WiMax

FREMONT, Calif.-For the sake of wireless and wireline marriages, the International Packet Communications Consortium said it has established a working group to define the reference architecture for converged networks. The …

Intel Corp. announced three agreements to pursue its WiMAX technology and promote its XScale and mobile technologies. The chip bellwether said it has entered an alliance with Alcatel Corp. to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMAX Forum expanded its board of directors to include AT&T Corp., BT and ZTE. The forum now has 11 companies on its board, each of which appoints …

DALLAS-Alcatel Alsthom will add Alvarion’s WiMAX 802.16 solution to its worldwide reach and network integration capability. Both companies also said they have been selected to run WiMAX deployments in Europe, …

TORONTO-Wireless Age Communications Inc. said it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Mmwave Technologies Inc. Specific details of the proposed merger have not been disclosed, however Wireless Age …

Sprint PCS may be going out on a date with WiMAX, but it does not guarantee a wedding ring. That’s the way another technology provider, Flarion Technologies Inc. with its …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled the next generation of its Flash-OFDM protocol, raising the stakes for the company in the battle for supremacy against other technologies like …

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductors Inc. said it has unveiled a chip platform the size of a postage stamp for mid- and high-tier mobile devices. Royal Philips Electronics said it produced an …

WiMAX may be one technology, but the players involved with it are issuing a number of discordant notes. While some news outlets published reports last week that the certification date …

Sprint PCS tower assets are creating industry buzz again as the carrier affirmed it is talking with potential buyers. With its 6,200 towers up for sale, Sprint seems poised to …

Redline Communications unveiled a WiMAX-ready base station and subscriber station. Redline released the AN-100U, a fully compliant IEEE 802.16-2004 platform. A member of the WiMAX Forum T, Redline said it …

Media reports indicate that certification for WiMAX products may be delayed for six months, but a spokesperson for the WiMAX Forum said the reports are inaccurate. Another prime mover of …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. announced plans to jointly deliver global broadband wireless solutions using WiMAX technology. Intel and ZTE will cooperate to develop and …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Broadband said it has partnered with Sequans Communications to develop a new product called VectaMAX. The product will integrate Sequans’ WiMAX system-on-a-chip into Cambridge Broadband’s VectaStar customer …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. is teaming with Alvarion to provide converged networking technology that will allow carriers to complement existing third-generation and wireline networks with WiMAX, the companies announced …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it has developed a mobile WiMAX solution based on the 802.16e standard with plans for a demonstration system within a year. The …

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday may reach their tethers, some industry …

WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband company Alvarion Ltd. announced it completed its $40 million acquisition of wireless base station company InterWAVE Communications International Ltd. The closing ends a somewhat tenuous relationship …

SAN FRANCISCO-WiMAX and other new high-speed wireless technologies will garner more than 40 percent of the wireless broadband market, while third-generation technologies will capture the remaining 60 percent by 2009, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted SAIC Telecom Services Business Unit an experimental license to develop equipment for the 4.9 GHz public-safety band, said Science Applications International Corp. The experimental …

Wi-Fi is quickly taking the place of integrated cameras and push-to-talk functions as the new hot technology for the handset market. As a result, chipmakers, carriers and handset suppliers are …

Once the darling of the wireless broadband publicity machine, 802.11-based Wi-Fi technologies have increasingly lost their luster to more appealing opportunities forecast from broader-coverage technologies like WiMAX and OFDM-based services, …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Mobile communications vendors may soon find themselves in competition with WiMAX vendors for the same customers, according to a report from ABI Research. According to the report, “HSDPA-Mobile …

Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a D.C. court to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds. In July, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore sent …