WiMAX360

Everything you need to know about WiMAX

All Blog Posts (481)

Search Blog Posts

Kobe Wadsworth The cable giant that could, a short 4G story

Would you have bet one year ago that the cable giant known as comcast, would be serving up 4G mobile broadband, before, well anyone really. Except Clear, Sprint. But before the AT&Ts Verizon, T mobile. and the rest. This wimax thing is really starting to take shape. I hope this news is what Clear needs to start there rapid deployments. Continue

Added by Kobe Wadsworth on July 2, 2009 at 3:23pm — No Comments

ZingMAX The NOFA's Have landed!!!

THE NTIA's "BTOP" PROGRAM NOFA"S, THE RUS's "BIP" NOFA's and the State Broadband Mapping NOFA's landed today!!! http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/index.html Whoo hooo!!!! Continue

Added by ZingMAX on July 1, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Infonetics: Operator survey shows market reality of WiMAX services; VoIP a key component

We are hearing more and moe market research firms report that the naysayers are wrong! That there is a real and growing market for fixed and nomadic WiMAX (true mobile WiMAX has yet to show us its true colors). Here are the latest findings from Infonetics Research: "Although WiMAX service strategies differ from operator to operator and from market to market, most operators are focused on the less capital-intensive fixed and nomadic WiMAX broadband services now to address underserved markets see… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 30, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Comcast to Roll Out WiMAX service + Offer laptop card: Portland, OR now, other cities later this year

The new service, called "Comcast High-Speed 2go," is expected to deliver data to laptops, netbooks and other devices over a wireless network at faster speeds than has been commonly available to date. Comcast said it will offer download speeds of up to 4 megabits per second. Existing 3G wireless networks typically offer download speeds between 1 and 1.5 megabits a second. Cablevision Systems Corp offers mobile Internet service via Wi-Fi, a short range service typically limited to a home, restau… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 29, 2009 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Sprint to Release WiMAX Android Phone This Year. Who Cares?

Spotty coverage sited as huge impediment for Mobile WiMAX deployment in the U.S.? Note also that roaming and handoff are required for mobile phones to be useful. Most people travel outside of their mobile phone company's serving area. Shouldn't there phones work when they do? http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/26/rumor-sprint-to-release-wimax-android-phone-this-year-who-cares/ Do you agree or disagree with the conclusions drawn in this article? Is the 4G strategy of Clearwire and Sprint "CLEAR" or… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 27, 2009 at 3:26pm — 4 Comments

Kamrul Hasan WiMAX vs WiFi

Basically difference between WiMAX and WiFi are distance, speed, cost, and so on. WiMAX coverage area about 30 miles (50 km) and WiFi coverage area about 10 km. WiMax (802.16) is is a newer standard of wireless networking designed to provide the last mile of high speed internet access to the end user. Some people would call Wimax WiFi on steroids but this would be to broad of an assessment. Wifi was and still will be used in LAN environments for the foreseeable future. WiMax was designed to pro… Continue

Added by Kamrul Hasan on June 27, 2009 at 1:42pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Could it really be true: All Digital Radios from Intel?

Intel CTO Justin Rattner talked at the Computer History Museum yesterday. He covered many interesting research topics in a thought provoking interview with Kate Greene of MIT Tech Review. "We want to be focused on breakthrough technologies," Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner said during the interview. "We believe our mission is to take risks and define the exceptional opportunities." The single topic I was most intriqued by was the concept of an all digital radio-- o… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 26, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Cpl LTE vs.WiMAX

Hi, All! Latest news: LG shows off the world’s first 4G (LTE) modem While we’re still waiting for a 4G / LTE network to be commercially launched anywhere in the world, LG has recently showcased the first-ever LTE USB modem. Presented in Singapore, during CommunicAsia 2009, the new LG modem is capable of providing data transfers of up to 100 Mbps over a mobile network – thus being much faster than any 3G modem currently available. LG didn’t say when its LTE USB modem will be commercially avail… Continue

Added by Cpl on June 26, 2009 at 1:34am — 7 Comments

Alan J Weissberger M-Taiwan Program and Objectives of WiMAX in Taiwan

Disclaimer: This article is largely based on Sean Wang's ( ITRI International's President) presentation of May 30th at the IEEE ComSoc SCV- SVC Wireless seminar on Mobile Broadband in the Pacific Rim. "Taiwan’s 3G/4G Plan and Deployment" at the IEEE ComSoc - SVC Wireless seminar on May 30th at Santa Clara University. Introduction: We have been anxiously waiting for Taiwan's nationwide WiMAX network to go live. In this article, we survey the objectives of the M-Taiwan program fo… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Intel gets the mobility message- or do they? IBM Investing $100 million in mobile research

Forbes mag on-line: "From Moorestown to WiMax, mobile technologies have clearly become the new favorite for the semiconductor giant. An Intel group in Portland, for example, collaborated with a group of independent companies to make the 802.16m wireless standard 40% more efficient at handling voice-over-IP calls. That seemingly esoteric trick will make Intel-built WiMax chip products better able to tackle the mundane task of transmitting phone calls over IP-based networks, something pretty han… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 22, 2009 at 9:14pm — 5 Comments

Jose Puthenkulam Affordable access to the Mobile Internet - A fundamental right of the 21st century citizen

Today the Internet has grown to be the most used information medium, mankind has known. It allows a freedom of expression that is unparalleled compared to other media. In some instances it also augments other media. As mobile broadband technologies get deployed the power of the internet medium multiplies to levels unimagined before. - Today news reporters has been augmented by Bloggers, Tweeters (folks using Twitter), Email, Instant Messaging - TV is augmented by Web Videos from YouTube, MySp… Continue

Added by Jose Puthenkulam on June 22, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Paul Sergeant WiMAX in the Caribbean

I spent most of last week visiting a Cisco WiMAX customer in the Caribbean island of Curacao. Scarlet BV offers a wireless broadband service in the Nederland Antilles islands, some of the most southerly islands in the Caribbean Sea. Curacao is the biggest of the 4 islands that make up the Nederland Antilles, still owned and governed by Holland, although with a large degree of autonomy. The population of about 130,000 is made up of 50,000 Dutch, with the rest coming from all over. The island is… Continue

Added by Paul Sergeant on June 22, 2009 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Alan J Weissberger WiMAX in India- Chapter XYZ: Tata broadband growth muted on WiMAX auction delay

We have written extensively about the potential and promise of WiMAX in India assuming the spectrum auctions are held and winning operators use that spectrum for Mobile WiMAX rather than 3G. The seemingly never ending auction delay has resulted in another casualty- Tata Communications Ltd. "Without WiMax, growth (in retail broadband Internet services) will be minimal because there is a constraint on the cables in place," Srinivas Addepalli, senior vice president of corporate strategy, told Dow… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 19, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Packet One CEO: Growing demand for wireless broadband in Southeast Asia

"Broadband is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity; and it's no longer a privilege, it's a right," said Michael Lai, CEO of Packet One, speaking during a panel discussion at the CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore. WiMax is seen as a way to quickly expand broadband access in emerging markets and bring new players into the telecommunications market. Packet One began offering WiMax services in Malaysia last year, giving subscribers fixed-wireless broadband access in their homes. The operator's… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 18, 2009 at 10:04am — 2 Comments

Kobe Wadsworth 4G strategy gets clear

With yet another launch of clear services in Atlanta, and the aggressive marketing of apple, with there price dropping of the iphone,in the same 48 hours of the palm pre launch. There just wanting to keep subscribers under contract. As there subscriber base were coming up for renewal, and to take the steam out of sprint sales, as well as to keep there base from shifting carriers. This is aggressive marketing. I find most people use there Iphones for data , like 80% data and 20% phone and somewhe… Continue

Added by Kobe Wadsworth on June 17, 2009 at 10:00am — 14 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Alvarion gets $100 Million contract with Open Range- not with Clearwire (as rumored)

Alvarion® and Open Range Sign a Multi-Year Contract for Equipment and Services Expected at Over $100 Million for 4G Network Across 17 States This will be the nation’s largest Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funded deployment spanning 17 states, 546 rural communities, and reaching up to 6 million people. With this new broadband wireless network, Open Range will begin offering state-of-the-art 4G services to un-served and underserved customers across rural America in the fourth quarter of this year… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 17, 2009 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Who will supply WiMAX Radio Equipment for Clearwire's Network: Motorola, Alvarion, Cisco, Samsung?

We noted with interest today's rumor that Alvarion had won a WiMAX equipment contract with Clearwire worth up to $100M. The rumor was reported in a Hebrew language Tel Aviv newspaper and commented on by the WSJ. No Alvarion press release has been issued. But we thought Moto was the only WiMAX equipment supplier for CLEAR: Motorola Goes 2 for 2 with Clearwire Atlanta Launch "Like its counterpart in Portland, the Clearwire network in Atlanta runs on Motorola radio infrastructure equipmen… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 16, 2009 at 7:08pm — 3 Comments

Alan J Weissberger Motorola and Etihad Atheeb Telecom launch WiMAX 802.16e network in Saudi Arabia.

Atheeb customers will enjoy a true convergence of voice, video and data services on their WiMAX personal communication devices. "Atheeb's GO service is designed to offer businesses and consumers an opportunity to experience a nationwide 4G broadband network that offers higher speeds, lower cost and greater connectivity," said Ahmed Abbas Sindi, CEO, Etihad Atheeb Telecom. http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800575714_499488_NT_8b07c556.HTM Comment: This announcements shows that WiMAX continues… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 15, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

bermandt WiMAX at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2009

WiMAX has become the main theme of COMPUTEX TAIPEI since 2008. The theme of the event in 2009 is WiMAX on the Move. It presents three features, Innovation, Leap, and Launch. All the latest innovative WiMAX products such as WiMAX-embedded Notebooks and Netbooks, the smallest and lightest WiMAX MIDs, the unique WiMAX TV dongle, and other WiMAX-related products are in WiMAX Taipei 2009. Thus it is divided into four areas, which are the WiMAX Applications Area, the WiMAX Components, the WiMAX Syst… Continue

Added by bermandt on June 14, 2009 at 8:55pm — 1 Comment

Alan J Weissberger Mobility in the Spotlight at TiEcon 2009 Wireless Sessions

Article posted at: http://viodi.com/2009/06/14/tiecon2009/ What is the role of WiMAX in Mobile Wireless Networks? It was not at all mentioned during TiEcon2009. When I asked DB Analyst Jonathan Goldberg, he replied, "I am a WiMAX skeptic. I think it is a great technology for fixed wireless broadband access in rural or underserved areas, but it's not competitive for mobile broadband access." Do you have a different opinion? For sure, true WiMAX mobillity will be pushed in Korea, Japan, Taiwan… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on June 14, 2009 at 12:22pm — 1 Comment

Featured Blog Posts

View All

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Blog Topics by Tags

Monthly Archives

2009

2008

2007

WiMAX360 Guidelines


Click Here For Guidelines


Badge

Get Badge

© 2009   Created by WiMAX Broadband Solutions

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service