ReVerb Networks, a smart antenna and network optimization company, introduced its VirtualRAN family of products at WiMAX World this week.The products address the demand for cost-effective capacity solutions for WiMAX, LTE and UMTS/HSPA networks, said the company."The perfect storm is brewing in the advanced...
Motorola Inc. launched its WiMAX interoperability testing (IOT) program, which is available at its facilities in Arlington Heights, Ill., and at its new lab in Taiwan. The company said its Asian testing location, operated in conjunction with MSkylink, helps it fulfill its commitment to...
Motorola Inc. filed a lawsuit accusing five ex-employees and a small IP-based wireless software firm of conspiring to steal trade secrets and smuggle them to China. The allegations come amid growing fears about the United States surrendering its technological leadership to foreign countries. Indeed,...
Nitronex, which makes gallium nitride on silicon RF power transistors for the wireless industry, said it expanded the performance data of its 28V, 5W class high electronmobility transistor to include frequencies between 5.1-5.2 GHz and 5.7-5.8 GHz. The product, designated NPTB00004, achieves 27 dBm...
Juniper Networks announced a contract win with Divona Telecom, a satellite and WiMAX operator in Africa. The carrier will use Juniper Networks' MXseries Ethernet Services Routers for Ethernet-based WiMAX backhaul. The deployment is designed to increase network capacity, reduce operational costs and accelerate delivery...
CHICAGO - WiMAX vendors, chipmakers and operators are all ready to take on the wireless market at a time when economic hardship has shocked Wall Street, pushing the United States to the brink of a recession. The financial downturn the U.S. economy is experiencing...
Vecima announced its VistaMAX series has been expanded to include the 3.65 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands. The VistaMAX family includes WiMAX-compliant outdoor subscriber stations, indoor customer premises equipment, base-station transceiver and a network management system.The company said it designed the VistaMAX 3.65 GHz...
Alvarion Ltd. said it won a contract in Macedona with wireless Internet service provider Neotel that calls for it to supply its 4Motion solution for the carrier's 3.5 GHz network.Neotal plans to launch the network this month and complete deployment of the commercial network...
Connor-Winfield announced a new compact GPS timing receiver designed specifically for WiMAX applications.The TiMax Wi125 is part of the company's TiMax Global Timing product family. The company is showcasing the product at WiMAX World 2008. The product is a small OEM surface mount GPS...
PMC-Sierra Inc. added four new multiband devices to its WiZIRD family ofWiMAX RF IC solutions targeted at broadband wireless subscriber equipment.The new devices allow WiMAX system designers to use a single radio design to provide customer premises equipment and network interface cards for all...
DesignArt Networks, a fabless semiconductor company, announced its DAN2400 WiMAX System on a Chip platform.The company said a family of single-chip base and relay station reference designs is available. The platform allows vendors to build a complete radio access network product portfolio, covering indoor...
"Oh no, where's my phone?" That has to be one of the scariest questions these days. And we've all done it; left our cellphone in a taxi-cab, on the counter at Starbucks or even had our phone-harboring purses stolen right from under our noses.Ten...
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Apple has said that developers of applications for the iPhone no longer need to sign the restrictive non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that previously accompanied its software developer kit (SDK). The NDA caused a lot of bad feeling among the developer community for being far too...
As Washington wrestles with its bailout of the banking system, retailers are working up an unofficial relief plan of their own. Their response to nervous consumers who might not want to open their wallets? A hundred days of Christmas shopping - and the sales...
China Telecom says that it has completed the $6.4 billion purchase of China Unicom's CDMA network. China Unicom is now free to complete its own purchase of landline operator, China Netcom - as part of the government mandated restructuring of the industry.
The continuing consolidation and collapse of finance, automotive, real estate and other major categories are taking a big chunk out of deflated advertiser spending–some of which may never return to the media fold.
Pop quiz: Which would you rather have on a business trip, clean socks or your laptop? These days, clean socks are nice, but the laptop is indispensable, just as a desktop is at home, a camera is on vacation, and a cell phone is...
New research from Vodafone UK reveals many UK businesses appear unsure as to how to secure mobile devices effectively - with nearly a quarter of all businesses having experienced security issues as a result of employees using laptops or mobile email devices outside of...
Like a lot of news networks, CBS jumped on the citizen journalism bandwagon with a free iPhone app, Eyemobile for iPhone, to make it easy for users to upload news to its user-generated news site, CBSeyemobile.com.Interesting, though, the citizens' definition of "news." Karl Johnson,...
While today's cell phones offer a wide range of multimedia functions it's sometimes difficult for users to make the most of everything the handsets offer.
CHICAGO - As the wireless industry gears up for the new wave of technologically advanced networks, the market will determine where WiMAX and LTE will be deployed. As WiMAX World 2008 kicks off today in Chicago, the two next-generation networks received plenty of attention...
