Tag: WiMAX

Cell phone pioneer Craig McCaw on Wednesday discussed Cingular Wireless' acquisition of AT&T's wireless division, harking back to the 1994 sale of his company to Ma Bell. Via [news.com.com]

Tropos Networks has unveiled a strategy to integrate open-standard WiMAX into new and existing metro-scale Wi-Fi networks. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Intel and cell phone pioneer Craig McCaw's latest company, Clearwire, plan to develop and install high-speed networks based on broadband technology commonly referred to as WiMax. Via [news.com.com]

Intel is beating the wireless broadband drum. At September's Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, president and COO Paul Otellini delivered a bright technology forecast, underscoring the impact of upcoming WiMAX technology. Earlier this year, Intel launched the WiMAX initiative, which is positioned as a wireless competitor to cable and DSL. WiMAX is governed by...

Symbol Technologies announced Wednesday that it has joined the WiMax Forum, an industry group promoting the development of a wireless broadband technology based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.16-2004 standard. The group will test and certify wireless broadband equipment for interoperability in hopes of driving down the cost of gear and making...

At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access. Via [reuters.com]

iSuppli predicts revenue from WiMax base-station and customer-premise equipment (CPE) sales worldwide will achieve annual growth rates of only 14-25% from 2004 through 2007. The market will not enter its rapid-growth phase until 2008 and 2009, when sales will rise by 47% and 66%, respectively. By 2009, the market will swell to US$2.6 billion in...

ATT has 8.5 billion reasons to embrace superspeedy WiMax wireless technology, says the carrier's chief technology officer. Via [news.com.com]

You know what they say about things that sound too good to be true. You also know that where technology is concerned, very occasionally it turns out "they" are wrong. WiMax, with the potential to make high-speed broadband available anywhere in a metropolitan area, could be one of those instances. Via [eweek.com]

WiMax wireless broadband could be become the third most-used high speed Internet access technology after digital subscriber lines (DSL) and cable modems, according to market researchers at the Yankee Group. Proponents of WiMax wireless broadband technology see it supplanting Wi-Fi, with a high volume of chipsets cutting prices. But, WiMax prices will take some time...

WiMax wireless broadband is rapidly gaining in popularity and is set to become the third most used high-speed internet access technology after DSL and cable modems, research has claimed. Via [vnunet.com]

Via Licensing Corporation is calling for WiMax patent-holders to join a program with the ultimate goal of creating a portfolio of essential 802.16 technology that can be offered to companies at a single license price. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

WiMAX products are set to increasingly compete with existing landline broadband technologies and eventually even mobile broadband technologies as DSL and cable penetration continues to grow while WiMAX products push for certification, according to Boston-based market research firm the Yankee Group. Via [reed-electronics.com]

Startup Radwin has blended an off-the-shelf 802.11a/g wireless LAN (WLAN) radio with high-gain antennas and a proprietary media access control (MAC) layer to create a point-to-point broadband wireless system for backhaul and enterprise connectivity applications. Via [commsdesign.com]

When Scott Richards is at his home in Portland, Ore., he taps into the Internet using a broadband connection from his office about 5 miles away. There's no wire tethering the two locations. Instead, the Intel Corp. executive connects wirelessly to an antenna on top of his office building that sends a broadband signal to...