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NewsWiMAX Stats: Still awaiting the tipping points
By Adlane Fellah At
the end of March 2008, Maravedis' WiMAXCounts research logged nearly 2 million broadband
wireless access/WiMAX subscribers. From fourth-quarter 2007 to first-quarter
2008, Read more...
Anxiety rises over FCC's AWS-3 auction plans
Despite the mounting criticism lobbed at FCC Chairman Kevin Martin over the commission's plan to auction spectrum that would require the winning bidder to offer free wireless broadband, there is no Read more...
Startup intros WiMAX silicon platform to address backhaul conundrum
DesignArt Networks, an Israeli fabless semiconductor startup, announced a WiMAX silicon platform designed to assist with the backhaul costs and capacity problems expected in this high-speed data Read more...
Technology-neutral European auctions opportunity for technology companies
European governments have taken an unprecedented move to offer wireless broadband licenses on a technology-neutral basis, and technology companies are taking advantage to foster the proliferation of Read more...
Covad to roll out fixed WiMAX this year
Covad indicated it will begin rolling out a fixed WiMAX wireless broadband offering this year, with a promise of offering data speeds of 6 Mbs. Covad says its decision to offer the service followed a Read more...
What will Qualcomm do with the U.K. spectrum it won?
Having won the auction for the U.K.-wide L-band spectrum auction, Qualcomm has been reluctant to define what it might be used for other than to "explore emerging business models and advanced mobile Read more...
Is Google satisfied with its new wireless broadband venture?
Google finally got what it wanted--access to a broadband network to realize its dream of transferring it dominance in online advertising into the wireless broadband world. By making a sizable Read more...
Sprint's backhaul conundrum
Last month Sprint Nextel said provisioning of backhaul is the primary hold-up to the Read more...
White-space broadband gets more and more complicated
Google, Microsoft and other companies advocating the use of unlicensed white-space spectrum for wireless broadband had to have believed earlier this year that the FCC was going to rubber-stamp the Read more...
Time Warner CEO says wireless broadband 'interesting'
Time Warner, which recently ended its relationship with Sprint Nextel for the Pivot wireless offering that gave the cable operator a quadruple play, gave some nebulous information regarding the Read more...
| Press ReleasesNeotel selects Telsima for its WiMAX network in South AfricaSUNNYVALE, California, June 16, 2008 –
Telsima Corporation, a global leader in WiMAX systems, announces that
Neotel, South Africa’s first converged network operator, has chosen Read more... WiMAX’s Appeal Threatens Both Fixed and Mobile Broadband OperatorsSCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 11, 2008 - Wireless broadband in all its forms (fixed, portable, and mobile)
gives operators a way to grow revenues as voice revenue growth slows,
reports In-Stat Read more... AT&T to Offer Next-Generation iPhone on Its High-Performance 3G Network _uacct = "UA-361227-16"
urchinTracker(); San Antonio, Texas, June 9, 2008--AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced it will be the exclusive U.S.
provider of the new iPhone 3G, details of which were Read more... Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customersLondon 9th June 2008--IPTV is increasingly being offered free by telcos across Europe to encourage people to choose their broadband services. According to the latest research from media analysts Read more... Vodafone Announces New Chief ExecutiveVodafone Group Plc today announces that, after five years in the role, Arun Sarin will be retiring as Chief Executive at the end of the Company's AGM on 29th July 2008. He will be succeeded by Deputy Read more... |