Articles tagged with: Mobile Wimax and Iden

Beceem Raises US$20 Million for Mobile WiMAX Chip Development

Beceem Communications, a provider of mobile WiMAX chips, says that it has closed a US$20 million financing round that is providing the company with the capital needed to scale production and customer support as demand for its industry leading WiMAX chips is increasing around the world.  more

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1.45 Million BWA/WiMAX Subscribers Added in 2008

Worldwide, approximately 1.45 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added during 2008, while the WCDMA subscriber base increased by more than 90 million. The average quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate in 2008 was 21.5%, according to the 7th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis.  more

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Samsung Confident of Winning More Mobile WiMAX Contracts

Samsung Electronics says that the company expects to provide Mobile WiMAX technologies to Canada and several South American countries following its successful deployment in the United States.  more

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Global GSM Subscriber Growth Rate to Slow in 2008

ABI Research is forecasting that global GSM subscriber growth to slow from a year-on-year rate of over 22% in 2006/07 to 14% in 2008/09, mainly due to the increased migration of subscribers to UMTS 3G technologies. UMTS (including HSDPA) experienced a nearly 83% year-on-year growth rate in 2006/07. ABI Research expects global GSM subscriber numbers to show a negative growth rate starting in 2013, as by then GSM will become less attractive compared to the cheaper 3G services; there will also be losses due to the proliferation of mobile WiMAX and 4G networks.  more

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