Monthly Archives: September, 2007

Nokia N95 goes high-speed for U.S.: Inks deal with Intel for WiMax chips

Nokia Corp.'s N95-the Finnish company's flagship "multimedia computing device"-will soon be available in the United States with HSDPA, assisted GPS, and increased screen size,...

After brief delay, Verizon Wireless OKs messages on abortion

Verizon Wireless got caught up briefly in abortion politics after denying a request from a pro-choice organization to use its network for text messages-which...

River cruise shows off Chicago’s WiMAX

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a historic trip, that started on the Chicago River aboard this WiMAX-ready...

Xohm readies for the revolution

"The horse is out of the stable, it's running around the track and there isn't another one in sight," Barry West, president of Xohm...

Cooperation key to rollout

A quick stroll of the show floor reveals all sorts of flashy gadgetry and eye-popping mobile applications. But the executives behind Sprint Nextel Corp.'s...

A look back

In contrast to his flashy music video bestowing the progress of WiMAX (a funny video that borrowed heavily from Radar Love to produce WiMAX...

Worst of the Week: Shocking and unlocking

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

WiMAX and the Wild, Wild West : Chip vendors bullish, few may succeed

Intel Corp. has a vision for portable, personal broadband that will ensure the company transitions from "Intel Inside" to "Intel on the Internet."Mobile WiMAX...

Rural providers in Kentucky, Idaho look to WiMAX

While large service providers look to WiMAX technology to push the envelope on advanced services, small, rural operators are turning to WiMAX to provide...

WiMAX challenges: in-building, interoperability

WiMAX operators will have to weave around many issues they're sure to run into as they build out their WiMAX networks, but one glaring...

WiMAX chip biz to be a tussle

The abundance of venture capital for new mobile technologies such as mobile WiMAX chips has created more companies than can survive in the space,...

Using WiMAX to bridge nation’s digital divide

WiMAX is only one of the wireless technologies being explored to extend services into rural areas, and in some cases the use of unlicensed...

International interest in WiMAX growing

Beyond the shores and borders of the United States, WiMAX is an entirely different animal from the spectrum it plays on, the rules it...

WiMAX expected to open up mobile device market

The list of mobile device manufacturers is about to get much, much longer.While a handful of "connectable" wireless devices have come to market in...

Sprint Nextel agrees to $57.5M settlement

Sprint Nextel Corp. has proposed a reported $57.5 million settlement to a lawsuit bought by shareholders who claim the carrier cut them out of...

Martin working to revise 700 MHz open-access provisions

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is aggressively pushing for prompt revisions to the 700 MHz open-access rule-even before the agency completes a review...

T-Mobile offers Wi-Fi BlackBerry

T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering a BlackBerry Curve equipped with Wi-Fi for prosumers-yes, Virginia, that's a real word-who sign up to take advantage of...

Brave new world

Welcome to WiMAX World!It's impossible to concisely describe an entire new industry, complete with new entrants, new business models and oh yeah, new technologies...

WiMAX should offer simple solutions to avoid confusion

Those venturing into the world of WiMAX don't want to further confuse consumers with yet another choice in technology. They want to simplify it,...

WiMAX vs. LTE: Let the battle begin

For plenty the debate is over, they've already committed to WiMAX or HSPA leading to LTE. But that never stops the larger, ongoing discussion....

FiveMinutes with… Don Stroberg

Don Stroberg, VP of sales for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new Xohm Business unit, sat down with RCR Wireless News to talk about how the...

700 MHz: Land of opportunity

The upcoming auction of 700 MHz could give birth to an unprecedented infrastructure that could serve countless rural consumers as it provides a crucial...

WiMAX devices due to hit U.S. market in ’08: Evangelism now, a slew of mobile devices soon

If you're wondering what shape WiMAX-enabled devices will take, you can hop a plane to South Korea and see Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s two...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Telephone & Data, Motorola, Qualcomm and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Morgan Stanley upgraded Telephone...

Infrastructure partners crucial for mobile WiMAX deployment

With a mobile WiMAX soft launch just around the corner and a nearly nationwide deployment planned for the coming year, Sprint Nextel Corp. and...
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