TORONTO-AOL Canada Inc. and the venture of Inukshuk Internet Inc., Allstream Inc. and NR Communications L.L.C. announced a service trial of the venture's new broadband wireless access network.AOL Canada will trial its service on the venture's high-speed wireless network in certain areas in Toronto....
TORONTO-AOL Canada Inc. and the venture of Inukshuk Internet Inc., Allstream Inc. and NR Communications L.L.C. announced a service trial of the venture's new broadband wireless access network.AOL Canada will trial its service on the venture's high-speed wireless network in certain areas in Toronto....
TEL-AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. announced Reliance Infocomm Ltd., subsidiary of the Reliance Group, will use Alvarion's WALKair LMDS solution to complement its new wireline and wireless CDMA access network in India. Already, Alvarion has shipped $2.5 million in equipment. Reliance plans...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMax Forum, which certifies broadband wireless access product interoperability, said its membership has leaped from 28 to 67 members in five months, including marquee names like Siemens, Covad and ZTE Corp.It also announced new members like Axxelera Broadband Wireless, Beamreach Networks,...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-The wireless industry is at a crossroads, according to new research from Analysys Research that investigates three plausible scenarios for the evolution for the wireless industry."Three major uncertainties will shape the future of the wireless industry over the next five years," explained...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-CoWave Networks and Advanced Radio Cells Inc. (ARCi) have merged to form a new company, Arcwave Inc., which will offer unlicensed broadband wireless access solutions."Arcwave will be positioned for both short-term and long-term success," said Steve Goldberg, Arcwave's chief executive officer of former...
GENEVA-As the second-round auction for U.K. broadband wireless licenses continues, license holders across the Continent will be praying the lackluster response to date represents nothing more than a further hiccup in a market devastated by the downturn in tech stocks earlier this year. At...
NEW YORK-In an interesting twist of fate, the country with the best landline telephone system in the world looks like the best market opportunity for fixed wireless services.By the end of 2004, The Strategis Group projects worldwide service revenues in all wireless broadband access...
DENVER-The government of Norway awarded broadband wireless access licenses to Formus Communications Inc. and Broadnet.Formus said it plans to invest about $23.7 million in its Norway network, which will offer broadband radio services to 24 Norwegian communities."We are optimistic this license will lead to...
SAN FRANCISCO-Ensemble Communications Inc., a supplier of next-generation broadband wireless access equipment, has entered into a nonexclusive, worldwide marketing and distribution agreement with Digital Microwave Corp.Under terms of the agreement, Digital Microwave will place an initial purchase order for $5 million of Ensemble's Fiberless...
The enthusiasm surrounding the emerging broadband wireless access industry is creating an opportunity for a variety of new and established equipment vendors hoping to cash in on what is expected to be a lucrative market.Vendors are scrambling to get systems ready for BWA deployments....
When the clocks roll over at midnight on 31 December, the world will usher in not only a new century, but a new paradigm in the way people communicate.What took decades to build in developed countries-a telecommunications infrastructure-will take a matter of months or...
Craig McCaw and his crew at NextLink knew what they were doing, even if the rest of the world wasn't as sure.Long characterized as a competitive local exchange carrier, NextLink is just beginning to be recognized for the full scope of its ambitions. In...
DENVER-Broadband wireless provider Formus Communications Inc. received a broadband wireless access license from Finland's regulatory authority.The multiple-frequency BWA licenses, allowing provision of all voice and data services, cover the country's 15 largest cities and more than 100,000 businesses, said the company.Formus Chief Executive Officer...
When the clocks roll over at midnight on Dec. 31, the world will welcome not only a new year, but a new decade, a new century, a new millennium and, by many accounts, a new paradigm in the way people communicate.What took decades to...
ATLANTA-Amidst the buzz surrounding the emerging broadband market and related wireless access technologies last week at SuperComm '99, Harris Corp., an established supplier of microwave radio systems, made its move into the high-frequency point-to-multipoint market.The company, which has been undertaking a restructuring to focus...
To the Editor,I just read the May 3 issue of RCR and wanted to say thanks for the mention and to congratulate you on a good discussion of TDD versus FDD. I especially appreciate your candid discussion of the issues with the benefits of...
San Diego-based Ensemble Communications Inc. is approaching worldwide broadband wireless access markets with a point-to-multipoint wireless system that has three key technology layers with one thing in common-they can be adapted.The company, with roots stretching back more than 30 years to Linkabit, a consulting...
