Editor's Note: Following are the 10 most viewed stories on RCRNews.com for 2005. The most-viewed story is first on the list. In some cases, the story was too long to reprint the entire article in this space. Verizon Wireless halts telemarketing calls with lawsuitsBEDMINSTER,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMAX Forum appointed Jeff Orr director of marketing and Matt Wangler director of operations. Orr will oversee global marketing strategy and day-to-day marketing operations. Prior to joining the forum, Orr was director of worldwide product marketing at Proxim Wireless. He also...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMAX Forum appointed Jeff Orr director of marketing and Matt Wangler director of operations. Orr will oversee global marketing strategy and day-to-day marketing operations. Prior to joining the forum, Orr was director of worldwide product marketing at Proxim Wireless. He also...
MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia Mobile announced plans to trial WiBro handsets with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. during the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, according to reports. The move is notable as it lends further credibility to high-speed mobile broadband services like WiBro. Most high-speed...
After 12 official drafts, the IEEE finally approved the 684-page proposal from the 802.16 Task Group, designating the mobile WiMAX standard as 802.16e-2005. The WiMAX Forum is set to begin trials and certification testing in early 2006, with certified products scheduled to hit the...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and KT Corp. announced that they plan to work as a team to accelerate the adoption of mobile WiMAX, beginning with the establishment of an interoperability testing center in Seoul. Alcatel said it plans to provide the radio access and core network...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and KT Corp. announced that they plan to work as a team to accelerate the adoption of mobile WiMAX, beginning with the establishment of an interoperability testing center in Seoul.Alcatel said it plans to provide the radio access and core network elements...
After 12 official drafts, the IEEE has approved the 684-page proposal from the 802.16 Task Group, designating the mobile WiMAX standard as 802.16e-2005. The WiMAX Forum is set to begin trials and certification testing in early 2006, with certified products hitting the market later...
BETHESDA, Md.-Wireless technology and broadband infrastructure provider MobilePro Corp. reported that the city of Akron, Ohio's city council is in the final stages of approving a contract with MobilePro's NeoReach Wireless Division to design, deploy and operate a metro-wide Wi-Fi network with a built-in...
BUSAN, Korea-KT Corp. demonstrated new wireless broadband technology it hopes to deliver to millions of subscribers by 2010. Korea's largest fixed-line operator unveiled mobile WiMAX technology for delegates from the WiMAX Forum and others at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The technology is called...
BUSAN, Korea-KT Corp. demonstrated new wireless broadband technology it hopes to deliver to millions of subscribers by 2010.Korea's largest fixed-line operator unveiled mobile WiMAX technology for delegates from the WiMAX Forum and others at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The technology is called WiBro...
BEIJING-WiMAX technology was alive at the WiMAX Forum's Face-to-Face event in Beijing as broadband equipment companies including Aperto Networks Inc., Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. demonstrated their offerings. The event centered on transmissions between pre-certified TDD-based WiMAX base...
BEIJING-WiMAX is alive at the WiMAX Forum's Face-to-Face event in Beijing this week as broadband equipment companies Aperto Networks Inc., Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. demonstrated their offerings. The event centered on transmissions between pre-certified TDD-based WiMAX base...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sprint Nextel Corp. joined the Global UMTS TDD Alliance, which is spearheaded by IPWireless Inc. Other companies joining the UMTS TDD Alliance include T-Mobile Czech Republic, which launched a UMTS TDD network in parts of the Czech Republic last month, and Malaysian...
Product announcements streamed out of Boston during WiMAX World 2005, a show where the attendance increased from the hundreds in 2004 to the thousands in 2005. As the industry moves closer to developing a standard, traditional and upstart wireless equipment providers detailed their plans...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sprint Nextel Corp. recently joined the Global UMTS TDD Alliance, which is spearheaded by IPWireless Inc. Other companies joining the UMTS TDD Alliance include T-Mobile Czech Republic, which launched a UMTS TDD network in parts of the Czech Republic last month, and...
Ratification is looming for a WiMAX specification standard, and trials, products and opinions are rampant. The worldwide WiMAX market is expected to reach $3.5 billion and account for 4 percent of all broadband usage by 2010, according to a new report from idate.Growth should...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America L.L.P. to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel's 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies said the agreement will involve testing prototype terminals and core network equipment designed to...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America LLP to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel's 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies said the agreement will involve testing prototype terminals and supporting core network equipment designed...
Motorola Inc. says it is playing its trump card-wireless mobility-in the WiMAX space, skipping over 802.16 Revision D in favor of getting Revision E (the mobile standard) products to market by the second quarter of 2006. The Moto Wi4 portfolio of mobile WiMAX solutions...
NEW YORK-The New York 3G Partnership, a broadband radio services spectrum licensee in New York City, and wireless broadband software developer Adaptix Inc. are set to trial all-Internet Protocol Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple access pre-WiMAX systems in Manhattan in early 2006.The technology is based...
Much hyped and long awaited, WiMAX is now in the first phase of wave one. That means it's go-time for the world's WiMAX players. The testing and rollout schedule for fixed WiMAX technology is broken down into phases and waves, explained Gordon Antonello. Antonello...
WiMAX technology plugged along toward its goal of a standard protocol, announcing demonstrations in Canada and the start of the certification process in Spain. Application demos for Xbox wireless console gaming over WiMAX-to-WiMAX-based streaming media took place at the WiMAX Forum's quarterly meeting in...
WiMAX technology is on center stage this week in Canada and Spain. Application demos for Xbox wireless console gaming over WiMAX-to-WiMAX based streaming media are taking place at the WiMAX Forum quarterly members meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.Meanwhile in Malaga, Spain, the WiMAX Forum...
