DENVER, United States-The solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus, operating at 65,000 feet over Hawaii, has successfully completed commercial tests of third-generation (3G) wireless video telephony, wireless Internet surfing via laptop computer modem and high-definition television (HDTV) broadcast. The three weeks of tests, which ended 21 July, involved...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador assigned two of the three national 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz bands for wireless local loop (WLL) services to TV Cable and Sakon Holdings for the next 15 years for US$3.2 million and US$2.1 million respectively....
AJAX, Ontario-Nokia announced it is now selling its RoofTop Wireless Routing fixed wireless mesh network system to carriers and Internet service providers in Canada through a reseller agreement with Tessco Technologies.Since the RoofTop system became commercially available in the United States during the third...
NEW YORK-Joltage Networks, which provides software and back-end services permitting Wi-Fi providers to monetize their network provision, has teamed up with Atlas Broadband, Valencia, Calif., a nationwide provider of T-1 and digital subscriber line services, the companies announced June 19.Their partnership will allow...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland's telecom regulator ODTR said it is introducing new licensing regimes for fixed wireless access (FWA). The regulators plans to provide a system for local and regional licensing in the 10.5 GHz band and make available additional spectrum for license-exempt wireless local area...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Nigerian Communications Minster Bell Haliru Mohammed has said that the US$306 million in proceeds from the fixed wireless access (FWA) license auction will be used to develop rural telephony in the country.The statement comes amid allegations that the proceeds from the GSM...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Operator PT Radio Telepon, also known as Ratelindo, has selected Nortel Networks to build the country's first cdma2000 1x fixed wireless local loop network in Jakarta. The companies expect to roll out commercial services in the third quarter of this year."The new wireless...
BEIJING—Cambridge Broadband signed a multimillion dollar agreement with the Beijing D&G Telecommunications Equipment Company to deliver its fixed wireless broadband system for the Chinese market.The multiyear deal is worth at least US$12.5 million in 2002 and covers distribution, sales and support. Initial orders are...
WASHINGTON—Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) is expected today to introduce legislation to foster broadband Internet deployment in rural and unserved areas. On Tuesday, Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and Don Nickles (R-Okla.) introduced the Broadband and Regulatory Parity Act, which Hollings said "is...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Proxim Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell $8 million of its fixed wireless communications equipment to Chinese vendor Eastcom."Our agreement with Eastcom will help us to expand our growing business in China, particularly by introducing our wireless products...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—In the wake of recent tariff cuts by the competing GSM mobile operators, analog fixed wireless operator Intercellular announced that it will cut rates due to the development of a broader subscriber base.The operator reported that it will now charge US$470, including...
TEL AVIV, Israel—Ceragon Networks Ltd. has added a fixed wireless SONET/SDH system with a built-in add-drop-multiplexer for cellular metropolitan infrastructure networks to its FibeAir product family.According to Ceragon, SONET/SDH networking equipment can offer carriers advantages as cellular subscriber numbers increase and next-generation services are...
NEW DELHI, India—The Indian government has reduced the import duty on wireless local loop (WLL) infrastructure equipment from 15 percent to 5 percent. The move is expected to help basic service providers planning to use WLL to roll out fixed wireless and "limited mobility"...
PETAH TIKVA, Israel—Israeli vendor InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems announced two contract wins in Africa.The first contract, with Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, will provide fixed wireless access in the 3.5 GHz band and will cover mountainous areas surrounding the capital of Mbabane. The first...
WHITE PLAINS, New York, United States—NextWave Telecom and bankrupt fixed wireless company Teligent were given approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to transfer approximately US$1 million in telecommunications assets, including transmission equipment and office space and supplies, from Teligent to NextWave. Both companies are...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—NextWave Telecom Inc. and bankrupt fixed wireless company Teligent were given approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to transfer approximately $1 million in telecommunications assets, including transmission equipment and office space and supplies, from Teligent to NextWave. Both companies are having their...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The major cellular operator in Paraguay, Telecel (Millicom International), has launched its prepaid fixed wireless telephony service called Tele2. The new service uses an 800 MHz cellular network and is direct competition to the state-owned monopoly Compa
NEW DELHI, India—Lanka Bell, a fixed wireless local loop (WLL) telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka, decided to install a new broadband wireless access system, ClearBurst MB, from U.S.-based Harris Corporation. The deal is worth US$2.1 million.The network upgrade is part of a planned...
WASHINGTON-2002 offers the wayward wireless industry a chance to begin to redeem and redefine itself. But it won't be easy, and survival skills will be essential. Indeed, with economic sluggishness persisting here and abroad, the industry is not totally in control of its future....
JAKARTA,Indonesia—PT Telkom, Indonesia's dominant telecommunication operator, is carrying out an auction for the development of CDMA-based fixed wireless network networks worth US$1 billion in January 2002.Eddy Praptono, Telkom's vice president of corporate communication, said the use of fixed wireless technology is intended to speed...
NEW DELHI, India—U.S.-based vendor UTStarCom will soon begin trials of its wireless local loop (WLL) technology called PHS in the Indian capital. The government-controlled telecom company, MTNL, operating in the New Delhi metro area, has allowed the U.S. firm to showcase the wireless technology...
