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Beyond 3G: HSDPA, WiMax Show Mobile Promise
White Papers Getting the most buzz in the mobile-data-access industry right now is 802.16e, the mobile version of WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access). WiMax has significant backing from Intel Corp.and the fixed-point variety, 802.16a, has...
[December 11, 2006, 4:54]
Orange Trials 3G Rival To WiMax
Talkback Oh great, another 3G trial. It took long enough for these gready companies to get the services operational and to get the handset manufacturers to bring out corresponding phones. But how long will it take for the prices to come down, down to almost...
[March 31, 2005, 19:46]
Europe Telecom Services - WiMAX & Family: Threats And Opportunities
White Papers After a number of false dawns of alternative wireless broad band technologies outside the main stream focus of UMTS / W-CDMA / 3G, there has been growing debate in the telecom industry of whether a new generation of wireless technologies like...
[November 25, 2004, 2:00]
WiMAX & Family: Threats And Opportunities
White Papers After a number of false dawns of alternative wireless broad band technologies outside the main stream focus of UMTS / W-CDMA / 3G, there has been growing debate in the telecom industry of whether a new generation of wireless technologies like...
[January 20, 2005, 2:00]
Macbooks, IPhones And IPods Going WiMax?
Blog According to this here article, Apple has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Telecom to start sticking WiBro (basically the Korean version of WiMax) into iPods and Macbooks. For regulatory reasons, Cupertino hasn't been allowed to...
[October 14, 2008, 17:10]
Orange Trials 3G Rival To WiMax
News IPWireless has claimed that this service will provide the same level of performance as WiMax. Orange has begun testing a wireless technology that could allow 3G operators to operate much faster data services.
[March 31, 2005, 16:50]
Pipex And Nokia Siemens Team Up On WiMax
News The newly merged Nokia Siemens Networks is to collaborate with Pipex Wireless on its rollout of mobile WiMax in the UK. WiMax is a long-range radio technology that can deliver broadband connectivity with large cell sizes.
[April 10, 2007, 14:56]
Qualcomm Confident Of Bright Future For Mobiles
News Paul Jacobs, chief executive of chipmaker and 3G IP giant Qualcomm, has revealed he believes the mobile industry has little to fear from IT, despite the advent of disruptive technologies such as VoIP and WiMax.
[July 12, 2006, 10:40]
WiMax Joins 3G Family
News WiMax has effectively been folded into 3G's future development, after the International Telecommunication Union decided on Friday to include it in the IMT-2000 set of standards. Although WiMax and 3G have been battling it out as rival broadband...
[October 19, 2007, 17:57]
Vodafone Looks To Wireless Broadband
News Roughly a year after its 3G launch, Vodafone is turning its attention to the next generation of radio technologies, including mobile WiMax, and may even make a play as a wireless-broadband provider. Sarin continued: "Equally, we're looking at new...
[November 16, 2005, 8:55]
The Future Of 4G Wireless, According To Ericsson
Articles We don't build WiMax products — we decided not to because we think it is going to be a minority market. We install it, though; in the UK we are installing WiMax for Freedom4 (formerly Pipex). The battle for 4G is between two technologies, WiMax...
[October 14, 2008, 16:13]
WiMax Tipped For Victory Over LTE
News The future of 4G is a tale of two technologies: LTE and mobile WiMax, but which technology is likely to win? LTE (the long-term evolution of 3G) is the next generation of cellular technology, theoretically capable of supporting downlink and uplink...
[October 24, 2008, 9:29]
Lack Of WiMax Standards 'hindering Adoption'
News Continued delays in the WiMax certification process are posing a "real challenge" to the rollout of a long-range wireless broadband service in Europe. WiMax vendors have realised the need for common open standards, with the 802.16d standard the...
[December 8, 2005, 16:10]
Not Quite As Rosy
Talkback And don't write off Wimax just yet. There's work going on in the UK through Freedom4, which is Intel funded, and has commercial deployments - albeit with fixed Wimax. But with the Wimax and 3G standards coming together, don't write it off just yet.
[January 10, 2008, 13:33]
EC Proposes TV Spectrum For WiMax
News UHF spectrum should be allocated to WiMax once Europe's analogue television signals are phased out, the European commissioner for information society and media has proposed. Noting that plans were already underway across Europe to open up the...
[June 13, 2007, 11:30]
Intel Plans For Mobile Wireless Future
News The WiMax 802.16e specification has the potential to give laptops broadband Internet access anywhere on the planet, according to Anand Chandrasekher, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group.
[February 19, 2004, 10:55]
WiMax On The Brink
News Wireless broadband technologies like WiMax and MobileFi could still end up winners -- and possibly stymie 3G -- even if the big mobile firms get cold feet over the tech, new research claims. Although some mobile operators are already dipping their...
[December 15, 2004, 11:50]
Qualcomm Buys Into MIMO Wireless Technology
News MIMO — multiple input / multiple output — is central to upcoming technologies such as mobile WiMax and the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, as well as the long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G technology. He also suggested that the Airgo purchase will give...
[December 4, 2006, 16:36]
The Promise Of WiMAX
White Papers WiMAX offers benefits for wireline operators who want to provide last mile access to residences and businesses, either to reduce costs in their own operating areas, or as a way to enter new markets.e offers cost reductions to mobile operators who...
[November 7, 2008, 0:22]
WiMax's Head Start Over LTE May Decide 4G Race
News WiMax could prove to be the winner in the 4G race against the long-term evolution of 3G simply because the technology is here first. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this week...
[April 11, 2008, 8:13]
