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There is little doubt that the prospect of Mobile WiMAX providing an alternative mobile broadband platform to those of the 3GPP and 3GPP2 has accelerated the competitive development of LTE. LTE and Mobile WiMAX may be technologically quite similar, indeed many vendors support both platforms, but there remain deep-seated...

On January 11 Informa Telecom’s “Informer,” reported a story in which it spoke with Paul Senior, CTO of Airspan and one of the founding members of the WiMAX Forum. In this article, Informa reported that Senior made significant claims about the WiMAX Forum’s work on an heretofore unheard of...

Fujitsu Network Communications has launched a series of mobile WiMAX base stations aimed at filling the holes between wide area coverage and end users within a dense urban or suburban deployment. The Richardson, Texas-based unit will show off the base stations at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. “It’s...

Rohde & Schwarz has joined the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI), through which leading telecommunications providers and network operators have banded together to promote the further development of broadband mobile radio networks that are based on UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. By becoming a member, the company will contribute...

An agreement has been finalized through which the Shared Spectrum Co.’s (SSC) dynamic spectrum access (DSA) technology will be integrated into Thales Communications Inc’s field-ready military radios. The agreement is part of Phase III of the neXt Generation Communications (XG) Program being managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

The WiMAX Forum® has designated the Aeroflex/AT4 wireless MINT223x protocol conformance test (PCT) system and AT4 wireless MINT T2110 radio conformance test (RCT) system as official test equipment for WiMAX Certification (802.16-2005). Furthermore, both systems have been installed and are being actively used for WiMAX equipment certification at the...

Following Thailand’s purchase of an integrated air surveillance system from Sweden in a government to government deal, FMV, the Swedish Defense Material Administration, has placed a contract with Saab valued at $310 M for the development and production of the systems. Deliveries will take place during 2011. The order...

WiMAX supporters have had a turbulent time of late. On the downside, last year’s breakup of the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire partnership to roll out a mobile WiMAX network across the United States has raised serious questions about the growth potential of this wireless technology. Verizon Wireless also announced last November...

Just as operators and vendors are continuing to enhance HSPA even with LTE on the horizon, so they are still finding a strong place for the 2G+ technology EDGE, and combining with this system will be a major opportunity for WiMAX. One of the most important markets for Mobile...

Whatever your perspective, be that from the position of a small operator who hopes to gain a market advantage, or of a large incumbent supplier or network operator, the fundamental question about WiMAX is whether it can ramp to volumes that enable it to compete in a world ruled...