WiMax

After several failed attempts to offer a wireless play, Cox Communications announced its most ambitious wireless blueprint to date: The cable company said it plans to build its own network …

Texas Instruments Inc. said last week that it will sell or shutdown its merchant baseband chip business, and focus on application processors and multimedia for smartphones. The news appeared to …

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. As Martin tries to round up support for …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News Washington Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva asked the presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) to respond to e-mailed questions covering a …

BOSTON – What would a next-generation mobile Internet show be without some discussion about openness? During keynote presentations at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event, Sprint Nextel Corp.’s VP of …

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 …

BOSTON – The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically rich, touchscreen-based interfaces, at least according …

BOSTON-The battle for 4G is still not expected to hit the ground for several years, but the war over which technology will be used to serve consumers is well under …

A public-interest group asked the Federal Communications Commission to impose open-access conditions on the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp.-Clearwire Corp. mergers. Free Press said that while Verizon …

BY DAN MEYER HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA’s 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show last week in Hollywood, …

FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY WIRELESS broadband for the masses may be on the way. So may messy litigation to keep it grounded. The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded operations in the advanced …

Thanks to a new executive position, AT&T Mobility is attempting to expand the range of gadgets its network interacts with – and counter similar efforts by its rivals.The carrier announced …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For …

The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded that nationwide broadband operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band will not interfere with T-Mobile USA Inc. and others in the advanced wireless services-1 …

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 …

Sue Spradley has been on the job as head of North America for Nokia Siemens Networks since July 2007. Spradley has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Where are …

In an unexpected twist, chipmaker giant Intel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep intact proposed interference safeguards that T-Mobile USA Inc. insists are inadequate to prevent interference from …

RCR Wireless News’ Tracy Ford offers a look back at the big news during last week’s WiMAX World trade show in Chicago. Though Sprint Nextel’s Xohm stood as the main …

Sprint Nextel Corp. switched mobile WiMAX vendors for its Dallas/Fort Worth Xohm network, bringing in existing inventory manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Because the Texas city became ready for equipment …

CHICAGO – Two companies have succeeded in utilizing pre-WiMAX technology to build successful businesses that target different customers in the United States. TowerStream and DigitalBridge Communications have carved out their …

CHICAGO – Day two of WiMAX World 2008 brought Atish Gude, senior VP of mobile broadband operations for Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Xohm effort, to the stage to discuss the business …

CHICAGO – Clearwire Corp. CEO Ben Wolff stepped onto the WiMAX World stage in front of a packed house Wednesday morning. As audience members squeezed to find chairs or stood …

CHICAGO – “We live in a visual world.” The comment, from Dan Moloney at Motorola, quickly summarizes how WiMAX services can change the world. He backed it up with a …

ReVerb Networks, a smart antenna and network optimization company, introduced its VirtualRAN family of products at WiMAX World this week. The products address the demand for cost-effective capacity solutions for …