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Archive for the 'WiMAX News' Category

Denver Gets Fixed WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 21st, 2008

Nth Air, a wireless ISP, and Fujitsu Network Communications, have launched WiMAX services across Denver which will be available for the 5,000 delegates and 15,000 members of the media expected to attend the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver next week.
The fixed point-to-multipoint network will provide broadband wireless Internet data, voice over Internet [...]

Berkeley Mobile WiMAX Analyzer

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 20th, 2008

Berkeley Varitronics says their new YellowFin Mobile WiMAX analyzer is the world’s first truly portable calibrated, demodulating WiMAX test receiver.
The handheld unit utilizes the Samsung Q1 Ultra tablet UMPC as an interface in conjunction with Berkeley’s precision receiver technology for complete spectrum analysis as well as WiMAX packet demodulation. The receiver sweeps the 2.0 [...]

Tranzeo Gets 3.65GHz Okay from FCC

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 19th, 2008

Tranzeo Wireless, today announced that it has received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for its 3.5GHz WiMAX subscriber units in the United States for use in the semi-licensed band from 3.65-3.7GHz. The FCC recently made this spectrum available for licensing by wireless ISPs.
The TR-WMX-3.5-N, TR-WMX-3.5-17, and TR-WMX-3.5-20 subscriber units are included in the FCC approval. [...]

Mobile Data: Replacing Landline Broadband?

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 19th, 2008

Nielsen Mobile reports that there were more than 13 million wireless data card users in the US as of Q2 2008. Recent adoption has been strong, with more than half (55 percent) of these devices acquired in the past 12 months.
The latest research from YouGov has revealed that one in every eight Mobile Broadband [...]

WiMAX for TV Remote Feeds

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 12th, 2008

Proxim Wireless today announced that it has provided WiMAX equipment to CTV Infotech, a subsidiary of Chinese Television Company Ltd. CTV Infotech is using it to deliver IPTV, real-time news reporting, and VoIP for the Taiwanese market.
CTV Infotech uses a combination of Proxim’s Tsunami MP.11 and Tsunami MP.16 point-to-multipoint products, as well as [...]

Clearwire: Retrofits Come First

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 8th, 2008

The Washingtop Post reports that broadband wireless juggernaut Clearwire says conversion from fixed WiMAX to Mobile WiMAX is relatively fast and easy. So Clearwire will start converting their earlier service areas first, then move to new service areas.
Today, Clearwire’s fixed broadband wireless service offers speeds between one and two megabits per second using a pre-WiMAX [...]

India Shares 2.3/2.5 GHz with WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 7th, 2008

The WiMAX Forum today commended the Department of Telecommunications of India (pdf) for sharing the 2.3 and 2.5 GHz frequency bands for both 3G (cellular) and WiMAX technologies.
The auction will distribute two 20 MHz blocks in both the 2.3 and 2.5 GHz bands. The government also announced that blocks in the 700 MHz and [...]

AT&T: We Like WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 1st, 2008

AT&T is considering expanding its WiMax footprint as the rising cost of copper starts to make DSL deployments prohibitively expensive in rural areas of the U.S., reports Unstrung.

The carrier’s CTO, John Donovan, tells USA Today that WiMax is “at the top of the list” as an alternative technology to copper for the operator. He added [...]

Airspan: 5.4 GHz WiMAX FCC Certified

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 29th, 2008

Airspan Networks, a leading provider of WiMAX gear, today announced that it has received FCC certification for 5.4 GHz WiMAX equipment (pdf). The certification covers Airspan’s MicroMAX Base Station as well as Airspan’s subscriber terminals, the ProST and EasyST.
Airspan has deployed 5.4 GHz WiMAX internationally for some time, but this certification makes it the [...]

AT&T: No “Special Rights” for Clearwire

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 25th, 2008

The Bell operating company — formerly known as Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC), now AT&T — knows a thing or two about political pressure. The San Antonio, Texas, corporation got the Bush administration to approve their purchase of the former AT&T Corporation, clear 90 MHz of AWS spectrum for their 3G service, and got approval for [...]