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ASUS to launch 3G, WiMAX-equipped e-book readers by March, 2010?
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Oct 29
By Donald Melanson We've already heard some talk that ASUS might possibly be launching an e-book reader before the end of the year that may or may not be the world's cheapest, and it looks like some unnamed execs at the company have now dropped a few more details on the matter. While it's all still far from offici...
ANADIGICS' New 4G Power Amplifier Delivers Superior Performance for Rapidly-Growing Mobile WiMAX Marketplace
Original at bbwexchange.com
• Wed, Oct 28
ANADIGICS , Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAD) launched a new 4G power amplifier (PA) that delivers high output power, exceptional linearity and extremely high efficiency for mobile WiMAX applications in the 2.3-2.7 GHz spectrum. Developed for use in handsets, PC cards/dongles and embedded WiMAX modu...
Airspan WiMAX Selected for Live Broadcasting in South Africa
Original at bbwexchange.com
• Wed, Oct 28
Airspan Networks Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AIRO) announced that Multisource Telecoms, a South African wireless communications provider, selected Airspan WiMAX equipment for a unique live pilot broadcast.
Enforta to Add 25 Cities to Its Russian WiMAX Network in 2010 -- Russia's Largest Regional WiMAX Operator Expands Its ..
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Mon, Oct 26
MOSCOW -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/09 -- Enforta today announces that it will expand its wireless broadband service to cover an additional 25 cities during 2010, increasing the company's overall service 'footprint' to 93 cities. The expansion program will include the cities of Kirov, Ch...
ANADIGICS' New 4G Power Amplifier Delivers Superior Performance for Rapidly-Growing Mobile WiMAX Marketplace Highly Efficient AWT6264 ..
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Sun, Oct 25
WARREN, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 10/25/09 -- ANADIGICS : http://www.anadigics.com/ , Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAD) today launched a new 4G power amplifier : http://www.anadigics.com/products/wlan_wimax/wimax_802_16_power_amplifiers (PA) that delivers high output power, exceptional linear...
Tatung InfoComm and Aicent Initiate World’s First WiMAX Roaming Exchange
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Sun, Oct 25
Aicent Inc. ( www.aicent.com : http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aicent.com&esheet=6082358&lan=en_US&anchor=www.aicent.com&index=1&md5=6d05e3b2671dea4e3451ab35d8940b6c ) and Tatung InfoComm ( www.tatung.n...
Clearwire International Takes WiMAX Beyond Borders with Aicent WiMAX Roaming Exchange
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Fri, Oct 23
Clearwire International, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), and Aicent Inc. ( www.aicent.com : http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aicent.com&esheet=6082018&lan=en_US&anchor=www.aice...
Major Challenges at NSN
Original at Tehrani.com
• Wed, Oct 21
Related Entries Dilithium Networks Takes on Mobile Video - Apr 29, 2009 Proxim May Benefit From Wireless Backhaul Growth - Jul 26, 2009 Harris Stratex Makes Minor WiMAX Purchase - Mar 02, 2009 Visionary Harald Braun Says Telecom - Especially Wireless - Best Industry to be in - Dec 17, 2008
Reportlinker Adds Generation Data—Global 3G Market Review Report
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Wed, Oct 21
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Generation Data—Global 3G Market Review : http://www.reportlinker.com/p0154094/Generation-DatamdashGlobal-3G-Market-Review.html http://www.reportlinker.com/p0154094/Generation...
DT not looking for US consolidation
Original at TeleGeography
• Tue, Oct 13
Deutsche Telekom (DT) CFO Timotheus Hoettges has distanced the firm from speculation that it was looking to buy out rival operators to support its US arm T-Mobile USA, Bloomberg reports. As reported by CommsUpdate on 14 September DT called on advisors from Deutsche Bank to study a possib...
How To: iPhones Without AT&T
Original at PC Magazine
• Wed, Oct 7
Want a WiMAX iPhone? A Verizon iPhone? We show you how to transform your iPod touch into an "iPhone".
WiMAX Ecosystem Backs IEEE 802.16m for IMT-Advanced and Future Proof Roadmap Global WiMAX Network Deployments Surpass 500
Original at bbwexchange.com
• Tue, Oct 6
The WiMAX Forum and executives from premier suppliers and operators were on hand during ITU Telecom World 2009 to express their commitment to build and trial WiMAX Release 2 based on the IEEE 802.16m standard. Ecosystem participants represented Alvarion, Beceem, Cisco, Clearwire, Hua...
Unwired Australia Selects DragonWave for Multi-Year Exclusive Supply Agreement in Nation's First 4G Mobile WiMAX Broadband Wireless Network
Original at bbwexchange.com
• Mon, Sep 28
DragonWave Inc. (TSX:DWI) announced a multi-year exclusive supply agreement with Unwired Australia to supply broadband wireless backhaul for the forthcoming Vivid Wireless Perth network. Vivid Wireless-Australia's first "4G" mobile WiMAX network deployment-will rely on Dragon...
Airspan and COTAS ink WiMAX network rollout deal
Original at TeleGeography
• Mon, Sep 28
US-based hardware vendor Airspan Networks has announced that it has been selected to provide its advanced WiMAX solutions for a network deployment across major cities in Bolivia by Co-operativa de Telecomunicaciones Santa Cruz (COTAS), the incumbent local telephony provider in Sa...
Digicel appoints ZTE as strategic WiMAX partner
Original at TeleGeography
• Fri, Sep 25
Digicel has selected China’s ZTE Corp to provide a full turn-key solution for phase one of its 2.5GHz mobile WiMAX network. Under the agreement, ZTE will install a nationwide network with reach of all 14 parishes of Jamaica, providing coverage of 60% of the population at launch. ‘We are deli...
Samsung's WiMAX-equipped Mondi MID reviewed, warts 'n all
Original at Engadget
• Wed, Jul 22
By Joseph L. Flatley Are you a high roller sitting pretty in Las Vegas right now, wondering what MID to pick up to take advantage of that fantabulous new CLEAR WiMax service all the kids are talking about? No? Well, read on anyways -- you'll probably want to hear this. Apparently the kids at PC World have had the op...
CLEAR WiMAX goes live in Las Vegas, Samsung Mondi ships to take advantage
Original at Engadget
• Tue, Jul 21
By Darren Murph Looking for one more excuse to stay inside and avoid that sweltering Las Vegas heat this summer? Good news, gamblers -- Clearwire's CLEAR WiMAX service has officially gone live across 638 square miles in the greater Las Vegas area. By the books, that's serving right around 1.7 million resi...
Comsys Mobile and WiNetworks Set New Benchmark in Mobile WiMAX ...
Original at TMCnet
• Thu, May 28
With this demonstration, visitors will gain first-hand experience of this device by conducting voice conversations over a cellular network and Web surfing over the WiMAX network provided by WiNetworks' WiN7200-2 Pico BST, officials said. ...
ApaceWave Unveils APW2050 Mobile WiMAX SoC
Original at TMCnet
• Thu, May 28
According to the company, the new APW2050 backs all 802.16e mobile WiMAX Wave 2 features, including MIMO Matrix A & B (News - Alert), and Beam Forming. Designed using a 65nm process in a 9x9 mm package, new APW2050 supports advanced release-1.5 DL/UL ...
Mada Communications launches WiMAX network
Original at TeleGeography
• Thu, Mar 26
Mada Communications has announced the commercial launch of an 802.16e-based WiMAX network using equipment supplied by Motorola. The network enables Mada to offer wireless broadband services, including voice and high speed data, to residential and enterprise customers and internet...
Podcast: IBM Back on Track to Buy Sun, Says Intel
Original at mevio.com
• Wed, Mar 25
Blockbuster doing a deal with TiVo to deliver movies. Cranky Geeks no longer on TiVo. Complaints building in China over censorship of YouTube. PA Sexting girls suing the DA over his threats. Otellini says Intel will buy Sun. New Canon camera. Psybot infects routers. Sun CEO sees open source as a g...
Research says WiMAX and LTE will live different lives, coexist
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Feb 26
By Darren Murph Thinking that there's only room in this town world for either WiMAX or LTE? Research firm In-Stat would love to disagree, as a new report from it asserts that both will actually live on for at least the next little while. Unsurprisingly, it's expected that mobile WiMAX will "outpace LTE ove...
Windows 7 Review, Play Videogames without the CD - TekzillaOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Feb 5
By rss@youtube.com (revision3) Hands on review with the beta of Windows 7, plus how to play videogames without the CD or DVD, and whether you should dump your cable modem for WiMAX. Plus iSquint, FeedFlix, Windows 7 Beta: better than Vista. HP MediaSmart Server vs. DIY = Windows Home Server Challenge.
Opinion: Nortel Spells Trouble for Alvarion
Original at New Telephony
• Wed, Feb 4
The WiMAX equipment maker enjoys contracts around the world for the 4G technology but was out of luck when it came to realizing $2.4 million in revenue from ... AWB and Tecom to benefit from Nortel exit from mobile WiMAX business DigiTimes
WiMAX vs. LTE Fight Gets Nasty
Original at Tehrani.com
• Fri, Jan 30
But with LTE stunned, Tabesh takes the opportunity to land an uppercut which LTE was just not expecting. She says, "While WiMAX is already in deployment, new spectrum or the re-farming of wide swaths of 2G spectrum will be necessary to free up spectrum to deploy LTE and take advantage of the...
WiMAX bids for a key role in the Obama universal broadband plan
Original at WiMAX Trends
• Mon, Jan 19
on Verizon Wireless' swathe of 700MHz frequencies. Many smaller wireless system to support openness, PC economics and broadband congested, spectrum, make Wi-Fi unsuited to be the sole basis of the available all-IP, open network, WiMAX.
Opinion: The Trillion Dollar Question. Is WiMAX Dying?
Original at Tehrani.com
• Fri, Jan 9
Visionary Harald Braun Says Telecom - Especially Wireless - Best Industry to be in - Dec 17, 2008 iPhone Driving Wireless Broadband - Jul 23, 2008 Verizon Wireless Opens Up - Nov 27, 2007 Nokia 810 Review - Nov 21, 2007 Next Generation Communications Resource Launched - Nov 25, 2008
NHH: GSM/UMTS/WiMAX frequency tender attracts high level of interest
Original at TeleGeography
• Wed, Jan 7
The National Communications Authority of Hungary (NHH) has announced that it has received a higher than expected number of applications for its tenders to increase competition in the mobile market and to increase broadband internet coverage via WiMAX technology. By the deadline, a to...
HTC MAX 4G reviewed, liked
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Fri, Dec 5
By Will Park The world’s first GSM/WiMAX handset was launched not too long ago for use exclusively on Russia’s Scartel-owned Yota WiMAX network. The HTC MAX 4G sports GSM/EDGE and WiMAX hardware on top of the WiFi radio to ensure high-speed wireless connectivity, backing it all up with a beautiful 3.8...
Podcast: WiMAX's Promising Start
Original at BusinessWeek
• Wed, Oct 22
XOHM, a joint venture of Sprint Nextel and Clearwire, has lit up Baltimore as it starts its rollout of a national network. It's a promising beginning, but WiMAX faces challenges from tough financial markets and a rival technology called LTE.
Apple to test WiBro-enabled devices in Korea?
Original at CrunchGear
• Mon, Oct 13
By Doug Aamoth Wireless provider Korean Telecom reportedly signed a “memorandum of understanding” with Apple to combine “WiBro, a third generation-based communications technology, with Apple’s hit products such as the MacBook laptops and iPod media players,” according to Unwired View. WiBro is...
SlashGear Week in Review - Week 41 2008
Original at SlashGear
• Sun, Oct 12
By Chris Davies 3G isn’t an issue for Sprint, though, as the carrier officially launched its 4G XOHM WiMAX network in Baltimore this week. As well as all the details on pricing and network cards, SlashGear also brought you the latest WiMAX-integrated laptops from Lenovo, Acer, ASUS and Toshiba.
The Signal (IntoMobile Podcast: Episode 3)
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Fri, Oct 10
• 1 related articles
By Simon Sage HTC’s first WiMAX handset emerges Mid-range LG UX585 Rhythm coming to US Cellular AT&T Samsung a867 Eternity caught in the wild Samsung T919 ‘Behold’ Coming to T-Mobile Soon Verizon adds Samsung Sway, Motorola Rapture VU30, VU204
Acer Aspire One WiMAX netbook coming in 2009
Original at SlashGear
• Thu, Oct 9
By Chris Davies Platform Intel® Atom™ processor N270 (1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache) Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset (DDR2 400/533 MHz) Mobile Intel® 82801GBM Chipset LAN: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Ethernet (RJ-45) port; DC-in jack for AC adapter
Podcast: MySQL at Sun in Trouble?
Original at mevio.com
• Wed, Oct 8
Extinction watch continues unabated. I'm thinking this has something to do with an upcoming movie. Sarah Palin's hacker indicted and faces 5 years. RIM's Blackberry Storm getting a lot of play because it has a touch screen. Unisys hires turn-around artist from Gateway. MySQL falling apart. X...
Podcast: MySQL at Sun in Trouble?
Original at btpodshow.com
• Wed, Oct 8
Extinction watch continues unabated. I'm thinking this has something to do with an upcoming movie. Sarah Palin's hacker indicted and faces 5 years. RIM's Blackberry Storm getting a lot of play because it has a touch screen. Unisys hires turn-around artist from Gateway. MySQL falling apart. X...
WiMAX World 2008 Update
Original at Tehrani.com
• Mon, Oct 6
Other Important WiMAX Happenings Alvarion has over 230 deployments with over 50 being mobile. India and Russia are some of the hottest areas for WiMAX growth according to the company and Alvarion is now the OEM and R&D WiMAX arm for Nortel.
Dream WiMAX Phone Coming to Russia
Original at Tehrani.com
• Sun, Oct 5
Related Entries Europe Opens the iPhone Market - Nov 21, 2007WiMAX Research Launched - May 28, 2008Sprint Layoffs - Jan 14, 2008Verizon Wireless Opens Up - Nov 27, 2007Surf Communications - Sep 07, 2007HTC WiMAX-Based T8290 Comes to Russia - Oct 10, 2008Navigating the Financial Crisis...
XOHM WiMAX Broadband Service Debuts in Baltimore
Original at SlashPhone
• Tue, Sep 30
• 4 related articles
By Kim Poh Liaw Starting today, customers can purchase XOHM-branded Samsung Express air cards for $59.99 and ZyXEL modems for $79.99. Additional WiMAX devices such as a ZTE USB modem, Intel Centrino 2 WiMAX notebook PCs and the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition are expected in market later this year.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X301: New ULV CPUs, DDR3 RAM & WiMAX coming
Original at SlashGear
• Fri, Aug 15
By Chris Davies New support for DisplayPort makes viewing high definition content easy and ideal for models with the ultra-thin DVD burner. With support for both DisplayPort and VGA, users can even watch high definition content on multiple displays. Designed for maximum options for wireless connecti...
More Radios, Fewer Chips: Why Wireless Integration is Hot
Original at GigaOM
• Tue, Jul 22
By Stacey Higginbotham That’s why chip vendors, from established players like Broadcom and NXP to startups like Wavesat and Altair, are hoping to put multiple radios onto one chip. And many of them are turning to software to do it. NXP, for example, has created a software-defined modem that can toggle among LTE, H...
Podcast: WiMAX in Amsterdam Now!
Original at btpodshow.com
• Tue, Jun 17
Philly municipal Wi-fi on again after being off again. Toshiba steps up and promotes its R500 laptop. Bumper stickers on your car could indicate you are unbalanced. Microsoft having various issues in Europe. Jon Shirley leaves MSFT board. Google Apps suffer outages. Good news for people push...
Podcast: Plutoid -- Curiously Refreshing
Original at btpodshow.com
• Thu, Jun 12
Microsoft out of the hunt for Yahoo, but wait..there's more. They're still kind of back in. Meanwhile Google may be doing something with Yahoo. Steve Jobs was sick at WWDC, now everyone is freaked. Pluto is now named a plutoid. Canada copyrights becoming more onerous than anything. Not allowed to...
SlashGear Week In Review - 03/30/08 - 04/05/08
Original at SlashGear
• Sun, Apr 6
By James Allan Brady For starters, we were live at CTIA Wireless 2008 this past week. While at the show we saw a growing trend of devices adding WiMAX support, specifically for Sprint’s upcoming network some of those devices include a new Samsung Q1, a new version of the Everex CloudBook called CloudBook MAX, a...
Cloudbook Max Features Built-In WiMAX for Sprint's XOHM Network
Original at Gizmodo
• Tue, Apr 1
By Sean Fallon Taipei, Taiwan, 1 April 2008 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced that Everex, a pioneer in developing next generation ultra mobile computing devices, has adopted the VIA C7®-M ULV processor for the new Everex Cloud...
Opinion: Disgruntled Sprint Shareholders: Right Track, Wrong Direction
Original at GigaOM
• Fri, Jun 22
By Guest Column The money wasted on subsidizing the more expensive dual radio user devices and trying to run multiple networks would be better spent on just making a WiMAX network that can stand on its own. Meanwhile, WiMAX only gives about a two year head start on UMB and LTE. If Sprint isn’t well built out be...
WiMax report shows healthy adoption
Original at Seattle Times
• Tue, Jun 19
Compared with the 230 million U.S. wireless phone subscribers, and the millions more who have broadband Internet access, that may not seem like much. But Paolini said a better comparison to WiMax is 3G, or high-speed wireless Internet access through AT&T, Verizon Wireless or Sprint N...
Mobile VoIP: Killer App in More Ways than One
Original at GigaOM
• Fri, Jun 1
By Guest Column By Jesse Kopelman This year we are seeing widespread US deployment of CDMA EVDO Rev A. The next two years should bring the same for both UMTS HSPA (both uplink and downlink) and WiMAX. What these technologies have in common, besides a lot of capitalized letters, is vastly improved performan...
CRM and VoIP, Enforta WiMAX, Microsoft CRM, TEC Report on CMA, PacificNet
Original at Tehrani.com
• Wed, May 30
Enforta is unique in operating networks at both the 3.5 GHz and 5.2 GHz licensed frequencies", said Lee Sparkman, Enforta's President, adding that in his opinion enterprises will appreciate the "high data throughput and stability of 'BreezeMax 5200'" products, while consumers and sma...
WhyMAX?
Original at GigaOM
• Mon, Mar 19
By Katie Fehrenbacher Another reason carriers are considering mobile WiMAX is that it is being touted as a cheaper (in some ways) technology to building and upgrading 3G networks. Dan Lockee, an analyst at Pyramid Research, wrote recently that WiMAX spectrum has been significantly cheaper than 3G spectrum,...