from Harris, RaNET has already deployed solutions for local providers ATM and Crowley. TRuepoint is well suited to fast growing markets in Eastern Europe because of its rapid deployment capabilities and flexible configuration. TRuepoint radios can carry Internet traffic at a wide variety of frequencies and capacities using Ethernet, PDH or SDH, and once deployed, they can be remotely configured to increase IP transport capacity as required |
| 10/04/06 | Maroc Connect Selects Cambridge Broadband for Nationwide Multi-Service Wireless Network
VectaStar is initially being deployed to provide broadband services for Maroc Connect's business customers, including high-speed Internet access. By the end of 2006 the VectaStar network will also be used to backhaul the company's cellular CDMA network. In addition, Maroc Connect plans to use VectaStar to backhaul traffic from its 3G cellular network, following the company's recent 3G licence award. |
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| 09/19/06 | In-Stat Reports Base Station Sales Will Remain Strong but Decline Looms after 2008
Recent research by In-Stat found the following: New cellular base station revenue will reach $53.2 million in 2006, and is forecast to drop sharply in the years that follow. Deployment of WiMAX, Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies will increasingly put pressure on cellular technology. In the last few years, base station prices, especially WCDMA base stations, have been cut to a fraction of their cost of just a few years ago. |
| 09/15/06 | KyivStar Deploys $1.8M of Ceragon's FibeAir 1500HP
Ceragon's new FibeAir 1500HP series of wireless radios replaces Kyivstar's lower capacity PDH links with high capacity SDH networking equipment enabling them to increase bandwidth from 34MB to 311MB on the same radio channel and more than quadruple their current capacity. The FibeAir 1500HP high power radio, optimized for long haul applications, provides Kyivstar with a reliable, easily-deployed solution that allows them to use cost-effective smaller antennas. |
| 09/09/06 | VCom Joins Pool to Expand Grain Tower Broadband Wireless Network in Saskatchewan
VCom Inc. (TSX: VCM) and
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. (TSX: SWP) announced the establishment of a
long-term strategic relationship to expand high-speed technology to the Pool,
its farm customers and communities throughout the Province of Saskatchewan.
YourLink Inc., VCom's subsidiary Internet service provision company, and
the Pool have entered into a 7-year agreement to extend YourLink's wireless
network coverage to over 100 of the Pool's grain marketing and agri-product
centres across Saskatchewan. |
| 09/07/06 | Cambridge Broadband Wins Contract to Backhaul WiMAX, 3G and GSM Broadband Wireless Traffic
A new radio transmission equipment contract has been awarded to Cambridge Broadband, a provider of broadband fixed wireless access systems, by Vodacom Tanzania, a mobile operator in Tanzania with around 2.3m subscribers. |
| 08/31/06 | Unwired Australia Expands Broadband Wireless Service in Melbourne
The provider said its wireless broadband service can now be accessed by residents in Balwyn, Brunswick, Hawthorn, Kew and parts of North East and North Melbourne, including Caulfield, Canterbury, Essendon and Ivanhoe. It claimed its personal wireless broadband network now covers over 250,000 homes in Melbourne.
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| 07/28/06 | Need Fiber for Your Wireless ISP?
CFN Services announced availability of fiber
proximity information on more than 200,000 tower and building based
wireless infrastructure sites nationwide. CFN has integrated wireless
site data into FiberSource from among several hundred private tower
and site owners, including the top 25 wireless tower companies
representing over 80,000 collocation sites.
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| 07/19/06 | New Cingular Cell Site Improving Coverage in Bay County
A new Cingular Wireless cell site in Youngstown near the intersection of State Highway 388 and County Road 2301 is providing connecting coverage along these routes and improving coverage along U.S. Highway 231 and State Highway 20 in northern Bay County. |
| 07/14/06 | Cingular Wireless Turns on New Cell Site in Madison County
The new Madison County cell site is one of 40 new sites to be turned on
this year in North, Central and West Florida by the nation's largest
wireless carrier. The sites, along with the completion of the integration
of the AT&T Wireless and Cingular networks throughout North, Central and
West Florida earlier this year, are part of a $370 million network
investment statewide. Network integration in South Florida will be
completed this summer.
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| 07/13/06 | US Patent for Medium Access Control (MAC) Over OFDMA Cellular Networks Granted to Adaptix
The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) has issued US Patent #7,072,315, entitled "Medium Access Control for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) Cellular Networks," to ADAPTIX, which is among the earliest developers of OFDMA technology. This latest patent adds to the company's portfolio of OFDMA and related technology intellectual property rights. |
| 04/28/06 | BWE Releases New Wireless ISP Training Course Schedule
All BWE class instructors are seasoned wireless RF engineers that have years of experience in building broadband wireless networks. BWE's classes are designed to give attendees a real world view of broadband wireless principles, equipment selection guidelines, and examples of what you should and should not do in order to build a carrier class broadband wireless data system. |
| 04/05/06 | RF Consulting Services Announces Engineering Services for Building 3G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX Wireless Networks
RF Consulting Services, a wireless system integrator, announced a full suite of radio frequency (RF) engineering services available to individuals and companies that want to build Wi-Fi Hotspots, Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and WiMAX wireless networks. |
| 04/04/06 | Alcatel Expands Microwave Portfolio with Launch of the Alcatel 9500 MXC
Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) announced a new addition to its world-class microwave product portfolio with the market introduction of the Alcatel 9500 Microwave Cross Connect (MXC) |
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| 03/29/06 | Nello Announces Extensive Line of Steel Towers for Wireless ISPs
Supporting almost every antenna ever mounted in the world is some type of tower, monopole, or antenna mount. Since antennas come in all shapes, sizes, and frequencies, the selection process as to which structure should be used to support these antennas should not be taken lightly. Simply put, install the incorrect support structure and your entire network will be at risk. Like so many integral components of a wireless system, failure may occur at the weakest link.
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| 10/05/05 | ERF Wireless Acquires 802DSL Wireless Broadband Network
ERF Wireless (OTCBB:ERFW) announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of all of the assets of the 802DSL Wireless Broadband Network (802DSL), strategically located in an area northwest of the Houston metropolitan area. The 802DSL acquisit |
| 06/15/05 | Kruger Communications Announced The Largest Fixed Broadband Wireless Network Deployment in Chicago
City-wide wireless deployment allows customers to tap into a fully redundant wireless network providing immediate on-demand access to connectivity and bandwidth. |
| 04/18/05 | Stratos and Wireless Matrix Extend Exclusive Partnership for Satellite-based Remote Monitoring Solutions
4/18/05 - Stratos Global Corporation (TSX: SGB) and Wireless Matrix Corporation (TSX: WRX) announced the signing of an extension to their existing exclusive service agreement for wireless data communications equipment and services to support remote |
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