Category: WiMAX

As businesses outgrow DSL lines, they often find that T1 lines are too expensive. WiMAX provides a low-cost option. Via [informationweek.com]

A group of wireless internet providers along with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Emergency Management Agency, have decided to jointly work and install WiMax technology at an evacuation shelter and other locations recently devastated by Katrina hurricane. The joint exercise is an effort to expeditiously restore the communication network in the affected area....

Once thought to be only a regional variant of WiMax, the Korean WiBro broadband standard has the potential to spread worldwide, a new study says. Via [informationweek.com]

The market for broadband wireless access in the form of WiMAX is expected to grow at 130 per cent a year, reaching $2bn in 2009. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

Alvarion Ltd. said Wednesday that it was first out the gate with customer-premise-equipment (CPE) based on Intel's "Rosedale" WiMAX chip. Via [extremewimax.com]

Telabria has launched its wide area wireless broadband network after six months of intensive trials in Kent, South East England. Targeted at both residential and business markets, the Skylink service offers customers symmetric broadband speeds up to 10Mbps, as well as voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone service. Via [informationweek.com]

The government of Taiwan said Monday that it plans to bar the use of VOIP as a condition of issuing licenses for WiMax spectrum. Via [eweek.com]

Alvarion attracted considerable publicity for failing to be among the first vendors to deliver equipment to the WiMAX Forum labs for testing. However, arriving early has more marketing than real value, and the first wave of certification and interoperability testing is unlikely to start until October. Via [extremewimax.com]

California-based fixed-wireless Internet provider NextWeb is strengthening its position in the pre-WiMAX broadband sector with the purchase of rival 1st Universe. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Samsung is demonstrating the interoperability and hand-off capability of the South Korean version of WiMAX, dubbed WiBro, at this week’s Samsung 4G Forum taking place on Jeju Island, Korea. Via [eetimes.com]

The "ultimate complement to Wi-Fi," it's expected to be widely available commercially in 2006, with Intel likely leading the way. Via [businessweek.com]

As predicted, the big guns are looking at WiMax to provide broadband and voice services wirelessly. In this case Airspan has provided UK major league ISP, Pipex, with the gear to test residential services. Via [theinquirer.net]

The city is kicking off pre-Wimax for city services later this month, an effort designed to improve employee productivity. Via [informationweek.com]

This week has seen more scepticism than ever about Wimax as a viable wireless carrier technology, following the news from the Forum that testing and certification "could be delayed till October." Via [theregister.co.uk]

When the WiMax Forum launched its certification process at Spain’s Cetecom Labs in mid-July, a number of companies quickly took the opportunity to announce that their equipment had been shipped to Spain to participate – but one company was notably missing from the list: Alvarion. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]