Recent Entries in WiMAX
Clearwire WiMAX UnWires Atlanta
Clearwire Communications says they have transformed Atlanta into the fastest unwired city in the South. The city is now home to the largest 4G WiMAX wireless broadband network in the United States with CLEAR service available to nearly three million people across approximately …
Sprint to Go Tri-mode with WiMAX-Enabled Phones, More Markets?
According to Unstrung, Sprint will offer a tri-mode with CDMA, WiFi and WiMAX connectivity, and may launch the Sprint 4G service in new unannounced locations. "We haven't announced specific timing or any more details other than to say we expect to offer a 4G phone on our road map for 2009-2010," a …
WiMAX to Act as DSL Substitute, Says Juniper
Juniper reports that up to 12% of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by WiMAX by 2013. The Far East will lead with over one fifth of the 47m subscribers in 2013. A region by region analysis by Juniper Research found that there is a significant opportunity now for WiMAX …
Sprint Reveals 4G WiMAX Plans
Sprint has announced their 4G WiMAX plans which mirror Clearwire. They will launch in major cities this year and more markets in 2010. New devices such as tri-mode modems are planned. Sprint owns 51% of Clearwire and acts as a reseller of Clearwire WiMAX. They claim, Sprint 4G offers tu…
Trimode Smartphone with Android(?) Coming to Sprint in 2010
Sprint reportedly will launch a new smartphone that works with WiMAX, CDMA cellular and maybe Wi-Fi in early 2010 The exact details are "still being finalized," said Scott Lane, director of marketing and sales for Sprint's 4G unit, in an interview. Lane referred to it as a "trimode handset," enabli…
Clearwire Reveals New Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Router – Demos Fast Service in Streetcar
We found some great demonstration videos from the Clearwire launch in Portland, Oregon. Clearwire will launch a new home router designed for their mobile WiMax service. It basically creates it’s own Wi-Fi hotspot and can used in the car, in park or on the go. The WiMax router allows the signa…
Clearwire Clears the Way for New Business in Portland with New Name
Clearwire has started selling services in Portland, Orgeon. Their new name is very clear, it's Clear. Xohm is gone.Their WiMAX is supposed to be faster than Wi-Fi hotspots. They urge vistor's to "Get clear now."Their website shows that new cities coming soon will be: Las Vegas, NVGrand Rap…
Clearwire WiMAXing LA? Job Postings Hint
Unstrung uncovered Cleawire's job postings for a director of network deployment and a network deployment project manager for next generation network deployments in Los Angeles.This deployment seems to make sense because Los Angeles is so "like totally mobile."Clearwire's plans are contingent u…
WiMAX World 2008 Maxes Out
With over 10% growth in attendance and a 15% increase in the number of sponsors and exhibitors over last year, WiMAX World 2008 Conference & Expo - wimaxworld.com - was the largest event ever held in the WiMAX market. This week more than 9,000 professionals converged at McCormick Pl…
XOHM WiMAX Goes Live in Baltimore No Contract Required
Sprint's XOHM WiMAX service goes live in Baltimore today. With average downlink speeds of 2-4 Mbps, the data-centric XOHM broadband service differs from present wireless offerings in that: No long-term commitments or contracts are required, freeing customers from restrictive long-term s…
Sprint Will WiMAX Boston, Phily and Dallas/ Ft. Worth
Several sources state the Sprint will be launching WiMAX in Boston, Philadelphia and Dallas/Fort Worth after other announced markets. Baltimore D.C. is on schedule to launch and may be early with average download speeds of 3 to 5 Mbps in the network coverage areas …
Huawei Ranks in Top 3 for WiMAX
2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei") won 17 new commercial WiMAX 16e commercial contracts in the first half of 2008, more than the total number of contracts signed for the whole of 2007. To date Huawei has secured 29 WiMAX 16e commercial contracts and accumulated over 35 trials which accordin…
WiMAX Chip Prices Falling Good News for Small Devices, Says ABI Research
The WiMAX chipset market is advancing quickly. There are solid 2-chip designs consisting of a single-chip baseband IC and a single-chip RF IC that are bringing power consumption down. Beceem, GCT Semiconductor, and Sequans have single-chip designs that include both the baseband and RF. Most importan…
Sprint’s XOHM Will USE MDM from Mformation Tech
Mformation Technologies Inc., announced that SPRINT has selected its MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER to provide seamless device management capabilities for new WiMAX-capable mobile devices as part of the XOHM WiMAX. Device management ensures that WiMAX devices can be remotely activated and provi…
DragonWave to Supply IP BackHaul for XOHM in Baltimore/DC
Backhaul is very important for 4G expansion, and IP backhaul is the chosen option for Sprint, who selected DragonWave's IP-based backhaul solutions for its XOHM-branded WiMAX mobile-broadband services in North America. DragonWave's Horizon Compact and Horizon Duo products will be deployed initially …
DigitalBridge Launches Mobile WiMAX in Jackson WY Using Alvarion Tech
Today marks the first commercially available rollout of Mobile WiMAX Internet service by DBC (DigitalBridge Communications) offered over Alvarion's BreezeMAX 2.5 GHz solution. The network is already up and running with broadband Internet to businesses and homes across Jackson Hole, Wyoming.&nb…
Sprint WiMAX in Baltimore/DC Area by September
Sprint Nextel plans to launch its first commercial WiMAX service in the Baltimore/DC area in September according to a speech made by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at the NxtComm trade show in Las Vegas which will be before the Sprint/Clearwire merger. Sprint will also launch WiMax service in t…
WiMAX Forum Ceritifies 4 Base Station and 6 Mobile Station Modules
The WiMAX Forum announced the first ten Mobile WiMAX products received the WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval for the 2.5 GHz profile (titled MP05) at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam. The WiMAX Forum also revealed its roadmap for 3.5 and 2.3 GHz equipment certification during the s…
Nortel & Alvarion Team for New WiMAX Solution
Nortel and Alvarion, two companies aggressively pursuing early market opportunities with WiMAX, announced that they will collaborate to create a new end-to-end WiMAX solution. The Nortel and Alvarion mobile WiMAX solution is expected to combine industry-leading technologies from both companies to…
Together Sprint Nextel & Clearwire Are Better, Petition to FCC Says
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire filed a petition with the FCC saying it would would provide high-speed Internet access that rivaled wired-line broadband when it merged It also said:The new merged company, Clearwire Corp. would reach 140 million people within 30 months.Clearwire Corp. would p…
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