Three mergers have just taken place in the wireless vendor space, one in the broadband arena and two in the software business. Airspan Networks said it has signed a deal to buy ArelNet Ltd. for $8.7 million. In the software space, Semotus Solutions Inc....
MONTREAL-The sub-11 GHz broadband wireless market has grown 30 percent since 2003, from $430 million in 2003 to $562 million last year, according to a new research report from Maravedis. The report, "WiMAX and Broadband Wireless (Sub-11 GHz) Worldwide Market Analysis and Trends 2005-2010,"...
Alcatel Alsthom said it is embarking on its quarterly road show to showcase its corporate strategy and offerings for both the wireless and fixed market to investors and financial analysts. The company said it aim is to "maintain a differentiating strategy for a major...
ATLANTA-Wavesat said it has reached the final development stage of its mobility chip solution, which includes voice over WiMAX and backward compatibility with existing DM256 fixed service chips.The solution is part of the Evolutive WiMAX series. The chip will be available in multiple packaging...
MONTREAL-Semiconductor developer Wavesat Inc. said the National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program will contribute $990,000 toward the company's development efforts, according to a contribution agreement.Terms of the agreement call for Wavesat to develop a WiMAX chip to meet IEEE 802.16e standards. The funding...
Canadian telecommunications provider Bell Canada reported an alliance with Craig McCaw's U.S.-based wireless broadband network operation Clearwire Corp. The alliance includes a $100 million investment, as well as a further investment in McCaw's NR Communications operations that currently provides wireless broadband services in parts...
PARIS-Semiconductor company Sequans Communications said it has secured and closed about $9 million in its Series B financing round from major Venture capital firms.Add Partners and Vision Capital co-led the round, according to Sequans.The company makes platforms and software for WiMAX."We believe in the...
CANNES, France-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 develop, integrate and conduct interoperability testing for Alcatel's network infrastructure solution and Intel's...
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 group will look at DSL, fiber and cable on the wireleine side and third-generation...
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 develop, integrate and conduct interoperability testing for Alcatel's network infrastructure solution and Intel's WiMAX...
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 a senior-level executive as its representative. Christopher Rice, director of access technology and services, will...
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, including the French broadcast service provider, TDF, and the Paris public transport agency known as...
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 said the acquisition is expected to be a stock-for-stock transaction and should close in March.Mississauga,...
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 Flash-OFDM, approaches the carrier's decision to join the WiMAX Forum. Since its proposed merger...
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 WiMAX and UMTS-TDD in the eyes of major carriers in the United States, Europe...
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 EDGE cellular system solution in commercial volumes for handsets.Known as Mobile Extreme Convergence, the...
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 had been postponed from this month to July, and that therefore a WiMAX standard...
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 get enough money to fund its merger with Nextel Communications Inc. and other technology...
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 is actively participating in developing the 802.16e standard for mobile applications. "Interest in the...
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 the technology, Intel Corp., also said it was not aware of any such postponements.Some...
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 promote standards and specifications for 802.16-based networks. The companies will also work jointly with regulatory...
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 premise equipment to produce a pico base station with integrated backhaul, said the companies....
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 Tuesday.Lucent said it will integrate WiMAX technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard from...
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 company said it is targeting the 2006 launch to coincide with the availability of WiMAX-enabled...
