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Articles tagged with: Mobile Wimax
Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire
After a devastating end to 2008, the future is looking bleak. At the start of 2009 the mobile industry is starting to implement strategic job cuts and closing of overseas offices. This is just the beginning. The New Year started with Nortel Networks filing for Chapter 11. Many companies are not far behind. The question remains: how will some of the largest blue chip companies fare this year? Based on recent findings, Frost & Sullivan expects several firms to have a tough time fighting this year's projected internal and external challenges. more
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DragonWave Wins Italian WiMAX Backhaul Contract
Ethernet backhaul vendor, DragonWave has announced that Italy's Linkem will deploy its Horizon Compact radios for backhaul in their new WiMAX network. Linkem provides both nationwide Wi-Fi Hotspot services and Wireless DSL services in Italy. At the beginning of 2008 the company consolidated this position by acquiring 13 regional WiMAX licenses to provide mobile broadband coverage to 80% of the Italian population. more
Related Tags: ethernet, wi-fi, wimax, mobile-broadband, dragonwave, microwave, backhaul, hotspot, 4g, Italy
Cisco Powers Mobile WiMAX Network in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Russia's Scartel (trading as Yota) has launched a Mobile WiMAX network within the Sadovoye Ring in Moscow and at the Vassilyevsky Island and Petrogradsky District in St. Petersburg. The entire Yota core transport network is powered by Cisco service provider technologies. more
Related Tags: wimax, cisco, ict, core-network, moscow, yota, interoperability, 4g, Russia
Mobile WiMAX Network Soft-Launched in Tokyo
Japan's UQ Communications has announced that it will launch a Mobile WiMAX network covering Tokyo (all 23 wards), Yokohama, and Kawasaki by the end of this month. The service will be sold under the UQ WiMAX brand name. more
Related Tags: intel, wimax, kddi, kyocera, uq-communications, railway, Japan
WiMAX Deployments Hit by Economic Downturn
BWA/WiMAX subscribers worldwide reached 2.68 million in Q3 2008 - a more modest 13% growth over the first quarter and a 91% increase over Q3 2007, according to the 6th issue of the WiMAXCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. more
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, arpu, ict, clearwire, lte, maravedis, mobile-broadband, compete, 4g
Nortel and Alvarion to Break-Up WiMAX Partnership
Nortel, which is currently seeking bankruptcy protection, and Alvarion are to break up their WiMAX joint venture - which was only entered into last June. Alvarion says that it is analyzing the details of actions it will take to mitigate the impact on its business, and expects to provide more information about these actions during its fourth quarter 2008 financial results conference call next month more
Related Tags: ptc, base-station, wimax, itu, nortel, bankruptcy, alvarion
Mobile WiMAX Network Launched in Libya
Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT), Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider (ISP) has launched a mobile WiMAX network - covering some 300,000 potential subscribers in eighteen cities. The WiMAX service was officially launched by Mohammad Al Gaddafi at the Libya Telecom & Technology head office in Tripoli. more
Related Tags: ptc, wimax, alcatel-lucent, son, Libya
WiMAX Forum Announces Launch of Global Roaming Program
The WiMAX Forum has announced the launch of its Global Roaming Program that allows operators and vendors to obtain the information required to establish WiMAX roaming services. more
Related Tags: wimax, roaming, clearwire, wimax-forum, kt, syniverse, 4g
Carriers name Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Huawei top mobile WiMAX vendors
Carriers recently surveyed by analyst firm Infonetics Research named Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, and Huawei as the "top vendors" in the mobile WiMAX equipment market. Nine additional vendors received votes for top vendor from a smaller number of carriers surveyed. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, wimax, motorola, huawei, alcatel-lucent, infonetics-research, 3, backhaul
Anite Launches New Mobile WiMAX Host Tester
Test systems vendor, Anite has announced the launch of its Mobile WiMAX Host Tester, which it says is the only Host Testing Solution available in the market for Mobile Station Stack developers and integrators. more
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, wimax-forum, anite, chipset, testing