Broadband News
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Taiwan still backing WiMAX against LTE
Just last month, Taiwan reported a massive jump in the number of WiMAX subscribers in the country, almost 85 percent growth for the six months ending November 2011. However, the world is changing Read more >>
Zayo, Phonoscope boosting backhaul bandwidth
Some mobile backhaul companies have been struggling in the past year, as the bandwidth demands expected to be created by LTE have taken longer to arrive than they had planned. Still, others in the Read more >>
Fresh research forecasts LTE spending surge
LTE is gaining traction throughout the industry--and not just among subscribers. It is also getting an increasingly larger chunk of network operator budgets. A new report from IHS iSuppli indicates Read more >>
Maravedis: Are operators prepared to leverage the mobile cloud?
Bill Lesieur
As mobile operators invest heavily in 4G networks, the question remains how operators will maintain profitable business models and differentiation as the demand for data Read more >>
Clearwire releases new WiMAX hotspot devices
The migration to LTE has not stopped Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) from introducing two new WiMAX products, something that Clearwire partner Sprint (NYSE:S) already has said it will no longer do. Clearwire Read more >>
Qualcomm proposes 300 Gbps in-flight mobile broadband technology
Qualcomm has set its sights on the market for mobile broadband on airplanes with a proposal that calls for a nationwide wireless network in the 14 GHz to 14.5 GHz band that could support data Read more >>
LTE Advanced gives reason to look forward to 2013
We've only just started our second month of 2012, and some carriers are only just starting their initial LTE deployments, but there is already a good reason to look forward to next year: LTE Read more >>
What's so great about LTE Advanced? (Lots, actually)
Initial deployments of LTE Advanced are expected to begin in late 2013, but it will take years for operators to explore and use the myriad of features offered by this rich, yet complex, technology. Read more >>
Cisco rolls out 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi access point
Cisco Systems has released its Aironet 3600 Wi-Fi access point, a four-antenna multiple-input/multiple-output (4x4 MIMO) unit with three spatial streams that is aimed at expanding coverage for Read more >>
EXFO adds bursty backhaul test
EXFO, a maker of network field test equipment, has announced it now supports capabilities to test multi-service bursty traffic characteristics on Ethernet mobile backhaul networks and other Ethernet Read more >>
Jeffries: Wi-Fi may inhibit mobile ARPU growth
Investment bank Jeffries came out with a research note last week that suggested mobile carriers might want to be careful how much they open their networks and customer bases to Wi-Fi. The research Read more >>
AT&T sees 1.2 billion Wi-Fi connections in 2011
AT&T, which now claims to operate the largest Wi-Fi network in the U.S, announced late last week that traffic through Wi-Fi network tripled last year, with about 1.2 billion Wi-Fi connections Read more >>
Wireless fan Chopra to depart federal CTO job
The broadband wireless sector lost one of its champions late last week when the White House confirmed that U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra would step down the federal government job that he was the first Read more >>
FCC comment period keeps LightSquared hopes alive
Would-be LTE wholesaler LightSquared finally got some good news at the end of last week, as the Federal Communications Commission opened a request for comments on LightSquared's argument that GPS Read more >>
Wilmington white spaces network goes live
The white spaces wireless broadband era is officially underway in Wilmington, N.C., where a white spaces network enabled by Spectrum Bridge was turned on late last week. With the launch, the debate Read more >>
