Archive for the ‘Broadband’ Category
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Wireless network operator Unwired has narrowed the field to three in its bid to select a WiMAX infrastructure provider for its burgeoning Australia market - Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and Motorola. The eventual partner will be charged with installing hundreds of mobile WiMAX base stations so current broadband wireless customers may ...
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Six Taiwan service providers with WiMAX licenses are mulling joint equipment procurement in a bid to minimize costs, says a report in the Taiwan Economic News. A decision is expected to be announced next month.
The providers - Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), First International Telecom Corp., Global Mobile Corp., Tatung ...
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Airspan Networks, Inc. announced that Telenor has awarded Airspan a contract to expand the operator's national WiMAX network across Norway. Serving rural areas previously unreached by broadband, WiMAX solutions from Airspan will enable Telenor to deliver IP services to thousands of new subscribers. Telenor will be offering ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent today announced that it has been selected by service provider Neo-Sky in Spain to field trial an 802.16e-2005 mobile broadband network in Madrid. Services anticipated for testing during the trial include Voice over IP (VoIP), high-speed Internet access and multimedia broadband for nomadic users.
Neo-Sky 2002, S.A. ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Motorola, Inc. announced Tuesday its first WiMAX USB adapter, the model USBw 100. At the size of a thumb-drive, the diminutive device packs a lot of broadband performance into a small space. Three versions of the stick will be available, depending on the supported frequency band -- ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
During the last week of September, more than 10,000 are expected to gather in Chicago, USA for the 5th annual WiMAX World conference. This year's event will combine a day of workshops and seminars followed by two days of industry keynote and break-out session tracks. In parallel, the exhibition floor ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
A compliance probe launched earlier this year by France's regulatory agency found WiMAX deployment milestones in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band had not been met. New commentary from market research firm Ovum's Julien Grivolas concludes that countries with a developed broadband infrastructure, such as France, will relegate fixed WiMAX ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent announced it has been awarded a contract by Delta Telecom to deploy Azerbaijan's first commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network. This new network will provide Delta Telecom's customers with high-speed Internet access as well as other data services and voice over IP (VoIP). Delta Telecom plans to launch ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Romania's National Radiocommunications Company (SNR) announced it will organize a tender to purchase EUR19.39 million of communications equipment in exchange for offering two commercial licenses in the 3.6~3.76 GHz frequency band. The spectrum will be used for the development of WiMAX broadband wireless networks across the country, including rural ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Vertical applications for 3G and mobile broadband networks are ready to take off, and they represent a huge growth opportunity for operators facing flat ARPUs from individual retail subscribers, says a new report from Senza Fili Consulting. Enterprises who have historically shunned mobile data applications are warming up to ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
A lack of uniform and widely available broadband Internet services keeps dial-up phone services a reality for many parts of the world. If sufficient and adequate telecommunications networks were in place, dial-up Internet access would no longer remain. India, Brazil and Russia are examples of countries dominated by dial-up users. ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola lead in mobile WiMAX, according to a new market report from Infonetics Research. The study found that the pair increased market share of equipment revenues from 50% to 66% over the past ninety days. For stationary and fixed WiMAX equipment, the report gave the top ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Saudi Arabia's Mobily, the official brand name of Etihad Etisalat, announced the launch of WiMAX services in four cities. Mobily's acquisition of data communications operator Bayanat was granted in March. The WiMAX launch is the company's first announcement since the purchase. The first phase of WiMAX service ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Industry trade association WiMAX Forum announced in March that it expected to certify 100 products during 2008. Two-thirds of the year has passed and 25 products have been certified. In all, 57 products have demonstrated conformance to radio and protocol tests, along with interoperability testing between multiple vendor base stations ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
If you were lurking through Sprint Nextel's XOHM user site earlier this week you might have stumbled upon several web pages under development about the operator's soon-to-be commercialized service. A few different pages were posted including service and billing FAQs and a product overview.
While there were no real ...
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