The new 802.16m WiMax standard offers 170M bps download, 90M bps upload speeds
Chip giant Intel, a major backer of the movement to provide mobile WiMax wireless broadband to Internet users around the world, expects the next major release of the technology to be deployed starting in 2012, an executive said Tuesday.
The company will stop making base stations to concentrate on back-end IP infrastructure
Cisco Systems will stop developing and making WiMax base stations to concentrate on the IP (Internet Protocol) networks that sit behind them.
But Palm also needs to strike deals with AT&T, T-Mobile
After Palm Inc. admitted that its smartphone sales were below expectations, rumors started swirling that the company might be sold, or that it could be beefing up its product line with a WiMax smartphone for Sprint Nextel.
WiaxX and LTE networks on broadcast towers should be the way to go for NBN, according to Broadcast Australia
Television towers should be a foundation of the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to tower operator, Broadcast Australia.
It can reduce a laptop's battery life by an hour or more
Mobile broadband comes in different flavors, and the options are growing. Users can connect to the Internet through 3G networks, but now WiMax capabilities are being added to many laptops. WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a wireless technology that provides fast data-transfer rates over a wider area than Wi-Fi.
A startup adds a software-defined radio and TV channels for private smart grids
A Silicon Valley startup has combined the technology underlying WiMax with a software-defined radio to build smart grids for electric utilities.
Rolling into 2010 with fibre already being laid
It began as a $4.5 billion dollar election promise in 2007. The then shadow broadband minister, Stephen Conroy, broadcast plans for an open-access fibre broadband network to liberate parts of Australia which were deemed ‘non-commercial’ by telco providers. While it lacked the scope of the Liberal’s [[artnid:210894|now defunct OPEL WiMAX project|new]], which touched on regional blackspots, it was lauded by the telecommunications industry.
The city hopes to buy the system, originally built by EarthLink, for $2 million
The city of Philadelphia plans to buy a controversial Wi-Fi network that was built by EarthLink in 2006 but sold only two years later as the struggling ISP pulled out of the municipal wireless business.
Chipmaker's VC arm takes stakes in seven companies
Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of the world's largest chip maker, Tuesday detailed seven new investments worth around US$25 million in total, in addition to an investment in U.S. WiMax operator Clearwire.
The wireless broadband company says it's set to reach 2010 deployment goals with newly announced funding
Wireless broadband provider Clearwire had about 173,000 WiMax subscribers at the end of September and should be able to offer service to 120 million potential subscribers in the U.S. by the end of next year, the company said Tuesday.
Kilmer Peak chipset will hit the market during the first quarter of 2010
After keeping operators and users alike waiting for nearly a year, Intel has begun production of a wireless chipset, called Kilmer Peak, that will support three versions of WiMax, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz.
The demo is an important step for the future success of WiMax, an analyst said
Operators Clearwire International, Tatung InfoComm and VMAX have for the first time demonstrated mobile WiMax global roaming, the WiMax Forum said on Monday.
WiMax forum says roaming shown for the first time
Operators Clearwire International, Tatung InfoComm and VMAX have for the first time demonstrated mobile WiMax global roaming, the WiMax Forum said on Monday.
Analysts claim the networking giant is now placing its bet on LTE
This week's $US2.9 billion acquisition of Starent Networks indicates that Cisco is backpedaling from its WiMAX focus and shifting it to LTE as the 4G underpinning of next generation mobile data networks.
$US2.9 billion acquisition of Starent will boost Cisco's WiMAX and LTE portfolios and is its second multibillion dollar deal this month
Cisco Tuesday announced its second multibillion dollar deal this month: a definitive agreement to acquire Starent Networks, a provider of IP-based mobile infrastructure for carriers, for about US$2.9 billion.
