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Articles tagged with: Wimax and Bandwidth
Packet One Buys Dormant WiMAX License in Singapore
Malaysian based wimax network operator, Packet One has acquired a wimax license in Singapore, after buying the edundant Facilities-based Operator (FBO) license from Singapore based Pacnet. The transfer of the license and its radio spectrum right is still waiting for approval from the Singapore telecoms regulator. more
Related Tags: packet-one, p1, pacnet, 4g, radio, Singapore
Airspan to Expand Australian WiMAX Network
Australian wimax network operator, BigAir Group is expanding its network after signing a supply contract with Airspan Networks. more
Related Tags: bigair, airspan-networks, fixed-wireless, melbourne, Australia
India Finally Sets 3G License Fees
India's government has finally fixed the price for the country's long delayed 3G license auction. An empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM ) has set the base price for pan-Indian 3G spectrum at Rs 3,500 crore (US$714 million). The reserve price for wimax spectrum has been set at Rs 1,750 crore. more
Related Tags: 3g-license, bwa, base, three, radio, India
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.
more
Related Tags: clearwire, ieee, three, play, 4g
Lack of Last Mile Frequencies Affecting Kenya's Fibre Roll-Out
The Kenyan government should re-posses all unused last mile frequencies for redistribution to avoid delaying the inland fibre-optic roll-out plan says UUNet Kenya. The corporate network provider's Managing-Director Mr. Tom Omariba said the industry is currently experiencing an artificial shortage of the last mile spectrum because dormant players have acquired these frequencies for speculative purposes. more
Related Tags: uunet-kenya, radio-spectrum, Kenya
WiMAX Subscriber Base Reaches 3.5 Million Worldwide
Approximately 400,000 BWA/wimax subscribers and 50 million new active 3G subscribers were added in Q1 2009, according to the latest quarterly report published by Maravedis. more
Related Tags: maravedis, interoperability
Wireless Backhaul to Go Next-Generation by 2012
Based on IDC's research of the Asia/Pacific (including Japan) carrier network equipment market, IDC predicts that there will be over 3 million basestations and over 1.8 million cell sites in by 2012, representing a growth of 24.3% and 10.7% respectively from 2008. Approximately half of these sites will be connected to fiber through Carrier Ethernet. Urban 3G/High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) basestations will be linked to fiber by 2011 in most markets in the region. more
Related Tags: base-station, lte, cdma2000, hotspot, umts, opex, hsdpa, 4g
Spectrum Auctions in Latin America Will Trigger Massive Broadband Subscription Growth
3G and wimax spectrum auctions in Latin America will trigger massive broadband subscription growth, from 9 percent at year-end 2008 to 70 percent at year-end 2014, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. more
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Top 22 Operators Account for 50% of Total WiMAX Subscribers
The top 22 wimax operators worldwide will contribute nearly 2.5 million subscribers by the end of 2009 - up from 1.24 million today - and close to 4 million by the end of 2010 according to the latest research report from Maravedis. more
Related Tags: arpu, ict, itu, clearwire, tim, lte, maravedis, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, far-eastone, compete, dongles, microwave, bsnl, uq-communications, femtocells, partner
Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, NEC lead fast growing microwave equipment market
Market research firm Infonetics Research released an update of its Microwave Equipment Market Outlook report last week after receiving new guidance from a number of vendors in this space, which significantly altered the market share landscape and overall market size. Highlights from the market share and forecast report follow. more
Related Tags: ethernet, nokia, eu, driving, lte, ericsson, nokia-siemens-networks, infonetics-research, nec, microwave, backhaul, siemens, nokia-siemens