Tag: WiMAX

WiMAX backers continue to seed early versions of the technology among prospective customers, hoping that it will spark demand when services roll out in early 2006. Via [extremetech.com]

While WiMax is expected to revolutionize the fixed wireless broadband (FWB) market, it will be primarily a solution for fixed carriers, according to Pyramid Research. Via [reed-electronics.com]

The hype surrounding the WiMAX wireless broadband standard has peaked - from now on it's down to companies supporting the technology to deliver on their promises in a timely fashion. Via [theregister.co.uk]

WiMAX and more traditional wireless technologies are on a collision course, two analyst groups concluded in independent reports. Via [extremetech.com]

French WiMax startup Sequans Communications is casting itself as David against an industry full of Goliaths—and the tiny company has a strong chance in this new and unpredictable market. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Tokyo is going to get what will be the first major deployment of a WiMAX Metropolitan Area Network in the world. The Yozan MetroZone will deliver high speed IP connectivity, and support voice, video and broadband data services. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Many people on the telecom and communications industry think that WiMAX has great potential to revolutionize how people and business connect to each other. WiMAX promises to achieve the long awaited triple play of affordable and reliable high speed, reliable data, voice and video over a secure wireless network. Via [reed-electronics.com]

Expanding an existing partnership, network equipment giant Nortel and handset maker LG Electronics will jointly develop and market WiMax products. Via [internetnews.com]

AT&T Corp. said on Monday it would test a much-hyped high-speed wireless technology later this year to see if it can be used to replace traditional data lines to businesses. Via [reuters.com]

There was dissension in the ranks over the forthcoming mobile variant of the WiMAX 802.16e wireless access standard at this year's 3GSM World Congress. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland. Via [reuters.com]

To accelerate the launch of its WiMax SoC, fabless semiconductor provider Sequans Communications reported Tuesday it has received $9 million (7 million euros) in a series B financing round from venture capital firms Add Partners, Vision Capital, SGAM, T-source and Cap Décisif. Via [reed-electronics.com]

Over the last 18 months or so, WiMAX has truly achieved a high profile - quite an achievement for a technology that, when it comes down to it, was an existing technology simply given a snappy new name. Fixed wireless access, FWA for short, just does not have the same ring to it. Via [electronicsweekly.com]...

The wireless broadband standard called WiMax won't be ready for prime time for a couple of years, but when it does come out, Internet phone service could be the cash cow for providers, according to a study. Via [news.zdnet.com]

T-Mobile has pledged to take its global Wi-Fi hotspot tally to 20,000 sites by the end of the year, including both fixed locations and mobile access points on UK trains connected to the net via WiMax. Via [theregister.co.uk]