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Jeff Thompson A Streamlined Stimulus

Yesterday, the government announced that the broadband stimulus process would be shortened to two rounds of funding rather than the initially planned three. According to a WSJ article by Amy Schatz, this was a “response to criticism from applicants and lawmakers that the program isn’t getting money out qui… Continue

Added by Jeff Thompson on November 11, 2009 at 11:02am — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Can Sprint survive as an independent telco- 2,500 more workers to be axed!

The WSJ reports that Sprint will cut an additional 2,500 workers By ROGER CHENG Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs, or roughly 5% of its work force, as the cellphone-service provider seeks to cut annual costs by at least $350 million. It's the second significant round of cuts this year as the embattled company struggles to return to profitability and subscriber growth. The Overland Park, Kan., company currently employs about 42,000 people. Sprint announced plans in J… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 10, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Carlos Rey Moreno Will WiMAX win the broadband market in developing countries?

Everywhere one can read that WiMAX is the technological solution for leapfrogging communications problems of developing countries. Accordingly there are several WiMAX deployments in urban areas of the emerging economies worldwide. Despite this promising future, the consulting firm Ovum considers that “WiMAX will only be a niche emerging markets”. Angel Dobardziev, Ovum's manager of emerging telecoms markets research, affirms that WiMAX role “will be a far smaller one than many WiMAX players woul… Continue

Added by Carlos Rey Moreno on November 10, 2009 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Jeff Thompson Score One More for WiMAX - Clearwire Secures Additional Funding

The WSJ’s Jeffrey McCracken and Don Clark reported yesterday that Clearwire has secured an additional $1.5 billion in financing to build out its nationwide WiMAX network. The article noted, “Sprint would invest $1 billion and its Clearwire joint v… Continue

Added by Jeff Thompson on November 9, 2009 at 3:14pm — 2 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Sprint, Partners to Pump $1.5 Billion Into Clearwire- is it enough to complete WiMAX buildout?

WSJ article: By JEFFREY MCCRACKEN And DON CLARK Sprint Nextel Corp. and its partners are preparing to pump at least $1.5 billion more into Clearwire Corp., said two people familiar with the matter, adding yet more aid to a wireless broadband firm that has struggled to build out its next-generation network. Sprint would invest $1 billion and its Clearwire joint venture partners, a group which includes Comcast Corp., Intel Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks LLC, would kick in… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 8, 2009 at 9:40pm — 4 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Intel in talks with India's ITI for joint ventures

Intel is planning to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd to set up joint ventures, the Business Standard reported on Nov 6th. ITI, according to the bid proposals, intends to be a minority partner in the proposed JVs with a 26 per cent stake. The JV partner should be able to invest at least Rs 60 crore to be able to qualify. Though interested parties have been asked to participate before January 29, 2010, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 7, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Alan J Weissberger Comcast Launches Mobile WiMAX in Philadelphia while Clearwire expands sales operation there

Comcast announced today that its "4G" wireless service was now available in Philadelphia. "As Comcast's hometown, Philadelphia is one of the most technologically progressive cities on the East Coast. Having the first and only 4G service bundled with some of the nation's fastest Internet speeds is evidence to that fact," said Eric Schaefer, senior vice president of marketing for Comcast's Freedom region. Comcast offers the service, which it calls High-Speed 2go, via its investment in Clearwire.… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 4, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Alan J Weissberger CLEAR now available in Chicago + Sprint adds 5 new WiMAX markets

Clearwire Corp. started selling its CLEAR WiMAX service in Chicago on November 1st at its retail stores, as well as Best Buy and RadioShack. The network stretches from Gary to Rockford, although service initially won't be available everywhere. To date, it's the largest WiMAX footprint for CLEAR. Sprint Nextel Corp. announced on Monday that it has launched 4G in the Chicago area. "The speed, performance and productivity that 4G gives you are so incredible," said Todd Rowley, Sprint's vice presid… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 3, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Jose Puthenkulam 3G has significant challenges in the developing world

Please read the following articles that provide good insights on this. Overall 3G services and devices are proving too expensive in the developing countries. Also the lower speeds they offer, make bundling WiFi a must. So device vendors who have no bundled WiFi offering will suffer poor sales. … Continue

Added by Jose Puthenkulam on November 2, 2009 at 3:10pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger ETSI's standardization of Reconfigurable Radio Systems gets underway

Reconfigurable radio systems will enable access networks to get smarter, e.g. detect interference and renegotiate use of spectrum, re-assign subscribers to cells/base stations based on traffic load, improve public safety. Here is the ETSI press release on this new standardizaiton activity: Following the completion of a phase of feasibility studies, standardization of Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS) is now getting underway. RRS are seen by many as the most effective response to the ever-growi… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 2, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

Alan J Weissberger Sprint Developers Conference wrap up: disappointing for users, but encouraging for apps developers

For Mobile WiMAX advocates, this conference was mostly disappointing. No firm announcement on the long rumored tri-mode (WiMAX, 3G-EVDO, WiFi) smart phone, uncertain pricing for MIDs (see earlier wimax360 post), nothing on mobile video/Sprint TV for WiMAX, and no announcements of eReaders or cameras with embedded WiMAX interfaces. It seems Sprint is primarilly concerned with promoting an open network and getting more smart phones from RIM and Android supporters on their mobile network. There wa… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 29, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Frans Fixed-Nomadic WiMax is suitable for developing countries in the rural areas

Are channel bandwidths of 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz & 10 MHz available or could be produced for Fixed-Nomadic WiMax 2.3 GHz standard 16e ? These channel bandwidths combination are needed for a WiMax license of only 15 MHz bandwidth in developing countries. The purpose is to use 5 MHz & 10 MHz channel bandwidths for high density users in cities, urban & sub urban areas. For rural remote areas where there are only some scattered factories/industries with very few surrounding users (villages), the… Continue

Added by Frans on October 28, 2009 at 6:33pm — 7 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Google Voice on Sprint 3G network + mobile VoIP over WiMAX issues according to Clearwire

At the Sprint Developers Conference yesterday, Google's Brad Horowitz announced that Sprint was enabling Google voice to work on the formers 3G network. "We're excited Sprint customers will be able to take advantage of Google Voice voicemail with their mobile phones. We look forward to continuing this relationship and working closely with Sprint in the future," he said. Sprint indicated that they are prepared to let Skype and other VoIP schemes also work on their mobile network- even though tha… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 28, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Alan J Weissberger FCC wants to shift spectrum from TV broadcasters to broadband wireless networks

It's all about spectrum: at the Sprint Developers Conference in Santa Clara, CA today, Scott Richardson of Clearwire stated "spectrum trumps technology when evaluating a broadband wireless service." That was presumably to give Clearwire the edge over ATT and VZW in the race to 4G. Clearwire holds tons of 2.5GHz spectrum in the U.S. Now the FCC is urging the federal government and broadcasters to free up spectrum for broadband wireless carriers. The WSJ reports that Federal regulators are… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 27, 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Alan J Weissberger India's 3G and BWA/WiMAX auction now sheduled for Jan 2010; BJP leader calls for IT Minister Raja to resign

Long-awaited spectrum auction further delayed despite intense pressure from finance minister. India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) this weekend announced plans to auction 3G licences in January 2010, confirming earlier speculation that the government is unlikely to meet its 7 December deadline. The new schedule published on Saturday as part of a revised Information Memorandum (IM) revealed that the auction is due to open on 14 January, while bidding for frequencies in the 800-MHz band… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 26, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger U.S. Mobile WiMAX Rollout Juggernaut Continues; Clearwire demonstrates Global Roaming with Aicent (Taiwan)

Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint announced plans to launch their respective 4G mobile Internet services in 11 new cities by year's end. Each of the companies will offer the high-speed wireless services -- connected to Clearwire's mobile WiMax network -- under their own brands. All three companies plans to launch service in Philadelphia in the next several weeks, with Chicago and Seattle/Tacoma following shortly thereafter. Clearwire and Sprint also plan to launch in Charlotte, Greensboro and Rale… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 24, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger GE, Grid Net Win WiMax Smart Grid Project in Australia; Potential for Smart Grid in U.S.

General Electric and Grid Net have landed a big client to support their vision of a WiMax-enabled smart grid – Australian utility SP AusNet. The utility plans to use the next-generation wireless technology to link about 680,000 household customers with smart meters, the companies announced Thursday. But that's just the beginning of the ways the utility could use a high-speed, high-bandwidth WiMax network, General Electric says. Future uses could include linking distribution grid sensors and co… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 22, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Jeff Thompson On the Ground at SUPERCOMM

Hello from Chicago! I’m at SUPERCOMM today and wanted to write a quick post between meetings on what I’ve seen and heard so far. As with CTIA just a few weeks ago, net neutrality has been creating a lot of buzz on the show floor and in the headlines. However, if CTI… Continue

Added by Jeff Thompson on October 22, 2009 at 10:25am — 2 Comments

saydul karim masum WIMAX BANGLADESH

I think it will take time in Bangladesh to spread wimax technology, because all telco operators already invest huge for voice data, sms, mms communication. If any company wants to switch WiMAX they have to invest again though it’s a very good technology and faster then 42 times any others technology. I think it will take time. But if wimax provider distributes bandwidth to core district of Bangladesh from now they will be benefited. Continue

Added by saydul karim masum on October 21, 2009 at 12:38pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger FCC progress on National Broadband Plan: Seeking public comment on report about broadband usage

As it continues to develop its National Broadband Plan (NBP) due to Congress in February, the FCC wants public input on a study conducted by Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society about worldwide broadband usage. Under the auspices of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the FCC began constructing the NBP, an initiative set on ensuring that every American can get access to high speed broadband Internet services. In July, the FCC asked… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 20, 2009 at 11:31pm — 2 Comments

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