Nokia today announced that its researchers in Germany have completed a data call over its mobile WiMax 802.16e technology development system. Via [technewsworld.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: WiMAX
Taiwan Tests Island-Wide WiMax
Taiwanese government officials said on Monday they plan to make Taiwan the world’s largest testing ground for WiMax, and inked a pact with Intel to work together on the wireless broadband technology. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax Race Intensifies With Chips, Mini-PCI Kits
Sequans and Wavesat are unveiling this week a chip set and a mini-PCI card reference kit to accelerate WiMax development and deployment. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax Is Hype, Says Nokia
The tech industry is getting overheated about the long-range broadband access technology WiMax, according to one Nokia exec. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Nortel Unveils Fixed, Mobile WiMAX Strategy
Nortel has announced plans to offer fixed and mobile WiMAX products based on the latest industry standards, and to work with WiMAX companies Intel and Airspan Networks in bringing these products to market. Via [neasia.nikkeibp.com]… Continue Reading
Tests Start For First Certified WiMAX Products
With several WiMAX firms crowding the starting gate for formal introduction of the wide area wireless technology, equipment from at least five firms are being evaluated by the WiMAX Forum’s Cetecom Labs in Spain. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
100 People To Trial WiMAX For BT
A hundred people are to take part in WiMAX trials in Belfast and Birmingham as BT tests the water for wireless broadband. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Covad Acquires NextWeb To Enter Wireless Broadband
Integrated voice and data communications supplier Covad Communications Group Inc. has agreed to acquire NextWeb, Inc., a fixed-wireless Internet provider, for $24.7 million in cash and stock. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Why WiMax Could Hit The Hotspot
The technology for delivering fast Web access over large areas could help upstart communications outfits nab share from established player. Via [businessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Navini, BT Announce WiMAX Trial
Navini Networks is on a tear. The vendor is now working with British Telecommunications (BT) on a trial of pre-WiMAX systems for the United Kingdom. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Alvarion Grabs WiMAX Market In South America
There is a race to deploy wireless broadband using Wimax -technically IEEE 802.16- in Argentina, with two ISPs already boasting about having an operating network in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area, and the two currently engaged in the active deployment and extension of their networks to different cities. In this year’s Expocomm exhibition, both players… Continue Reading
US WiMax Trials To Start In 2006
A major US mobile carrier is set to launch the first wireless broadband services based on the emerging WiMax standard next year. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Asia To Dominate WiMAX Market, Study Claims
About 45 percent of all WiMAX subscribers in 2009 will be in the Asia Pacific region of the world, according to a study released Wednesday by market research firm In-Stat. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax/Wi-Fi Mesh To Roll For Emergency Nets
SkyPilot Networks Inc. is moving broadband mesh into public safety networks by adding 4.9-GHz licensed bands to its product line. The SkyExtender DualBand is a mesh backhaul product supporting both 802.11b/g access services and 4.9-GHz public-safety radio. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Don’t Forget Fixed WiMax
Although mobile WiMax has captured most of the headlines, and a series of trials by mobile carriers highlights the future of wireless broadband, fixed WiMax “remains the technology’s bread and butter through 2009,†according to a report from Visant Strategies. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading