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Carriers plan for hopeful problem-crowded networks

U.S. wireless carriers ultimately want to get every American on their networks. In this utopian dream, everybody would be a paying customer. Subscribers would make all their voice calls from their mobile phones, they would gobble up services like downloadable music and mobile TV,...

Sprint Nextel to trial Samsung’s WiBro technology at 2.5 GHz

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...

Nortel partners with Intel, Airspan on WiMAX: First trials, commercial equipment set for 2006

Nortel Networks Ltd. announced its market strategy for WiMAX product development, saying it has formed alliances with Intel Corp. for mobile WiMAX and Airspan Networks Inc. for fixed WiMAX development. Nortel said these new alliances will complement WiMAX work already under way with LG...

WiMAX vendor raises $17M in new funds

MILPITAS, Calif.-Aperto Networks, which provides WiMAX equipment, said it raised $17 million in the first tranche of series E financing. The funding was led by Canaan Partners and included participation from existing investors including JK&B Capital, Alliance Ventures, Innovacom, Tyco Ventures, Labrador Ventures and...

Fixed wireless should be target market for WiMAX vendors

KINGS PARK, N.Y.-WiMAX vendors and service providers shouldn't forego traditional fixed wireless markets as they target wireless opportunities, according to a report from Visant Strategies.The research firm said fixed wireless will represent the "bread and butter" for WiMAX technology through 2009, providing the bulk...

Marconi to supply Airspan WiMAX gear in Italy

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 support a public trial of WiMAX in the regions by a working party consisting of...

Alvarion ships WiMAX-ready gear with Intel chip

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 chip. The company said BreezeMAX is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform that uses OFDM technology for...

Motorola prepares to play to its strengths in WiMAX

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...

Customers stay connected in wake of Katrina

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, including Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), whose district includes Houston, where many evacuees are staying,...

WiBro makes faster progress than WiMAX, says research firm

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 SK Telecom have been working to launch commercial WiBro services next year, and ABI said...

NY3G to trial pre-WiMAX system using Adaptix gear

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...

Study looks at WiMAX’s threat to 3G services, offers market forecasts

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 IEEE 802.11n and Voice over Wi-Fi equipment is introduced and the infrastructure for...

Alvarion ships WiMAX-ready gear with Intel chip

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 chip.The company said BreezeMAX is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform that uses OFDM technology for advanced...

Alvarion supplies T-Com’s WiMAX-ready trial in Germany

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 DSL services.T-Com is using Alvarion's WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX 3500 system for the trial, which is...

Alcatel to supply Austrian WiMAX network

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 subsidiary of Swiss WiMAX Telecom AG and was the sole provider to obtain nationwide WiMAX...

Banking on broadband: Clearwire adds $250M in financing

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 the wireless broadband space, as well as the technology's potential to agitate entrenched wireless...

Intel invests in WiMAX’s Unwired Australia

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 chips in its efforts to expand the technology across Australia's cities. Unwired Australia said...

WiMAX firms get more funding

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 equity financing and a revolving line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank. Kaiser Permanente...

WiMAX prepares for first wave

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...

Intel invests in WiMAX player Unwired Australia

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 chips in its efforts to expand the technology across Australia's cities."Twelve months ago, wireless...

Clearwire adds $250M to war chest

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.A Clearwire official was not immediately available for comment.The company's massive fundraising efforts give...

WiMAX firms get more funding

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 financing and a revolving line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank. Kaiser Permanente National...

Motorola hires Waclawsky as software architect

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 is a tremendous advantage to Motorola as we continue to build our software practice," said...

Nortel forms infrastructure JV with Korea’s LG

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 infrastructure business of LG with the distribution and service business of Nortel in South...