WiMax

The city of Brownsville, Texas, has tapped IBM Corp. to build a $4 million citywide WiMAX network.The network will be used by police and fire departments as well as residents, …

MobiTV Inc. announced that it has surpassed two million subscribers, a doubling of its paying subscribers worldwide in less than a year. MobiTV offers more than 100 television channels worldwide …

The tower industry is sitting pretty these days. And, all things considered, the future couldn’t look brighter for The Big Three: Crown Castle International Corp., American Tower Corp. and of …

Clearwire Corp. was the winner of AT&T Inc.’s mandated spectrum sell-off, agreeing to spend $300 million for 2.5 GHz spectrum covering portions of the southeastern United States.AT&T committed to unloading …

Mosaid Technologies Inc. announced it will pay around $70 million to chipmaker Agere Systems for patents covering Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology.“Agere invited more than 70 companies to bid on this …

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 …

WiMAX carrier Clearwire Corp. hired Los Angeles-based Omnicom Group’s DDB as its new advertising agency following a review of its advertising business. Clearwire offers WiMAX service in 35 markets, most …

Clearwire Corp. was the winner of AT&T Inc.’s mandated spectrum sell-off, agreeing to spend $300 million for 2.5 GHz spectrum in the southeastern United States.AT&T committed to unloading the spectrum …

Nothing wrecks a trip to Europe like work. And last week I was lucky enough to travel to Barcelona to cover the 3GSM World Congress. While the show is too …

Most of the energy these days in Washington is understandably focused on the Next Big Auction. And why not? 700 MHz bidding later this year could attract a mix of …

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 …

Sprint Nextel Corp. wrapped up its trial of Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO service last month, and has decided not to use the MediaFLO network to offer mobile TV services-at least for …

BARCELONA, Spain-Adding to the somewhat surreal nature of this year’s 3GSM World Congress was the presence of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CTO Barry West, who headlined a panel discussion on WiMAX …

Nokia Corp. has cancelled its plans with Intel Corp. to develop HSDPA modules for laptops, a spokesperson for the Finnish vendor said.Back in September, Nokia’s cellular HSDPA module was heralded …

BARCELONA, Spain-A trio of executives from operators counting more than 400 million subscribers made for an entertaining opening keynote at this year’s 3GSM World Congress.As has been the case for …

Editor’s Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In …

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 …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Handset and infrastructure vendors Robert W. Baird upgraded Nortel Networks …

Beceem Communications, a WiMAX chipset vendor, announced it raised more than $40 million in its latest round of venture financing to expand on its position in the mobile WiMAX market.The …

A coalition of wireless and high-tech groups urged the Senate Commerce Committee to keep intact the legislative framework that gives public safety additional radio frequencies while rolling out digital TV, …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing a plan to treat wireless broadband service as an information service, a classification that would enable wireless Internet access providers to escape …

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 …

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 …

WiMAX equipment maker Aperto Networks said it raised $19 million in follow-on series E financing.The company said its total capitalization now stands at $139 million. Aperto said it plans to …

W-CDMA technology will enjoy “exceptional” growth over the next several years, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group, expansion that will come at the expense of CDMA technology.“While growth in W-CDMA …