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Aperto adds $20M in funding

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:59:54 -0400

Aperto Networks added another round of funding to bring its total funding since its inception in 1999 to $159 million. The WiMAX vendor garnered $20 million in a Series F round.

The funding was led by Quicksilver Ventures, which was joined by a number of Aperto's existing backers, including Gunn Allen Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, Canaan Partners, Alliance Ventures, Innovacom, Jafco Ventures and Labrador Ventures.

Aperto said it is now supplying its fixed and mobile MAX products to more than 100 carrier and enterprise customers around the world.

To find out more about Aperto's new funding:
- read this article from Unstrung

Report: Cisco to buy WiMAX infrastructure player

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:59:57 -0400

Unstrung reports Cisco is close to purchasing a WiMAX infrastructure company. The news doesn't come as a surprise as the market heats up and a number of large companies, such as IBM, enter the space and Cisco is the dominant 802.11 vendor in the enterprise world. According to the report, potential Cisco targets include Alvarion, Aperto Networks, Navini Networks and Redline Communications. Cisco already has had some involvement with Redline in deploying a WiMax network in Paraguay so it could be a front runner.

For more about Cisco's interest in WiMAX:
- read this article from Unstrung

WiMAX push in India

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:01:36 -0500

As we have pointed in several stories, India is big on WiMAX. The most recent news is that Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), India's largest provider, would roll out fixed wireless networks in six Indian cities and four rural districts in the State of Haryana. The roll out will be completed in January, and the gear is provided by Aperto Networks. Among the six cities where service will be offered are Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune--four important technology hubs in which many non-India companies have operations (for example, Microsoft and Google).

Note that Aperto is also an equipment supplier to VSNL, a rival of BSNL, which is building fixed-wireless network in 65 cities on the subcontinent, and which is planning to extend the network to more than 200 cities.

As Om Malik points out, there is much WiMAX activity in India: Intel and Alcatel have WiMAX trials underway or planned in several cities; Indian ISP DishNet already has consumer-oriented fixed wireless network deployed in eight cities 9; Nokia will start selling WiMAX gear in 2007, and Motorola is planning to do the same.

Analysts estimate, perhaps optimistically, that India will have some 13 million WiMAX subscribers by 2012, meaning that we are looking at a $4.5 billion sector by then. An interesting twist: India preferred 3.3-to-3.4 GHz for WiMAX; globally the preference is for the 2.5-to-2.69 GHz band.

For more on WiMAX in India:
- see Om Malik's GigaOM discussion

MORE: Aperto has much work in India, and it is bullish on the Asian WiMAX market--so much so, in fact, that it is planning to shift its manufacturing base from Taiwan and Mexico to India. The move of manufacturing to India will reduce the cost of Aperto's BTS and CPEs. Report

ALSO NOTED: T-Mobile hotspot promo; Tweaks improve 802.11g some; and much more...

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:00:50 -0500

> You want to have access at hotspots but are still hesitating because of the price? Thousands of T-Mobile HotSpots around the country will be offering their services for free during a limited promotion. Details

> Tweaks to 802.11g access points make them better but still not as fast as advertised. Review

> Broomfield, CO-based Sirenza Microdevices released the newest addition to Sirenza's line of high performance products for 802.16 d/e applications. The SZM-3066Z is a high-linearity 2 watt power amplifier allowing connectivity and high throughput in WiMAX CPE, APs and base station equipment. Release (.pdf)

> WiMAX Watch: PAN Wireless, a newly formed joint venture between Networks By Wireless, the U.K. leading wireless systems integrator, and PAN Telecom, Ukraine's leading provider of satellite and telecommunications products, has installed the first of its planned roll out of Aperto Networks WiMAX-class base station products in Ukraine. Article

> Canadian broadband fixed wireless solutions provider SR Telecom has won a $10 million contract to deploy equipment for Mexican fixed line operator Axtel. The shipments will be sent immediately, with additional services to come on stream in the second half of 2006. Report

> Stratos Global announced the commercial launch of StratosMAX, a new broadband wireless access (BWA) network in the Gulf of Mexico. Article

And Finally... WiFi users in densely populated areas, or large apartment buildings, are already aware of this growing problem: Piggybacking by neighbors. Forget the invasion of privacy--these freeloaders overload the circuits, slowing down traffic and causing other sorts of mayhem. What to do? Article

ALSO NOTED: Airgo samples new chipset; Cedar Rapids, Seattle buses use WiFi; and much more...

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:00:50 -0400

> WLAN chip startup Airgo is sampling its third-generation chipset, which will reach peak data transfer rates of 240 Mbps and offer average throughput of around 120 Mbps. Release

> Wireless startup Video54 is changing its name to Ruckus Wireless and putting in the bank the $9 million it has just received from VCs. Report

> The Wi-Fi Alliance named the China National Telecommunication Metrology Station (CNTMS) as a WiFi certification test laboratory. Release

> Gartner estimates that only 17 percent of UK business travelers use WLANs to connect to email or the Internet while on travel. Report

> Linksys and Cisco show a router that makes it possible to share a Vodaphone 3G connection via WLAN. Story

> Hopling Technologies has selected Fujitsu's MB87M3400 SoC for its next-generation HopMAX line of basestations, micro basestations, and high-end subscriber stations. Report

> Aperto Networks, a leading WiMax systems provider, has raised $17 million in the first tranche of a Series E financing round. Report

> Cedar Rapids, Iowa, buses feature WiFi. Story

> Seattle buses, too, offer WiFi service. Release

> GoRemote, T-Mobile in roaming agreement. Release

> Westchester, Illinois-based Software Technologies Group is showing 802.15.4 MAC software for ZigBee and wireless networking. Release

And Finally... After a 24-year-old Romanian woman shop-lifted a cellular phone from a store, police had to call the device to find the unique place she had hidden it. Story