Category: WiMAX

Chipmaking giant Intel and South African carrier Telkom are testing WiMAX technology in hopes of providing a last-mile broadband alternative, the companies announced today. Via [internetnews.com]

Intel and Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE will work together to build wireless broadband networks using WiMax technology, the companies said Wednesday. Via [news.zdnet.com]

A wireless broadband vendor Monday announced WiMAX wireless equipment that it said is capable of being fully certified as being compliant with that standard. Via [informationweek.networkingpipeline.com]

It's clear that 2005 will be the make or break year for WiMAX. Every wireless chip and equipment maker of note bar Qualcomm is now part of the WiMAX Forum; the planned harmonization of 802.16e with Korea’s Wi-Bro could create the first unified global standard for both fixed and mobile communications; WiMAX could quite realistically...

Overcoming what many consider a weakness of WiMAX wireless broadband, Alvarion says it will start selling a mobile WiMAX system in 2006. Via [informationweek.networkingpipeline.com]

WiMax is the answer to everything, or so it seems: a wireless alternative to DSL and cable modems; a bigger and better technology for hotspots; the saviour of rural broadband; even a 3G killer. Via [networks.silicon.com]

Samsung Electronics announced that it has become a principal member of the WiMAX Forum. Via [techtree.com]

Britain's first Wimax service, with the potential to offer broadband to mobile devices, is launching in Kent in early 2005. Via [vnunet.com]

The emerging WiMax wireless wide area networking technology has received a boost with the arrival of the first integrated circuit to comply with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. Via [vnunet.com]

Ericsson announced that its has joined the WiMax Forum and that it plans to offer WiMAX as part of the Public Ethernet, as soon as the technology becomes available. Via [tomshardware.com]

WiMAX and other high-speed wireless technologies are set to steal over 40 per cent of the wireless broadband market in 2009 according to the first report from US analyst firm TelecomView. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

Another broadband wireless provider " nex-G Systems Pte Ltd. " has weighed in with a WiMAX platform even as the WiMAX Forum labors to finalize specifications for the broadband technology. Via [informationweek.networkingpipeline.com]

An IDC report cautions wireless networking and broadband silicon suppliers against being overly optimistic about WiMAX. The high-speed wireless technology presents a potential opportunity, but "it is still too early for communications IC vendors to commit to this technology," the market research firm said. Via [techweb.com]

WiMAX and other emerging high-speed wireless technologies will capture more than 40 percent of the wireless broadband business over the next few years, leaving 3G with less than 60 percent of the market in 2009, according to a just published report from TelecomView. Via [commsdesign.com]

UK broadband wireless start-up Libera has made a major shift in strategy and will now focus its efforts on creating a national WiMAX network for businesses. This reverses the plan, announced in June, of building its network in licensed 28GHz spectrum. Via [theregister.co.uk]