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NextWave inks deal with Alcatel-Lucent: Contract to provide NextWave with WiMAX TV solution

NextWave Wireless Inc. tapped Alcatel-Lucent to develop WiMAX broadcast solutions that the company plans to integrate with its recently announced MXtv technology.NextWave plans to use the technology to give WiMAX operators the ability to deliver multimedia services like mobile TV and digital audio over...

NextWave inks WiMAX TV deal with Alcatel-Lucent

NextWave Wireless Inc. has tapped Alcatel-Lucent to develop WiMAX broadcast solutions that the company plans to integrate with its recently announced MXtv technology.NextWave plans to use the technology to give WiMAX operators the ability to deliver multimedia services like mobile TV and digital audio...

NextWave’s latest effort: Mobile TV over WiMAX: Company’s new MXtv technology leverages its IPWireless acquisition

NextWave Wireless Inc. plans to introduce today broadcast technology that will give WiMAX operators the ability to deliver multimedia services like mobile TV and digital audio over their networks. NextWave's new MXtv technology is compatible with the 802.16e standard, the company said.The company said...

FCC set to clarify 2.3 GHz spectrum band rules: Move expected to prevent interference between terrestrial radio, wireless broadband services

The wireless broadband industry hailed a new Federal Communications Commission effort to write rules to prevent satellite radio terrestrial repeaters from interfering with WiMAX services planned in the 2.3 GHz spectrum band.The FCC recently decided to update the public record to better ascertain how...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Motorola, Ericsson and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.CellularChina: China Mobile Group Beijing Ltd. chose Nokia Siemens Networks...

11 years later, FCC still toiling through PCS auction litigation: Agency wins ruling against Magnacom, but case may be headed to Supreme Court

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the trustee of bankrupt Magnacom Wireless L.L.C. is not entitled to proceeds from the reauction of the company's cancelled wireless licenses, a legal victory for the Federal Communications Commission on the losing end of a 2003...

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 plays a big role in chip vendor's vision, according to Intel's Ron Peck. Intel is prepared to turn out WiMAX...

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 boost to the nation's public-safety industry.Or it could be a debacle.The winner of the highly prized chunk of spectrum will...

Ghost busters

What a tome: 312 pages, including appendices. Why, already the number of printed copies of the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz decision would keep Dunder-Mifflin afloat a little longer.But what would you expect? The Martin FCC-eagerly egged on by Cyren Call, Frontline Wireless, Google...

NextWave’s Q2 losses nearly double

NextWave Wireless Inc. lost more than $59.5 million during the second quarter, primarily due to an increase in operating expenses related to the expansion of its research and development teams and related support organizations, it reported in financial results.The loss, which nearly doubled from...

VCs may use Modeo spectrum for music

CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. cut its losses in mobile video last week, agreeing to lease its Modeo L.L.C.'s nationwide spectrum for a dedicated mobile broadcast network to a pair of venture capital firms. What will become of that spectrum, though, is far from clear....

WiMAX development leaves plenty of wiggle room: Trial markets heat up as proponents betting on take off in cities, overseas

As WiMAX service edges closer to rollout here, the technology is advancing on a number of fronts, both in overseas trials and deployments as well as interest from venture-capital companies.Dr. Mohammad Shakouri, board member and vice president of marketing for the WiMAX Forum, noted...

Op-ed authors rebut Hundt’s Frontline letter

Dear Editor,We would like to respond to some of the many misleading comments made by Reed Hundt in RCR Wireless News relating to our editorial. That piece argued that the FCC should not play favorites in auctioning spectrum, and that Congress should change the...

NextWave buys into Japanese firm for TD-CDMA deployment

Wireless broadband provider NextWave Wireless Inc. has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Tokyo-based telecom company IPMobile.Terms of the deal were not disclosed; NextWave is acquiring all the IPMobile shares held by Mori Trust Co. Ltd. of Japan. NextWave will have a 69.2%...

Op-ed authors rebut Hundt’s Frontline letter

Dear Editor,We would like to respond to some of the many misleading comments made by Reed Hundt in RCR Wireless News relating to our Washington Post editorial. That piece argued that the FCC should not play favorites in auctioning spectrum, and that Congress should...

NextWave closes on international acquisition

NextWave Wireless Inc. completed the purchase of a controlling interest in a Swiss WiMAX company with significant spectrum holdings in Austria, Slovakia and Croatia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but NextWave subsidiary Inquam Broadband GmbH closed on the purchase of a 65%...

Allen Salmasi’s next wave

Perhaps it is just as well that Allen Salmasi is still flying under the radar, given the tumult and upheaval that ensued when his last startup found it couldn't repay the federal government the nearly $5 billion it owed for scores of mobile-phone licenses...

The Week in Review

Welcome to our new Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks, months and years. Check below for...

Worst of the Week: 700 MHz of choices

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 this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

NextWave sees widening losses on R&D, acquisitions

NextWave Wireless Inc., which has been on an acquisition bent this year as it aims to be a force in the wireless broadband industry, announced a 98% increase in revenues from the year-ago period in financial results for the first quarter.The company raked in...

NextWave sees widening losses on R&D costs, acquisitions

NextWave Wireless Inc., which has been on an acquisition bent this year and remains a steady force in the industry, announced a 98% increase in revenues over the year-ago period in financial results for the first quarter of 2007.The company raked in $7.7 million...

NextWave acquires IPWireless in $100M deal

NextWave Wireless Inc. announced it will purchase TD-CDMA supplier IPWireless Inc. for $25 million in cash and $75 million in stock. The ultimate purchase price could increase to $235 million by 2010 if IPWireless manages to achieve "certain revenue milestones," although NextWave did not...

NextWave acquires IPWireless in $100M deal

NextWave Wireless Inc. announced it will purchase TD-CDMA supplier IPWireless Inc. for $25 million in cash and $75 million in stock. The ultimate purchase price could increase to $235 million by 2010 if IPWireless manages to achieve "certain revenue milestones," although NextWave did not...

UNWANTED ATTENTION: M2Z’s plan to offer broadband solicits flurry of negative reactions

For the past eight months, M2Z Networks Inc. stood alone behind a plan that might actually aid President Bush's quest for universal and affordable broadband service in the United States. Now it suddenly has company. It comes in the form of petitions to deny...