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Articles tagged with: Clearwire and Ieee
Future of WiMAX uncertain, as Clearwire investors write off billions of dollars
Comment by Terry Norman, Senior Analyst at Anlaysys Mason
"Over the last two or three years, WiMAX has gained a strong foothold in
developing countries in which there is a need for broadband, but the fixed
infrastructure is poor. However, Analysys Mason doubts that the developing
market offers sufficient growth potential and size to sustain continued
investment from such heavyweights as Cisco Systems, Intel and Motorola without
additional sales in the developed markets. But in the developed markets of
Europe and the USA, we see some early signs of a difficult future for WiMAX.
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Related Tags: wimax, three, play, 4g, bandwidth
Open Patent Alliance Formed to Advance WiMAX 4G Technology
To accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, clearwire, Intel, Samsung Electronics and Sprint have jointly announced the formation of the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). more
Related Tags: samsung, cisco, wimax-forum, alcatel-lucent, patents, 802.16e, samsung-electronics, open-patent-alliance, interoperability
It's Make Or Break For WiMAX, Says Analysys
This year will be decisive in the development of WiMAX, which experienced major setbacks in 2007, says Analysys. "WiMAX suffered a major setback when the partnership between US operator Sprint Nextel, one of the technology's strongest advocates, and clearwire fell apart in November," says Andrew Parkin-White, Principal Analyst at Analysys, and co-author of Mobile Market Perspectives 2008 (A summary of recent research into the evolving mobile market). more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, sprint-nextel, dell, microwave, wimax,, hspa+, femtocells, andrew, fixed-wireless, interoperability
Clearwire Completes 1st-Stage Mobile WiMAX Trial
clearwire says that it has completed the first phase of its mobile WiMAX field trials. The field trial in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro jointly conducted with Intel and Motorola is using infrastructure equipment based on the IEEE 802.16e standard and relying on clearwire's spectrum in the 2.5GHz frequency band. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, 802.16e
Clearwire Takes Funding From Intel and Motorola
Craig McCaw's clearwire has cancelled its planed stock market floatation and taken funding from Intel Capital, Motorola and Motorola Ventures to accelerate the development and deployment of portable and mobile WiMAX networks based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard. The transactions include Intel Capital's investment of US$600 million as part of a US$900 million private financing round and Motorola's acquisition of clearwire's subsidiary NextNet Wireless, a provider of OFDM-based non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband infrastructure equipment. Motorola Ventures is also participating in the financing round. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, chipsets, notebook