Articles tagged with: Wimax and Iden

Aptilo Selected for WiMAX Network Deployment in USA

Aptilo Networks says that it has won a contract for service management and access control solutions for a rural wimax deployment in the USA. The network is being commissioned by Main Street Broadband, a privately held wireless broadband service provider and strategic partner of Xiocom Wireless. more

Brazil Leads Lat-Am in Deployments, Connections and Demand for WiMAX and 3G Services

Signals Telecom Consulting has issued a commentary which notes that as from 2010 Brazil will account for the greatest number of wimax accesses in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, a position that it will keep in the medium term. Signals expects that the setting of regulations for the use of the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, plus the tendering of new bands, will provide a strong impulse to this technology in Brazil. Signals foresees the entry into the market of large-scale operators such as Telefónica (via TVA), which will use wimax to expand its area of operation outside Sao Paulo, and SKY (DirecTV), among others, which will join the current efforts being made by Embratel and Neovia. Signals expects that operators will carry out their own development to be able to add their own last mile. more

Qualcomm and Broadcom Wave a Paper and Declare "Peace For Our Time"

The acrimonious patent battle between Qualcomm and Broadcom is finally over. The two firms have entered into a settlement and multi-year patent agreement, which will result in the dismissal with prejudice of all litigation between the companies, including all patent infringement claims in the International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, as well as the withdrawal by Broadcom of its complaints to the European Commission and the Korea Fair Trade Commission. more

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Israel Consults on Possible 3G Spectrum Auction

Israel's Ministry of Communications is to hold a public consultation to decide how to allocate a batch of unused 3G radio spectrum. The move has been prompted by a request from MIRS Communications after it was earlier blocked from bidding for wimax licenses. more

Samsung Wins Malaysian WiMAX Contract

Samsung has won a national wimax contract in Malaysia from YTL e-Solutions (YTLE), a subsidiary of YTL Corp. The contract, for an unspecified financial amount will include both the network infrastructure as well as wimax based mobile phones. more

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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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Motorola to Expand Taiwanese WiMAX Network

Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has awarded Motorola additional contracts to expand its wimax network in Taichung, Taiwan. The projects will boost network performance and provide new management features, preparing FET for the commercial launch of mobile broadband services by the end of 2009. more

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

Electricity Network Uses WiMAX to Monitor Smart-Meters in Homes

Canadian electricity network, Hydro One has contracted with Redline Communications to trial Redline's RedMAX 4C wimax solutions to enable communications to smart meters and other advanced electricity distribution technologies. more

Craig Wireless Signs Greek WiMAX Reseller Deal

Craig Wireless' Greek subsidiary Craig Wireless Hellas has entered into an agreement to provide Net One subscribers with access to its wimax network. The agreement provides for non-exclusive access to the Network for an indefinite term, within the coverage area of the Network in the Athens and Thessaloniki regions of Greece. more

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