WiMax

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Marconi Corp. plc and Airspan Networks Inc. announced plans to work together to deploy WiMAX connectivity in Italy’s Piedmont and Sicily regions. Marconi said it was selected to …

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 …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it is filling commercial orders and shipping its WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which includes Intel’s PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The emerging wireless broadband platform WiBro will gain traction even beyond South Korea where it has garnered early favor, according to ABI Research. In South Korea, KT and …

TEMPE, Ariz.-In an in-depth wireless local area network, WiMAX and chip market study, research firm Forward Concepts predicted that WLAN equipment sales will grow to $5.9 billion in 2006 as …

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 …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it is filling commercial orders and shipping its WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which includes Intel’s PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface …

TEL AVIV, Israel-T-Com, the fixed line unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, is running a WiMAX field trial, offering wireless broadband services to about 100 German customers previously unreachable by traditional …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with WiMAX Telecom GmbH to provide the first commercial broadband wireless network using the new WiMAX standard in Austria. WiMAX Telecom is a …

FREMONT, Calif.-Investors continued to get behind nascent WiMAX technology, with two service providers announcing successful funding rounds. California-based fixed-wireless Internet provider NextWeb said it snared $3.5 million in Series E …

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 …

Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the carrier’s total war chest to a staggering $600 million. The news highlights investors’ apparent interest in …

SYDNEY-Chipmaker Intel Corp. continued to push WiMAX technology with its $27.9 million investment in wireless broadband carrier Unwired Australia. Under the deal, Unwired Australia said it will use Intel’s WiMAX …

SYDNEY-Chipmaker Intel Corp. continued to push WiMAX technology with its $27.9 million investment in wireless broadband carrier Unwired Australia. Under the deal, Unwired Australia said it will use Intel’s WiMAX …

Craig McCaw’s Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the company’s total war chest to around $600 million. The funds came from 31 unnamed …

Investors continued to get behind nascent WiMAX technology, with two service providers announcing successful funding rounds. California-based fixed-wireless Internet provider NextWeb said it snared $3.5 million in Series E equity …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. hired Dr. John D. Waclawsky as its software architect to drive coherent software development across the company’s product lines. “John’s experience in software architectures for world-class companies …

Nortel Networks Ltd. renewed its Asian presence Wednesday as it signed a joint-venture deal with LG Electronics Co. Ltd., forming LG Nortel Co. Ltd., a company that combines the telecom …

Nortel Networks Ltd. renewed its Asian presence Wednesday as it signed a joint-venture deal with LG Electronics Co. Ltd., forming LG Nortel Co. Ltd., a company that combines the telecom …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-WiMAX player eWan 1 Inc. announced it scored a $1 million funding commitment to build out its WiMAX offering in places like the Virgin Islands and Mexico. eWan’s …

Qualcomm Inc. augmented its wireless reach with the $600 million acquisition of OFDM technology startup Flarion Technologies Inc., a move that pushes the company beyond its CDMA roots and gives …

MVNO madness is nearing fever pitch as companies outside the traditional wireless space contemplate whether they too should start selling wireless telephony as a commodity. Can P. Diddy really become …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as …

MOSCOW-InfiNet Wireless, a provider of last-mile connectivity solutions, signed an investment deal with Baring Vostok, Intel Capital, and Boston-based investment fund Russia Now. Funding details were not available. The company’s …