WiMax

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-GlobeTel Communications Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets and operations of Altvater GmbH of Germany. Altvater supplies wireless hot spots in Europe, with …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was …

Ironically, the march toward a simplified, converged “digital home” is producing an overwhelming number of wireless and wireline offerings for consumers. It seems the only thing growing as fast as …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. announced it has partnered with @rteria, a subsidiary of the Reseau de Transport Electricite, the French electricity transport system, to begin experiments with WiMAX technology to provide broadband …

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 …

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 …

BUNDANG, Korea-Korean systems integrator Posdata and ArrayComm L.L.C. announced an agreement that calls for Posdata to incorporate ArrayComm’s smart antenna software in its high-performance base station. The companies said the …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc. said it has signed a general original equipment manufacturer purchasing agreement with L.M. Ericsson that allows the Swedish vendor to resell Airspan’s AS.MAX family of …

Sprint Corp.’s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. will endow the new operation with a substantial war chest of network and spectrum assets, including a significant swatch of spectrum in …

Sprint Corp. entered into an agreement with Motorola Inc. to conduct joint wireless broadband technology testing and equipment trials using Motorola 802.16e pre-WiMAX technology in Sprint’s 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings. …

AT&T Corp. is reportedly set to begin testing a wireless broadband network in the Atlanta area using an early version of WIMAX technology. AT&T, which is in the process of …

Following is a roundup of ratings and financial information relating to wireless companies announced this week by banking and investment firms and financial analysts. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services withdrew …

BATH, U.K.-Intel Capital was among the investors fueling a $20.5 million round of funding for PicoChip, the wireless semiconductor vendor said Thursday. Scottish Equity Partners led the round, which brought …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its push into the WiMAX arena with plans to include ArrayComm Inc.’s smart-antenna technology in its chipsets. The companies said the teaming would produce a …

When does the chief of the Federal Communications Commission cease to be “the new FCC chairman?” Given the plentiful policy complexities in this era of technological disruption and political-financial import …

HELSINKI, Finland-Industry got a good look at the new phones on line for the end-of-the-year shopping rush, as Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. each boosted their handset …

RESTON, Va.-Large wireline and wireless carriers will not take advantage of WiMAX technology. Instead, municipalities, power companies and others will deploy and use the offering, predicted Detecon Consulting, which consults …

Large wireline and wireless carriers will not be the ones to take advantage of WiMAX technology. Instead, municipalities, power companies and others will deploy and use the offering, predicted Detecon …

NORTHBORO, Mass.-Long-term opportunities in WiMAX may exist in licensed spectrum and mobility, but early opportunities will lie in the unlicensed 5.8 GHz band, according to a new report from Trendsmedia …

I’ve just returned from Supercomm and feel a little like Alice in Wonderland. Experiencing a show from a wireline telephony point of view is indeed weird for someone who is …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it will team with chipmaker Intel Corp. to promote mobile WiMAX technology. The companies said they would work with the IEEE standards group to complete the …

Nokia Corp. announced it will team with chipmaker Intel Corp. to promote mobile WiMAX technology. The companies said they would work with the IEEE standards group to complete the 802.16e …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Alvarion Ltd., which provides wireless broadband solutions, extended its BreezeMAX products to include 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz-2.7 GHz frequency bands for North America. Field trials of the …

CHICAGO-WiMAX equipment provider Aperto Networks launched and demonstrated its PacketMAX broadband wireless portfolio this week at the SuperComm show in Chicago. The portfolio is based on an Advanced Telecom Computing …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-GlobeTel Communications Corp. announced it will acquire the assets of HotZone Wireless L.L.C., which develops WIMAX and extended range Wi-Fi systems. GlobeTel will pay around 2 million shares …