The IEEE 802.16 Working Group met in its Session #64 the week of 16 November 2009 in Atlanta, GA, USA. The IEEE 802.16 Session #64 Report summarizes the outcomes
http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg64/report.html
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From IEEE Contribution 802.16-09/0023 -Project Planning Adhoc Report (by Jose Puthenkulam; 2009-11-17):
Smart Grid:
An IEEE 802.16
GRIDMAN Study Group (SG) on "Greater Reliability In Disrupted Metropo…
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Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has established the country’s first WiMAX network, branded Blink. Some of the first people to stake their claim to the "plug and play" 4G like broadband wireless network technology will be the Heads of Government arriving later this week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). In April this year, TSTT was awarded a temporary licence to deploy its WiMax network.
During a press conference on Monday, where the roll out of T…
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“Today, we are proud to have secured an additional $920 million in debt financing, which, when coupled with the $1.56 billion of recently announced equity financing and the $1.85 billion of debt financing that we closed on today, demonstrates our ability to access the capital markets on attractive terms and in sufficient size to meet our needs, while at the same time prudently balancing equity dilution with the cost of capital,” said
Bill Morrow, CEO of Clearwire. “With this latest tranch…
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A subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) aims to attract US$12.8 million to provide broadband internet facilities using the latest Wimax technology with islandwide coverage.
In this respect, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka granted investment approval for Sky Network to provide latest Wimax – wireless broadband services.
Sky Network is an investment of US $ 12.8 million for the first two phases. The venture will provide broadband internet facilities using the latest Wimax technology Wimax 80…
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WiMAX is making great progress in Australia, as
Adam Internet connected its first customers and said it’s targeting 14 service areas for WiMAX deployment in Australia in 2010. Adelaide based Adam Internet is building a wireless broadband network as part of the Australian government’s Broadband Guarantee Program, designed to serve all of the nation’s residents. For more info on the company, see:
http://www.adam.com.au/news/article…
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The business segment in Africa and the Middle East should be the main focus of WiMax operators as fixed WiMax's contribution to fixed business broadband subscriptions is expected to more than quadruple by 2014, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research (
www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (
www.lightreading.com).
A new Telecom Insider Report, Business Services to D…
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Transcript at:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/172633-clearwire-q3-2009-earnings-c...
Editors Note: Clearwire (and Sprint) use the term 4G to describe their mobile WiMAX network. ITU-R does not agree with that designation, nor does this author.
Clearwire CEO William T. Morrow:
"Our objective remains the same -- to aggressively expand our 4G network with nationwide coverage, delivering the best poss…
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You might be surprised to hear that Clearwire’s General Manager of Philadelphia Andrew Kupiec thinks the city’s mobile market isn’t crowded. It’s a big market, he says, and there’s plenty of room in the proverbial sandbox.
“Mobility and speed is our focus … We don’t need to unseat any of the incumbents, the major players in the market,” the Phoenixville resident—who grew up outside Bryn Mawr—said in a telephone interview with Technically Philly Tuesday.
Since we reported that Clear’s next-gene…
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Fierce Wireless reports that CLEAR reseller Comcast is executing on their plan to test WiMAX femtocells.
"Comcast confirmed that it is currently testing WiMAX femtocells, actions that hint at an expanded wireless broadband effort on the part of the nation's largest cable provider. The news does not necessarily come as a surprise. Last year, Unstrung reported that part of Comcast's deal with Clearwire (Comcast resells Clearwire's mobile WiMAX service) calls for 5 MHz of spectrum across the U.S.…
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Added by Alan J Weissberger on November 13, 2009 at 7:40pm —
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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