RICHARDSON, Texas-Australian high-speed wireless provider Unwired Australia Pty Ltd. said it is seeing strong customer up-take of its wireless broadband service in Sydney, Australia, using non-line-of-sight technology from Navini Networks Inc. "We grabbed 17 percent market share of new broadband users in Sydney," said...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Wireless broadband company Navini Networks Inc. announced Roger Dorf has been named president and chief executive officer.Dorf, formerly CEO of Celite Systems, succeeds Alastair Westgarth, who plans to pursue other start-up opportunities in the industry."Roger understands our industry and our technology and clearly...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc., a broadband wide-area wireless network provider, said it secured $30 million in series D financing.The funding round was significantly oversubscribed, Navini said. Funds will be used for international expansion and research and development.The round was led by Lehman Brothers Venture...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc., a broadband wide-area wireless network provider, said it secured $30 million in series D financing.The funding round was significantly oversubscribed, according to the company. Funds will be used for international expansion and research and development.The round was led by Lehman...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Service provider Time dotCom Berhad announced it will deploy a non-line-of-sight wireless broadband network in Malaysia using a solution from CommVerge Solutions that includes Navini Networks' 2.6 GHz Ripwave system.Initially, 10 base stations will be deployed to serve the region, with plans...
NEWARK, N.J.-Net2Phone and Navini Networks announced they will partner to deliver Net2Phone's VoiceLine voice-over-IP broadband services over Navini's wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) wireless broadband infrastructure."Wireless metropolitan area networks are clearly the next frontier for Net2Phone, as we extend our reach beyond the wired...
Handset maker LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will use push-to-talk software from Sonim Technologies in its line of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA phones. Sonim said it is a member of the worldwide consortium that submitted the PoC phase 1 specification to the Open Mobile Alliance in...
As the standards bodies for two metropolitan area network protocols prepare for separate meetings in May, both 802.16 and 802.20 are spoiling for a battle for survival. Neither .16e nor .20 have reached standards specifications yet, but supporters of each are pushing the strengths...
PARIS-Alcatel announced an original equipment manufacturer agreement with wireless broadband technology provider Navini Networks, allowing Alcatel to include zero-install, non-line-of-sight and wide-area wireless broadband offerings for low-frequency bands in its portfolio of broadband offerings. Under the agreement, Alcatel will distribute Navini's Ripwave products, which...
As the broadband market begins to sizzle, carriers are shifting from the comfort of tried technologies to the speed of alternatives. But challenges abound.So while Verizon Wireless announced its nationwide launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO, many carriers, including Verizon, are mulling future services that...
SYDNEY, Australia-Unwired Australia Pty. Ltd. announced it plans to deploy a metro-area non-line-of-sight, wide-area wireless broadband network in Sydney, Australia. The network deployment, which follows Unwired's testing of a trial network in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, will begin in the fourth quarter. The...
SYDNEY, Australia-Unwired Australia Pty. Ltd. announced it plans to deploy a metro-area non-line-of-sight, wide-area wireless broadband network in Sydney, Australia, The network deployment, which follows Unwired's testing of a trial network in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, will begin in the fourth quarter. The...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Hanaro Telecom Inc. will begin testing non-line-of-sight wide-area wireless broadband technology from Navini Networks in Korea this month.Hanaro will test Navini's Ripwave system on the 2.3 GHz spectrum, which has been allocated by the Korean government for high-speed wireless Internet service."It is not...
Numerous wireless companies are making product and partnership announcements at SuperComm in Atlanta this week. Here is a roundup of the news and announcements:SandCherry Inc. and BEA Systems Inc. introduced a joint solution based on the SandCherry SoftServer platform and the new BEA WebLogic...
SEOUL, South Korea-KT Corp. plans to trial 2.3 GHz equipment from Navini Networks, using spectrum defined by the Korean government for a high-speed wireless Internet service called Portable Internet.The field trial is being conducted in Seoul starting this month.KT will also use the equipment...
German vendor Siemens AG said it has signed two contracts, one for EDGE technology. Siemens announced a deal with Malaysian mobile operator DiGi Telecommunications to supply it with GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment. The German equipment maker described the deal as the first EDGE...
SEOUL, South Korea-KT Corp. plans to trial 2.3 GHz equipment from Navini Networks, using spectrum defined by the Korean government for a high-speed wireless Internet service called Portable Internet.The field trial is being conducted in Seoul starting this month.KT will also use the equipment...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Irish Broadband will use Navini Networks Inc.'s Ripwave wireless wide area broadband equipment to provide broadband services to customers in Ireland.Beginning in June, Irish Broadband plans to deploy Ripwave base stations in communities in the Dublin area. "Ireland is woefully behind many other...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago-Using the Ripwave system from Navini Networks Inc., Richardson, Texas, West Indian Telecommunications Inc., doing business as WINTEL, has deployed the first non-line-of-site wireless broadband network in this nation's capital.Within a year, WINTEL plans to expand its broadband service,...
PANAMA CITY-Liberty Technologies said it deployed the first non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband networks in Panama under a US$3 million contract with Navini Networks for the equipment. The deployment will cover the entire country beginning with the main metropolitan areas.Liberty Technologies will offer a broadband...
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA- Liberty Technologies, which owns data, Internet and spectrum licenses covering the country, has deployed a non-line-of-site wireless broadband network using the 2.3 GHz Ripwave system from Navini Networks Inc., Richardson, Texas.Liberty is marketing the service as "WISPER: All the Internet inside...
DALLAS-Under a $20 million contract announced Feb. 12, Dallas-based Navini Networks will deploy a non-line-of-site wireless broadband network for IntroWeb, headquartered in Hengelo, the Netherlands.IntroWeb will use Navini's Ripwave system to offer high-speed data communications to residents of small towns and proprietors of small...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. and Rioplex Wireless Ltd. announced plans to deploy a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband network in the lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas. According to the companies, the network, which will provide broadband service over approximately 5,000 square miles,...
INDIANA, Pa.-YourInter.Net, a regional Internet service provider, has deployed Navini Networks Inc. nomadic wireless technology to provide broadband access to its customers.The Navini Ripwave 2.4 GHz system deployment covers the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus, Indiana Borough and parts of White Township. The system...
