Articles tagged with: Wimax, and Alcatel Lucent

3G-4G to Account for 30% of Global Wireless Subscriptions by 2013

At the end of 2008, only 11% of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G and 4G subscriptions will reach 30%, reports In-Stat. This trend is reflected in fourth quarter 2008 wireless infrastructure contract awards.  more

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Despite the Naysayers WiMAX Subscriber Revenue Will Boom in 2009

Any reader who believed all the recent headlines would feel confident that the WiMAX market is being crushed by LTE. Nortel has left the WiMAX market and Alcatel-Lucent has "backed off" from WiMAX; and these developments supposedly dealt a blow to Clearwire, which had so far chosen neither as an infrastructure vendor. But that's not quite the whole story.  more

Related Tags: base-station, intel, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, clearwire, lte, abi-research, wimax-forum, nortel, base-stations, wireless-broadband, motorola,


Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders

Communications market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter edition of its WiMAX report this week, noting that the overall WiMAX equipment and device market held steady in 4Q08 over 3Q08 at $275 million, as the 802.16e mobile WiMAX segment increased 5% to counter a slight dip in the 802.16d fixed WiMAX segment.  more

Related Tags: samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, cisco, cisco, edge, huawei, lte, nortel, infonetics-research, 802.16e, alvarion, cpe


Alvarion and Huawei Join WiMAX Patents Group

Alvarion and Huawei have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA) - which manages the WiMAX patent pool. Alvarion and Huawei join current OPA members Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel, and Samsung Electronics. As a result, it is expected that licensing terms for patents pertaining to wimax, including the associated royalty rates will be more predictable, transparent, and at lower cost. Furthermore the WiMAX patent pool may act as a "one stop shop" where companies building WiMAX solutions can obtain use of the patents more simply, efficiently and cost effectively, under a more competitive royalty structure that charges only for the features required to develop WiMAX products.  more

Related Tags: sim, intel, samsung, wimax, cisco, cisco, ict, huawei, clearwire, cdma, mimo, patents, alvarion, open-patent-alliance, wireless-broadband, patent


Telecom Suppliers: The Pressure is on

A recent study by global management consultancy Arthur D. Little has found that traditional telecoms suppliers are facing an overall critical situation as the recession deepens in 2009. The increasing strength of the Asian market was identified as the primary threat that telecom suppliers face, due to its expanded reputation, innovation and consistent delivery of quality. For example, the Chinese telecoms provider Huawei has already achieved more than 10% of the global market share for investments of fixed and mobile network infrastructure, while the expansion rate for investments in fixed and mobile networks in industrialized countries is stagnating.  more

Related Tags: nokia, wimax, motorola, cisco, itu, huawei, lte, arthur-d.-little, ericsson, nortel, siemens, nokia-siemens, pace


Alcatel-Lucent Outlines its Turn-Around Plan - More Job Cuts

Alcatel-Lucent has published the details of its turn-around plan, which include yet more job cuts and a focusing on internet services. In order to achieve this strategy, Alcatel-Lucent will undergo a "major strategic transformation" and will take some significant steps to realign its operations.  more

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Alvarion overtakes ALU, MOTO in mobile WiMAX

Worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment and phones/Ultra Mobile PCs dropped 21% to $245 million in 3Q08 from 2Q08, and are expected to continue sliding through 2009 as the economic recession puts the squeeze on this early market, says Infonetics Research in a new report.  more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, clearwire, infonetics-research, personal, 3, alvarion, motorola,


Motorola Starts LTE Trials on Verizon Wireless Network

Motorola has started testing a LTE deployment in the USA with Verizon Wireless, according to Ray Owen, general director of Motorola Vietnam and Motorola's head of technology, Asia. He added that the company is also testing with other network operators worldwide.  more

Related Tags: wimax, motorola, verizon-wireless, verizon, nortel, lte,


Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola runaway leaders in mobile WiMAX market

As of the second quarter of 2008, Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola together account for over two-thirds of worldwide mobile WiMAX equipment revenue, reports communications market research firm Infonetics Research in a new report. Just one quarter ago, the two market leaders captured roughly half the worldwide market.  more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, base-station, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, infonetics-research, alvarion


India vital to WiMAX fortunes; Brazil, other regions also key

Despite licensing delays that slowed the progress of WiMAX in India, deployments are now accelerating and India remains the biggest single hope for revenue and global influence for wimax, according to a report released today by communications market research firm Infonetics Research.  more

Related Tags: intel, samsung, mobile-wimax, lte, wimax, 802.16e, alvarion, pioneer, sme, India


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