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Md. S Islam Investor Wanted fo WiMax

We are working with government issued license and looking for investors to start our project for deploying this new technology standard in South East Asia. We are allowed to share profit by the government with the investor(s). Since this is a very attractive project and win-win situation for all parties, we are finding the right investors for us. If you find this interesting please email or call us to discuss the matter and/or let us know where we should contact for submitting our proposal. M… Continue

Posted by Md. S Islam on July 20, 2008 at 1:00am — No Comments

Paul Kapustka WiMax Vendor Soma Scores $51 M

Too late to call the company for more info, but we did want to note that San Francisco WiMax gear vendor Soma Networks announced Friday that it had secured a new $51 million round of financing, from investors including Daiwa Securities Group, Ridgeway Capital Partners and others. Soma, whose executives we interviewed as part of our Sidecut Report on WiMax, had told us they… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on July 19, 2008 at 12:27am — No Comments

Alan J Weissberger Will accelerating Internet traffic growth produce a bandwidth famine?

This article examines the potential Internet collapse due to the increasing amounts of bandwidth being consumed by video apps and not enough fiber deployment by the telcos. But what about the last mile? Will WiMAX used for fixed BWA be a potential solution to the access bandwidth bottleneck? http://viodi.com/2008/07/15/will-accelerating-internet-traffic-growth-produce-a-bandwidth-famine-is-congestion-slowing-down-your-internet-experience/ Continue

Posted by Alan J Weissberger on July 16, 2008 at 10:37pm — No Comments

Paul Kapustka The Sidecut Interview: Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff

Even though he's busy managing day-to-day operations for the "old" Clearwire as he also works on integration issues for the "new" Clearwire and its planned nationwide WiMax network, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff still found time to talk to Sidecut Reports for a mid-summer update this week. In this edited transcript of our phone… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on July 15, 2008 at 3:36pm — 2 Comments

Paul Kapustka WiMax Update: Waiting for Intel Silicon; Xohm Looks to Sept. Launch; Clearwire Preps for Deal Close

It was sort of a perfect storm of WiMax information Monday, as an Intel Centrino2 briefing followed our personal interview with Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff, the latter for an update on the progress of the new Clearwire national WiMax network. While it will take a day or two for us to process all the info from our call with Ben Wol… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on July 15, 2008 at 11:44am — No Comments

Paul Kapustka WiMax Report Excerpt: The WiMax TCO Advantage

After reading earlier this week about DigitalBridge's launch of Mobile WiMax services in Jackson Hole, Wyo., we decided it's a good time to give blog readers a taste of our Sid… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on July 11, 2008 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr Newport Digital Technologies to deploy Fixed and Mobile WiMAX across Italy

Newport Digital Technologies (NDT) announced an agreement to deploy fixed and mobile WiMAX base stations across Northern Italy. The customer will use infrastructure radios from Taiwan’s Institute of Information Industry (III) based on the 802.16-2004 and 802.16e-2005 standards. NDT had announced the Italian network plans in May as part of an announcement for WiMAX deployment on the islands of Fiji. NDT is a subsidiary of International Food Products Group. The company also distributes III’s low-… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on July 11, 2008 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr BWA market surpasses the 2 million subscriber mark

The broadband wireless access (BWA) market was rapidly approaching the two million subscriber mark at the end of March 2008, according to market research firm Maravedis. Subscribers to broadband wireless services grew over 260,000 during the first three months of the year, which would have seen the 2 million mark surpassed during the first week of April. The online service tracks BWA and WiMAX operators. U.S. wireless ISP Clearwire remains the largest provider of BWA services in the world with… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on July 11, 2008 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr National University of Ireland, Maynooth launches mobile WiMAX network

National University of Ireland, Maynooth has selected Alcatel-Lucent to launch the first mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) network service in Ireland. The project is funded by the Centre for Telecommunications Value Chain Research (CTVR) and provides NUI Maynooth staff, 6,000 students and other Irish researchers “always-on” broadband services. Alcatel-Lucent is providing the university with infrastructure base stations, access controllers, and an operation and maintenance center along with the servic… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on July 11, 2008 at 5:13pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr Huawei announces 802.16e-2005 WiMAX wins in Pakistan and Malaysia

Huawei Technologies of China announced a pair of mobile WiMAX wins this week. The equipment manufacturer will supply 802.16e-2005 network infrastructure to Mobilink of Pakistan and Asiaspace of Malaysia. As a result of the new customer projects, Huawei claims 19 overseas commercial WiMAX contracts. Mobilink is the largest GSM operator in Pakistan and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom. The network will be deployed to central business districts and hot spots including the cities of Faisalabad, Isla… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on July 11, 2008 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr Germany’s rural Bavarian region to gain first broadband access using WiMAX

Proxim Wireless announced that telecommunications provider Televersa Online of Bavaria, Germany, has chosen the company’s Tsunami MP.16 WiMAX products to build its fixed WiMAX network. Televersa recently acquired a 3.5 GHz broadband wireless access license for the network. Televersa Online has already deployed proprietary Tsunami MP.11 multipoint base stations and subscriber units for its wireless "viaAIR" service. Televersa Online was the first regional telephone company in South East Bavaria… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on July 11, 2008 at 5:10pm — No Comments

Ari Zoldan Clearwire Testing WiMAX in Oregon with IDT Spectrum

The Sprint-Clearwire deal gave Clearwire undeniable credibility in WiMAX development, and the company is moving forward with the technology in a big way. Beta tests are underway in Portland, with “more than 70 percent of [the] WiMAX sites for Portland…in construction or on air.”…

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Posted by Ari Zoldan on July 11, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

ji park Mobile WIMAX USB dongle device in Korea ( running products)

Sorry about some Korean wordings in Images @@ KT WIBRO Model : EV WM100

KT WIBRO Model : KWM U1000… Continue

Posted by ji park on July 10, 2008 at 10:16pm — 2 Comments

Michael Wolleben Apple App Store

The Apple App Store is now open. Apps at your fingertips for $9.99 a pop... some free. In interviews with the New York Times and USA Today, Steve Jobs offered a few statistics: * More than 500 programs * 90% of them $9.99 or less * 25% of them free * One third of them games In addition to games, the store is expected to offer lots of educational programs, mobile commerce and business productivity tools. Of course the apps will run over AT&T's 3G network instead of WiMAX. I wonder if Clea… Continue

Posted by Michael Wolleben on July 10, 2008 at 8:41am — 1 Comment

Michael Wolleben Verizon Talk on WiMAX

Saw this posted on the Untrung.com website. http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=158454 Verizon again has been saying the LTE is their 4G answer for wireless broadband and WiMAX is not ready for Prime Time. You can bet on more criticism from the large GSM companies on how WiMAX is destined for emerging backhaul applications only and its not a a true mobile technology. The WiMAX forum should hit this head on with a clear marketing message of WiMAX is here, WiMAX is Mobile not just Fixed,… Continue

Posted by Michael Wolleben on July 9, 2008 at 8:58am — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Maravedis WiMAX Counts Webinar + Roundup of related WiMAX market articles

You can read my summary report of this excellent Maravedis webinar at: http://viodi.com/2008/07/08/maravedis-bwa-webinar-wimax-counts-1q08-market-survey/ We also noted Pyramid Research tracking WiMAX in emerging market countries and researching WiMAX business models. If interested you need to register on their website: www.pyramidresearch.com These Analyst Insights are excerpts from Pyramid Research's upcoming report WiMAX in Emerging Markets: Operator Lessons in Strategy and Technolo… Continue

Posted by Alan J Weissberger on July 9, 2008 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger IEEE ComSoc panelists believe WiMAX will be offered with location tracking- June 19 LBS Workshop

The Summary Report of the IEEE ComSoc Workshop on Location Based Technologies and Services is at: http://viodi.com/2008/06/26/ieee-comsoc-scv-workshop-location-based-technologies-and-services/ Workshop on Location Based Technologies and Services Location-based advertising, e-commerce and social networking are increasing the revenue opportunities for cellular carriers embedding Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other tracking technologies into their offering. As the social med… Continue

Posted by Alan J Weissberger on June 29, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Paul Kapustka A Few WiMax Questions for Frost & Sullivan

Without having seen any full report, it's perhaps not fair to take a shot at the analysts at Frost & Sullivan for having what looks like some weak takes on the WiMax market. But there are certainly some questions folks should be asking about the press release put out Wednesday by F&S that all but predicts Mobile WiMax's death before the technology's even out of the cradle. Since we have just complete… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on June 26, 2008 at 11:34pm — 4 Comments

Phil Vogel Top Tips for Purchasing Electronic T&M Equipment

Top Tips for Purchasing Electronic T&M Equipment When obtaining Test and Measurement Equipment there are many factors involved in the decision making process. Below are some considerations to assist you in making a favorable buying decision. The categories for purchasing T&M equipment can be considered as follows: New, Used and Refurbished. * New equipment requires minimal functional consideration other than “is it suitable for the application?” New equipment is obviously the highest… Continue

Posted by Phil Vogel on June 26, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Ari Zoldan Mobile WiMax is Being Buried Alive?

WiMax news has been dominated by a London research firm’s recent announcement that mobile WiMax might be dead on arrival.

“Recent events have been unfavourable toward Mobile WiMAX,” says Frost & Sullivan’s Programme Manager Luke Thomas, referring to Sprint’s delayed deployment of its commercial WiMax network. The firm then focuses on the two aspects of mobile WiMax:

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Posted by Ari Zoldan on June 25, 2008 at 3:34pm — 3 Comments

Kobe Wadsworth Wimax,LTE,or?....Revised

Would Lte even be any more than a dream If it wasn't for the evolution of Wimax ? Intel says at the core they are much the same. I think these technologies are in safe hands. If there is a day where the two merge,It was Wimax that opened the door, And company's leading the way like Nextwave, and Intel.That will merge the two Wifi got us here. Wimax is the next step,and LTE is tomorrow. There will never be a technology that trumps wireless broadband. It just gets better from here. Kobe director A… Continue

Posted by Kobe Wadsworth on June 24, 2008 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Paul Kapustka Clearwire WiMax Gets September Start Date in U.S.

Well, we said it was Game On, WiMax, and now we know the when: According to Sprint/Clearwire WiMax guru Barry West, the "new" Clearwire network will officially launch this September in Baltimore, followed by Chicago and Washington D.C. in the fourth quarter. As I told a reporter here at the… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on June 19, 2008 at 2:40pm — 7 Comments

Alan J Weissberger WiMAX News and Opinion: In light of ongoing IEEE ComSoc-SCV discussion of WiMAX as a 4G Technology (or not)

And the beat goes on..................... Latest WiMAX news from Global Congress in Amsterdam + a couple of opinion pieces. Enjoy! alan Sprint: Baltimore gets commercial WiMAX this September http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-baltimore-will-see-commercial-wimax-september/2008-06-18?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&cmp-id=EMC-NL-FW&dest=FW Speaking at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam, Sprint Nextel CTO and president of the company's Xohm WiMAX busi… Continue

Posted by Alan J Weissberger on June 18, 2008 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Michael Wolleben Airspan Obtains WiMAX Forum(R) 2.5 GHz Certification for Mobile WiMAX(TM)

Advanced MIMO Feature Set Provides Superior Performance Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX(TM)-based broadband wireless access networks, today received the WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) seal of approval for the company's MiMAX Q-Series USB Mobile WiMAX subscriber terminal. The WiMAX Forum® announced the first recipients of this significant industry milestone at a press conference today at the WIMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam. Certification of Mobile W… Continue

Posted by Michael Wolleben on June 18, 2008 at 8:56am — No Comments

Michael Wolleben Samsung Mobile WiMAX™ Wave2 Products Receive 'WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval'

Samsung Electronics, a leading provider of Mobile WiMAX™ solutions, announced today it has been awarded with the world’s first WiMAX Forum Wave2 certification for both ‘Base Station’ and ‘Mobile Station’ which support the 2.5GHz band, at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008, in Amsterdam. The Mobile WiMAX Certified products are commercial grade ‘Mobile WiMAX Wave2 Base Station’ and ‘Mobile Station,’ the Express card type device, using Samsung’s own Mobile WiMAX Wave2 modem chipset, which will… Continue

Posted by Michael Wolleben on June 18, 2008 at 8:54am — No Comments

Dan Callahan Motorola is among first vendors to achieve certification for MIMO 2.5 GHz Mobile WiMAX(TM) products

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 17, 2008 Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that its WiMAX WAP 25400 base station has achieved the WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) seal of approval by passing required interoperability and conformance tests as outlined by the WiMAX Forum. This milestone achievement, announced by the WiMAX Forum at its Global Congress event in Amsterdam, places Motorola among the first companies to have its 2.5GHz WiMAX products earn this new stamp of approval for completing tests n… Continue

Posted by Dan Callahan on June 17, 2008 at 10:17am — No Comments

Paul Kapustka The 3G iPhone = Clearwire's Biggest Hurdle

After a week of all 3G iPhone all the time, it's pretty clear that the performance hurdle is being set for the "new" Clearwire and its planned nationwide WiMax network: Devices will need to look and perform reasonably like an iPhone, at as-fast or faster speeds, for lower prices, to get any trac… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on June 12, 2008 at 1:37am — 5 Comments

Paul Kapustka WiMax Patent Pool, Looking a bit Shallow

Don Clark of the Wall Street Journal broke the news on Monday's big WiMax announcement, about a "patent pool" spearheaded by Cisco, Intel, Samsung and others, aimed at reducing the amounts developers (especially device developers) might have to pay for WiMax-related patents. For Clearwire, Sprint and other service providers, having a group with Cisco and Alcatel/Lucent in it can't hurt, since both th… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on June 11, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Alan J Weissberger WiMAX Patent Pool Planned by Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., Alcatel-Lucent and Clearwire Corp.,

Computerworld and WSJ articles state that several WiMAX stakeholders plan to jointly license patents that cover WiMAX technology in an attempt to limit royalty fees that could deter customers from using it. The group of six, now known as the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), wants to make IPR costs predictable so that the WiMAX ecosystem will grow. Larry Goldstein, a patent lawyer who wrote a book on patent pools, said the WiMax group could reduce the number of licensing deals to be negotiated… Continue

Posted by Alan J Weissberger on June 10, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Ali Saghaeian Updated News on WiMAX Auction in Iran

Soon, we'll have a wimax auction in Iran. Eng. Lotfollah Saboohi, the person in charge in this auction, said that the wimax licenses will be released in the second half of this year (2008). He added, this auction will be held internationally and capable Iranian and foreign companies can attend by following the specified rules. Foreign companies can take part in the auction, cooperating with Iranian companies according to admitted national rules. Their proportion of this cooperation with Iranian… Continue

Posted by Ali Saghaeian on June 7, 2008 at 3:34pm — 3 Comments

Paul Kapustka Cisco, Alcatel/Lucent Getting Behind Clearwire WiMax?

Is networking hardware giant Cisco ready to throw its hat a bit deeper into the U.S. WiMax market ring? Looks that way from the press conference invite that just landed in our in-box, inviting us to a webcast on Monday, June 9, that will discuss "a new initiative by industry leaders in mobility to stimulate more innovation and new entrants into the WiMAX ecosystem." The roster of attendees in… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on June 4, 2008 at 11:37pm — 3 Comments

Paul Kapustka Comcast and the WiMax Drive-By

It was interesting to read last week that one of the things that convinced Comcast CEO Brian Roberts of WiMax's viability was a demonstration of how well mobile WiMax can work, even at 50 mph. In a report last week from Light Reading's cable guy Jeff Baumgartner, Roberts (whose company poured just north of a billion bucks into the… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on June 2, 2008 at 11:44am — 1 Comment

Tim Sanders The FCC Mulls its Chances to Mandate a Free Wireless Service for Everybody

The FCC is reportedly considering a plan that would require free wireless service from the winner of a future block of auctioned spectrum. In a report featured in The Wall Street Journal the FCC is reportedly mulling over its chances of mandating a portion of an upcoming wireless auction be apportioned for free wireless services to all. At this point there are few details worked out about what block of sp… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders Have you Wondered why the Sprint and Clearwire Deal appealed to Comcast?

Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts offers up some interesting tidbits for why the deal made sense A nice piece in Unstrung offers interesting feedback from Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts on why his firm took an investment position with the new Clearwire. The answer to me in short is good old-fashioned deal making. Roberts indicates that the wholesale arrangement he got out of the play was pretty sweet… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:50pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders New Research Indicates Mobile Broadband will Boost US GDP by $860 billion over 10 Years

Recent research by Ovum on behalf of the CTIA indicates that mobile broadband value to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product is very solid. The Cellular Telephone and Internet Association released a study produced by Ovum that indicates a major impact on US GDP from the use of Mobile Broadband. The report projects that GDP impact will total $860 billion over the next 10 years; and that mobile broadband wireless revenues will surpass… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:48pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders Industry Comments on the 700 MHz D-Block

Opinions vary but the public has plenty to say about what should be done. From a report on RCR Wireless News comes early word of some of the responses that the FCC has received about what the heck to do with the unauctioned D-Block of 700 MHz spectrum. Proving somewhat that the collective wisdom of people should not be underestimated, many of the comments focus upon details of how the spectrum rules cou… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:46pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders Broadband Wireless to Rural Vermont

The Vermont Telecommunications Authority is counting on a wireless approach to push broadband access out to rural Vermont. Local newspaper reports in Vermont bring us news that the Vermont Telecommunications Authority has decided that a broadband wireless strategy is the best way to bring broadband speeds to rural and underserved parts of the state.… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders MetroFi Announces its Intentions to Abandon the Free Wi-Fi Service Municipal Wireless Arena

MetroFi, an early poster boy for Ad-supported subscriber free Municipal Wireless, is finally giving up that pipe dream. From reports in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) this past week we learn that one of the primary advocates of Ad-supported subscriber free Municipal Wi-Fi access us seeking to sell the company and simultaneously pulling out of the nine cities it has service in. So can muni… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:43pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders More Funding For Rural Broadband-----Maybe

An updated version of the Rural Utilities Service broadband loan program passed in the Congress amid Presidential threats of a veto. The Congress announced the passage of an updated bill that would reform the Rural Utilities Service Broadband Access Loan and Loan guarantee program. This loan program has in the past helped telephone cooperatives, utilities, private ILECs and even independent broadba… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders What are Clearwire’s Short-Term Plans

Clearwire announces its ongoing build-out plans, while it waits for its mega deal with Sprint to come through. Clearwire has announced some ongoing build-out plans for its network during 2008 while it waits for the Sprint merger deal to pass regulatory and shareholder approvals. Clearwire plans to add service in Atlanta, GA, Las Angeles, CA and Grand Rapids, MI with its new mobile WiMAX gear that is currently being tested in Portl… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders The FCC Begins the Process for Re-auctioning the 700 MHz D Block

As a first move in the re-auction process for its unsold D Block of 700 MHz spectrum the FCC is asking for public comments. The FCC this past week announced that it was beginning the, probably lengthy, process of re-auctioning its unsold 700 MHz D Block by asking for public comments on the best use of this 10 MHz band. The FCC has previously set aside the D Block with an auction reserv… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:37pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders When Free Isn’t Cheap Enough

EarthLink abandons its efforts to give its Philadelphia Municipal Wireless network back to the city. There have been several reports this week about EarthLink deciding to abandon its efforts to give its Philadelphia Wi-Fi network to a non-profit or to the city---all for free. In fact, EarthLink apparently offered to give either the city or the non-profit some cash and additional Wi-Fi gear as well. And it was a pretty big gift wit… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on June 1, 2008 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Paul Kapustka Five Things You Didn't Know About the Clearwire WiMax Deal

There was no shortage of headlines after the historic May 7 announcement of the joint venture and $3.2 billion in funding that formed the "new" Clearwire, and its plans for a nationwide WiMax network. But in the course of putting together our comprehensive research report on th… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on May 30, 2008 at 1:02am — No Comments

Amitabh Kumar Comcast CEO Roberts reveals its Strategey for investing in Sprint Clearwire

The $ 1 Billion investment in the Sprint-Clearwire JV goes down to a simple demo where the comcast team witnessed unblemished video delivery while travelling in a car at 50 miler per hour. The video quality, which remained unaffected as the vehicle sped past multiple base stations with smooth handovers and the fact that this spectular delivery can be supported by over 150 MHz of Spectrum was all that remained to make a final decision. Mobile Broadcasting with W… Continue

Posted by Amitabh Kumar on May 29, 2008 at 11:46pm — No Comments

Amitabh Kumar WiMAX Radio!

I liked a blog which I read on Pre-WiMAX network ( Clearwire) used to deliver radio. I strongly recommennd you read it. It was featured in RAIN ( Radio and Internet Newsletter).Here it is: I have heard the Future in My Car The potential to deliver broadcast related services and multimedia is one of the most underestimated applications of Mobile WiMAX. This is without even the use of MBS ( Multica… Continue

Posted by Amitabh Kumar on May 28, 2008 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Paul Kapustka Taking a Deeper Look at the Clearwire WiMax Deal

Sidecut Reports is pleased to announce the new, updated version of our WiMax report, which includes a comprehensive study of the "new" Clearwire WiMax deal and its $3.2 billion of investment from a group that includes Google, Comcast, Intel and Time Warner Cable. Motivations behind the investments and the combination of WiMax as… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on May 28, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Paul Kapustka Google's Schmidt: Clearwire Investment Good for Business, Policy

In our previous analysis of Google's participation in the Clearwire funding deal, we surmised it made sense both from a business standpoint as well as a public policy standpoint. In the first public comments about Clearwire we've seen from him since the deal was announced on May 7, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells the German publication FAZ that the search giant's half-billion dollar commitment "is a good… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on May 27, 2008 at 7:50pm — 1 Comment

Samuel Coleman Barnes Nay sayers continue to bash WiMax

Of course, everyone is entitled to thier own opinion, but as I am sure that the majority of users on WiMax360.com have a relative amount of faith in the technology and it's future in everyday applications both abroad and here in the states, as do I since I have staked a good bit of my professional reputation on WiMax. However, some do not share our optimism in WiMax, such as the bloger that wrote the below article. Since descussion post on blogs drive traffic, telling him where his opinion doesn… Continue

Posted by Samuel Coleman Barnes on May 27, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Paul Kapustka Andy Sees WiMax in Apple's 4G Future

Some of the same thoughts had been forming in my head lately, but pal Andy Abramson puts it all out in makes-sense order, seeing a WiMax-enabled offering from Apple in the near future, perhaps as soon as next month's Apple developers' conference. Seeing rumors floating around about an Apple tablet also makes me think of WiMax, since such a device would be perfect… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on May 24, 2008 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Paul Kapustka What's Next for the New Clearwire?

As we rework our recent WiMax report to include the details of last week's game-changing announcement, it's a good time to ask what comes next for the new Clearwire and its bigger, grander plans. After comparing the news to the research we did for our initial report, two changes stand out: First, the ne… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on May 15, 2008 at 11:50pm — 1 Comment

Paul Kapustka Google, Comcast in $3.2 Billion WiMax Rescue Bid

Here's our take on last week's big deal... also available on our site The Wall Street Journal is confidently predicting that a consortium of tech companies including Google, Comcast and Intel will contribute $3.2 billion in seed money to back a WiMax consortium that will combine the WiMax assets of Sprint and Clearwire. This… Continue

Posted by Paul Kapustka on May 15, 2008 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Donald Moreland Developers acceptance of WiMax for last mile services

As a long time telecommunications professional, I am intrigued with WiMax and amazed at how slowly it has been adopted in the US. This is truely disruptive technology! When will business and residential developers quit paying the LEC thousands and thousands of dollars to let the LEC into their development so the LEC can reap the benefits? It just doesn't make any sense. Not when the alternative is to deploy WiMax services at little or no cost to the developer AND let the developer… Continue

Posted by Donald Moreland on May 15, 2008 at 11:12am — No Comments

Jeff Orr DSL subscribers expected to contribute to global WiMAX growth

Juniper Research forecasts that up to 12 percent of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by IEEE 802.16e-2005 (802.16e) subscribers by 2013. The Far East will lead with over one-fifth of the 47m subscribers in 2013. The region by region analysis found that there is a significant opportunity now for WiMAX as a DSL substitute technology. The majority of 802.16e trials and network contracts being announced will commence with fixed wireless broadband services. Mobile usage will develop… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on May 13, 2008 at 9:49pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr Libya Telecom and Technology Awards Mobile WiMAX Contract to Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has been awarded a contract by Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT), the national Internet Service Provider in Libya, to deploy the first commercial WIMAX network based on the 802.16e-2005 WiMAX standard in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. LTT plans to launch commercial network services this September. The new network will support voice over IP (VoIP) and high-speed internet access, enabling the delivery of advanced broadband multimedia service… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on May 13, 2008 at 9:47pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders It’s Official! Sprint and Clearwire Complete Major WiMAX Deal

With the help of several blue chip investors Sprint and Clearwire announce a planned nationwide WiMAX company. Today we gain confirmation that blue chip investors Intel, Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks have pledged $3.2 billion in the formation of the new company to be known as Clearwire. The combined company will be helmed by Ben Wolff as C… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on May 7, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Tim Sanders A Sprint Clearwire Deal is Rumored to be Very Close

Early reports indicate that Sprint and Clearwire could announce a WiMAX deal as early as Wednesday of this week. I had read reports that the deal was struggling over who would control the company. And I assumed it was between Sprint and Clearwire in terms of control, but it appears from a report in Fortune’s Techland section that Google may have been the holdup. It appears that, for wha… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on May 6, 2008 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Jeff Orr Solectek Prepares WiMAX Solution for US 3.65 GHz Band

Solectek Corporation announced the addition of 3.65 GHz WiMAX base stations and subscriber terminals tailored for Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and municipalities. The recently allocated frequency band in the United States enables non-exclusive licenses for enterprises and network operators to rapidly deploy fixed wireless services. Solectek's WiMAX Base Station and Indoor Controller feature support for 3.5 and 7 MHz channel bandwidths, a 4U rack-height chassis designed to support… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on May 6, 2008 at 2:41pm — No Comments

Jeff Orr Northern Italy and Island of Fiji to Receive WiMAX Networks

Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry (III) and Newport Digital Technologies (NDT) announced that it is deploying a WiMAX network in Northern Italy and in Fiji. The first $1 million of the $12 million order of WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004 base stations started shipping immediately with the balance to be delivered over the next 11 calendar months. III is consulting on the transaction for the base station and will utilize its contributions to 802.16-2004/e-2005/j/m to assist in the capacity as Sy… Continue

Posted by Jeff Orr on May 6, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Tim Sanders Wireless Rumors and Reports --- What’s Going On

Wild rumors about Sprint and T-Mobile are counterpointed with real moves in the industry. The venerable Wall Street Journal reports that Deutsche Telekom might make a bid for Sprint Nextel to combine it with their T-Mobile service in the US. The WSJ always has solid sources so I have no doubt this thought crossed DT’s mind, but goodness what are they thinking? T-Mobile and Sprint are on totally dissimilar technology platform… Continue

Posted by Tim Sanders on May 6, 2008 at 2:30pm —