Articles tagged with: Wimax and Sprint

WiMAX Version of the BlackBerry PlayBook for the Sprint Network

­Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its upcoming tablet device, the PlayBook will be offered on Sprint's wimax network. The tablet computer is expected to be available from Sprint in the summer.  more

Related Tags: blackberry, research-in-motion, playbook, tablet, dual-core, video, blackberry-playbook, USA


Sprint Signs WiMAX Roaming Deals with Jamaica and Taiwan

USA based Sprint has signed wimax roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan. Select Sprint devices that operate with the Sprint SmartView Connection Manager will automatically detect the Digicel and Global Mobile networks, giving customers the option to connect and roam with an unlimited 24 hour Daypass.  more

Related Tags: digicel, global-mobile, option, connect,


Cisco Joins WiMAX Forum Board of Directors

The wimax Forum has announced the addition of Cisco as a new member of its board of directors. Sai Subramanian, director of marketing for the broadband wireless business unit of Cisco, will serve as Cisco’s representative on the wimax Forum board. Last week, the wimax Forum also announced that it had added Tata Communications’ COO Prateek Pashine to its board.  more

Related Tags: wimax-forum, cisco, nortel-networks, magticom, chipset, 4g, nokia,, motorola,, tata


Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli.  more

Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless, navigation, indoor, garmin-asus, music, webos, touch-screen


Huawei Starting to Win Network Contracts in the USA

China's Huawei is reported to be finally making significant progress in cracking the US market, where it has had problems in the past thanks in part to security concerns over allegations of links to the Chinese government. The company has always denied the allegations.  more

Related Tags: google, 3com, intel, huawei, clearwire, tim, wall-street-journal, ovi, iden, cox-communications, time-warner, military,


Sprint Outlines WiMAX Expansion Programme

USA network, Sprint Nextel has announced the next markets in its wimax network rollout. The network is being folded into the national wimax network being built by its joint-partner, Clearwire. Sprint says that it plans to deploy wimax in many markets in 2009, including: Atlanta, Honolulu, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia, DallasFort Worth, Portland and Seattle  more

Related Tags: 3g, seattle, atlanta, cisco, clearwire, sprint-nextel, ovi, iden, usb-modem, nextel, modem, san-francisco, 4g, usb,


Nokia Ceases Production of its Only WiMAX Device

Nokia has stopped producing its only wimax device, the N810 wimax Edition, after just a few months of sales. The handset was originally shown last April as an upgrade of the existing N810 which relied on Wi-Fi for its connection, and launched in October.  more

Related Tags: wi-fi, nokia, motorola, clearwire


Sprint, Clearwire Sued Over WiMAX Patent Claims

Adaptix, a Texan wimax base station and mobile terminal vendor has launched legal action against Sprint Nextel and Clearwire for allegedly infringing six of its patents. The company is demanding the usual damages, fines and a bar on the company from continuing the rollout of its nationwide wimax network.  more

Related Tags: base-station, mobile-wimax, clearwire, sprint-nextel, patents, nextel, lawsuit, patent, adaptix,


Sprint to Start Selling CDMA-WiMAX USB Modems

Sprint Nextel has announced that it will start selling its first CDMA-wimax dual-mode device, a USB modem from next week - just before Christmas. Sprint launched 4G in Baltimore in September and plans to launch in other markets across the country throughout 2009.  more

Related Tags: sprint-nextel, cdma, usb-modem, mobile-broadband, nextel, modem, 4g, downlink, usb, 3g-network, dual-mode,


Seeing Clear through the New Clearwire

The mobile broadband industry in the US received a big shot in the arm with Monday's announcement that Clearwire completed their transaction with Sprint Nextel to combine their next generation wireless Internet businesses. However, some of the statements made by Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff may indicate a shift in strategy for the next generation network operator.  more

Related Tags: mobile-wimax, clearwire, mobile-broadband, lte, ims-research, next-generation-network, ims, wimax,, ben, dual-mode,


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