WiMax

To the surprise of few, Sprint Nextel Corp. officially threw its hat into the LTE ring this morning, announcing details of its planned Network Vision upgrade that will see the carrier begin offering LTE-based services by the middle of next year.

Greenpacket has been awarded a 2-year contract by Wateen Telecom, WiMAX operator in Pakistan, for the supply of Greenpacket’s modem, the UH350. Wateen Telecom is a venture of the Abu …

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) witnessed a surge in its stock price this morning following another published report indicating a possible acquisition by current majority owner Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)Clearwire’s stock was …

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said its revenues grew 11% in the first half of the year, to $15.38 billion, while operating profit reached $1.94 billion. The privately held Chinese company …

The Baltimore test pitted Verizon Wireless’ LTE network against Sprint Nextel Corp.’s WiMAX network and was conducted in the shadows of Baltimore’s historic Camden Yards baseball park. The tests were run over similar smartphones running Google’s Inc.’s Android OS and using the Ookla Speedtest.net application.

Could Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) be readying a new infusion of cash into Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)?According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Sprint Nextel’s board of directors expects …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has teamed up with Samsung Telecommunications America to offer consumers a sub $100 Android phone running on Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX version of 4G. The Samsung Conquer 4G …

DigiTimes | August 1, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang Chairwoman Rosemary Ho for Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, has expressed her opinions about how …

After months of rumors, LightSquared’s plans to speed up its proposed network deployment seem to have found some solid ground as the company has announced a 15-year, “spectrum hosting and …

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has asked the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice to reject the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) by AT&T Inc. (T)Franken joins Sen. …

Chinese infrastructure vendor Huawei has announced a partnership with Canada’s Manitoba NetSet Ltd at the Global WiMAX & LTE Development Forum in San Francisco on Thursday.

RCR Wireless News is set to visit Baltimore the week of July 18 as part of our Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference series. The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Baltimore …

Let confusion reign!AT&T Mobility (T) announced today plans to begin selling “4G” devices compatible with the carrier’s soon-to-launch LTE network alongside currently available “4G” devices compatible with the carrier’s HSPA+ …

Few companies have seen as much technology change across the mobile space than InterDigital Inc., which for nearly 40 years has had a hand in developing the intellectual property for …

Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom Co. SKM) launched the country’s first LTE service on July 1, providing initial service to the Seoul market. The carrier said it expects to attract …

KDDI Corp. (KDDIY) said it plans to use Ruckus Wireless’s equipment to offload cellular traffic to Wi-Fi network in a deal that starts with 10,000 wireless hotspots with plans to …

RCR Wireless News is set to visit Baltimore the week of July 18 as part of our Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference series. The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Baltimore …

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) is aiming to do what the International Telecommunications Union has not: define 4G wireless communications. The representative has introduced legislation that would require wireless operators to …

PHILADELPHIA – Is there anything more exciting than a network speed test? We here at RCR Wireless News think not and to prove that we decided to conduct such a …