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Articles tagged with: Wimax Forum and Lte
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
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If spectrum auctions and commercial Mobile WiMAX rollouts (compliant to Wave 2 Phase 2 certification) do not take place by 2008, the market scope for Mobile WiMAX on a global basis will be insignificant - claims Frost & Sullivan. The research firm also observes that the technology is facing a range of challenges that are likely to make it unfeasible as a mobile "access" technology. more
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Spirent Adds WiMAX and LTE Support to its Emulators
Spirent Communications has announced new packaged configurations targeted at WiMAX and LTE developers. These new packages support bi-directional Multiple-In, Multiple-Out (MIMO) and beamforming testing on Spirent's SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator, which is used for testing wireless receivers. more
Related Tags: mimo, beamforming, chipset
WiMAX Subs to Exceed 100 Million by 2014
Research and analysis firm, Maraved is forecasting in a new report that WiMAX subscribers to exceed 100 million by 2014. "WiMAX chipsets will start to be embedded in laptops in the second half of 2008, into handheld devices in 2009, and into consumer electronics by early 2010," said Adlane Fellah, President and CEO of Maravedis and co-author of the report. "This is definitely a key assumption, as large-scale WiMAX deployments by companies such as BSNL and Sprint start to materialize in 2008-2009 despite current challenges." more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, maravedis, compete, 3gpp, mobile-internet, bsnl, base-stations, alvarion, personal-navigation-devices, chipsets, bwa, ieee
WiMAX Forum Begins Certification Testing for Mobile WiMAX Products
The WiMAX Forum says its lead certification lab in Spain is now open for formal Mobile WiMAX certification testing and evaluation of Mobile WiMAX products. The WiMAX Forum expects its four other certification labs in the USA, Taiwan, China and Korea to open for formal Mobile WiMAX certification testing shortly. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, core-network, interoperability, Spain
3G LTE and SIP Capability to Dominate Mobile Markets
UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) will dominate the world's mobile infrastructure markets after 2011, according to a recent study from ABI Research. While LTE will encounter competition from other mobile broadband technologies, its supporters point to its flat architecture, low latency, and IP NGN (Next-Generation Network) capability to provide a range of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) services. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, voip, abi-research, 3gpp, long-term-evolution
Almost 300,000 LTE Base Transceiver Stations by 2014"
Nearly 300,000 LTE Base Transceiver Stations will be installed by 2014, according to a new study from ABI Research. While LTE will encounter competition from other mobile broadband technologies, its supporters extol its potential to unify the mobile infrastructure market. more
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