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NewsComcast spreading its WiMAX wings
It was reported last week that the venture capital unit of cable TV provider Comcast, along with other firms, had been part of a $12.6 million seed investment in WiMAX-related start-up Cartiza Read more...
NXTcomm: Verizon defends U.S. broadband, Sprint resumes 4G launch plan
Wednesday's keynote speakers at NXTcomm touted their companies' respective accomplishments and new service plans in wireline and wireless broadband. Verizon Communications president and COO Denny Read more...
Clearwire gets bigger; so does its Q1 losses
Clearwire Corp. may be on the cusp of a planned WiMAX revolution with Sprint in the future but, like its primary partner in its new joint venture, is struggling in the here and now. After market Read more...
All-star team re-ignites national WiMAX venture
Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Comcast, Google, Time Warner Cable, Intel, Bright House Networks--'nuff said. Those firms--proven telecom industry giants, with the exception of Clearwire (okay, maybe Read more...
CenturyTel to enhance footprint via 700 Mhz
While mega-carriers have been gradually unveiling their 700 Mhz technology plans and discussing the merits of open wireless networks, we haven't heard much about the plans of some of the smaller 700 Read more...
Report: Comcast, TWC may invest in WiMAX JV
The Wall Street Journal reported late yesterday, and several publications are reporting today, that cable TV players Comcast and Time Warner Cable may invest in a WiMAX network joint venture being Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Packeteer faces Elliott bid; Buzz CEO bashes WiMAX; and much more...
> Vendor Packeteer advises shareholders to take no action yet on Elliott Associates' $200 million hostile buyout bid. Read more...
New Tata Communications aims to invest
India's multi-industrial Tata Group conglomerate is integrating all of its communications businesses, including telco VSNL and other service providers Teleglobe, Tata Indicom and Cipris, under the Read more...
Intel announces WiMax and WiFi chip
Microprocessor and communications equipment giant Intel has designed a silicon chip to send and receive multiple wireless signals, including both Wi-Fi and WiMax. According to Information Week Intel Read more...
What's next after TDS WiMAX launch?
TDS Telecom's launch of WiMAX in Madison, Wis., isn't the first WiMAX launch by a small telephone company, but it has the potential to get very interesting and influential as it expands. So far, the Read more...
| Press ReleasesAlvarion® Sets Off First Mobile WiMAX™ Internet Service in the U.S.Tel Aviv, Israel, June 30, 2008 — Alvarion® Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR),
the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband
solutions, announced today the commercial rollout Read more... NGMN Alliance and Femto Forum partner to bring femtocells to the next generation of mobile networksLondon/Frankfurt – 26th June 2008 – The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports
femtocell deployment Read more... SONUS NETWORKS BRINGS THE POWER OF VOICE OVER BROADBAND TO WIMAXWESTFORD, MA., June 17, 2008 – At NXTComm 2008, Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS) the market leader in
IP communications infrastructure, unveiled a complete voice solution
that leverages the power Read more... Neotel selects Telsima for its WiMAX network in South AfricaSUNNYVALE, California, June 16, 2008 –
Telsima Corporation, a global leader in WiMAX systems, announces that
Neotel, South Africa’s first converged network operator, has chosen Read more... WiMAX Forum® announces first certified MIMO 2.5 GHz Mobile WiMAX™ productsAMSTERDAM - June 17, 2008 - The WiMAX Forum today announced the first ten Mobile WiMAX products received the WiMAX Forum CertifiedTM Seal of Approval for the 2.5 GHz profile (titled MP05) at the Read more... |