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D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications software platforms, today announced that it has joined with WiMAX chip leader Beceem Communications and ECS, Inc. to expand the Android™ operating system (OS) into smartphones which will deliver VoIP over WiMAX and other next generation IP communications capabilities.

D2’s breakthrough mCUE™ converged communications client with its industry leading vPort embedded VoIP engine powers the ECS T371 mobile device, based on the OMAP-343… Continue

Amid concerns that India’s auction of 3G and BWA (=WiMAX) spectrum may be delayed once more (see my previous posts on this topic), the WiMAX Forum opined that every six months of delay in the process results in $1bn in lost revenues for the country. The latest official date given for the auction is January 2010, but after numerous delays this may be postponed yet again. IT Minister Raja has become :"the boy who cried wolf," as no one believes him anymore.

The WiMAX Forum is also calling… Continue

Sprint launched commercial WiMAX services in Honolulu and Maui in Hawaii and in Seattle, Washington. Sprint is the largest investor in Clearwire and offers its MVNO WiMAX service under the "Sprint 4G" brand

Meanwhile, Comcast launched high-speed wireless data service in Chicago and Seattle, as Time Warner Cable began marketing its own version of the service in Dallas, TX.

Clearwire -- which operates the WiMax networks that both cable operators are using -- kicked off its own retail operations… Continue

MVS Comunicaciones SA said it plans to invest about $700 million in WiMax technology along with Clearwire Corp. and Intel Corp. to offer wireless high-speed Internet service in 23 Mexican cities.

The partners would start the network in the second half of 2010, MVS spokesman Felipe Chao said today in an e-mail. The Mexico City-based company expects to win government approval by the end of this year for a request to extend its license to operate airwaves necessary for the project, Chao said.

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Without good, affordable handheld devices, WiMax service faces some notable challenges. That's the gist of a report from research company Pike & Fischer, which states: "The company pioneering the next generation in wireless broadband communications could face trouble growing its user base because it lacks compelling handheld devices at competitive prices."

Clearwire Corp. is not subsidizing the cost of devices that can access its nascent network, something other wireless companies have done… Continue