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Articles tagged with: 4g
Qualcomm Takes Lead as 4G Patent Holder
Qualcomm looks set to be the leading patent holder in 4g wireless communications after recording 24% of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, as well as 16% of the 26,000 patents that have potential relevance to 4g technologies generally, including WiMAX. more
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S&P Puts Sprint Nextel on CreditWatch with Negative Implications
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it placed its 'BB' corporate credit rating for Sprint Nextel, as well as all related issue-level ratings on the company's debt, on CreditWatch with negative implications. This indicates that S&P could either lower or affirm the ratings following the completion of a review. more
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Yota Begins WiMAX Network Deployment in Nicaragua
Russia based WiMAX network operator, Yota says that it has begun deploying a new network in Nicaragua. The new entity, Yota de Nicaragua, co-owned by WiMAX Holding (75%) and a local Nicaraguan company (25%), will build the network and manage the wireless services. During the start-up period, the management team from the Russian Yota has filled key posts in Yota de Nicaragua. more
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Clearwire Confirms Raising $1.56 Billion from Shareholders
A previously reported, US WiMAX network operator, Clearwire has now confirmed an agreement to raise $1.564 billion in new investment capital from Sprint Nextel, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel, Eagle River Holdings and Bright House Networks in exchange for newly issued shares. more
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Wind Powered Base Station Tests in Southern California
Renewable power company, Helix Wind says that it will begin a technology demonstration and test of two small wind turbines to power cell phone towers in Southern California. The turbines will be installed by early 2010 and the test will run for one to three months. more
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Yota reaches operational breakeven point
Russian WiMAX operator, Yota has announced that it has reached the operational breakeven point. This benchmark has been reached by Yota in less than 5 month after the start of the commercial operation of Mobile WiMAX network in Moscow and St Petersburg. In Ufa the network commercial operation has started in October. more
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Wireless Carriers Building up their Backhaul Capacity
Mobile wireless carriers throughout the world are continuing to increase needed backhaul capacity which will lead to a large upswing in the fortunes of backhaul equipment vendors and service providers, according to a new report from Visant Strategies. more
Fitch Rates Crown Castle With Positive Outlook
Fitch Ratings has updated the debt rating assigned to tower network operator, Crown Castle International (CCIC). more
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Voice Over LTE's Future Is Far From Loud and Clear
Although mobile network operators and technology suppliers are firmly committed to LTE as the cornerstone for 4g networks, major disagreements about the importance of including voice service as part of early LTE deployments could lead to the kind of industry fragmentation that adversely affected 3G rollouts, according to the latest report from Unstrung Insider. more
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Ericsson maintains leadership among network equipment vendors
Ericsson continued to strike a fine balance between growth and profitability in 2Q09, continuing its gradual migration to a services led approach to operator accounts. Both Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens also relied more heavily on services in 2Q09, but Ericsson continued to lead the industry in both infrastructure and services revenue, reports Technology Business Research (TBR). more
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