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The new Strategy Analytics report, “WiMAX MVNOs: Just Crazy Enough to Work?” depicts scenarios that show that the WiMAX environment may actually prove to be more receptive to the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business model than the cellular world. Earlier this year, Synterra, one of the largest Russian...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005) measurement solutions were used by participants at the WiMAX Forum's recent, public Mobile WiMAX PlugFest, an interoperability showcase in Taipei, Taiwan. Agilent's Mobile WiMAX solutions include the Agilent MXG, Signal Studio, MXA, 89601A Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA) software and...

Now that the mobile WiMAX letter of intent (LOI) between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire has been ripped up, where does the 802.16e camp stand? Opinions are divided in the analyst community after the initial plan between these two companies to coordinate a nationwide mobile WiMAX U.S. rollout was scrubbed....

An agreement to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-2005 access network for Mobilink, a telecomms operator and an Orascom Telecom company has been established by wireless and broadband communications company Motorola Inc. in Pakistan. Motorola said it will design, plan, deploy and optimise a WiMAX network for Mobilink, deliver integration and...

Redline Communications Inc., a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced it has received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for its RedMAX™ WiMAX Outdoor Subscriber Unit (SU-O) in the United States. With this approval, Redline now offers the only complete FCC-certified WiMAX system for...

The commotion currently swirling around wireless giant Sprint provides a great example of the atmosphere of reckless impatience that currently characterizes Wall Street. Sprint, which has taken a visionary leap in next-generation broadband Internet by building out a WiMAX network that will help transform the U.S. from a laggard...

Telsima Corporation, a global leader in WiMAX™ systems and the overall market segment leader in WiMAX deployments, unveiled its innovative IEEE 802.16e-2005 Mobile WiMAX Base Station at the India Telecom 2007 show at New Delhi on Dec 12, 2007. The StarMAX 6400 series based Mobile WiMAX base station's innovative...

Looks like we are finally starting to see some significant equipment sales revenue on the WiMAX side. Sprint-Nextel was, of course, the biggest name in the list of potential WiMAX customers but its plans seem to be somewhat in doubt. But others are at least committed to WiMAX trials,...

Hong Kong will next year issue licenses for WiMAX and other high-speed wireless technologies. Marion Lai, director-general of telecommunications at regulator Ofta, said the government would auction spectrum in the 2.3-2.4GHz and the 2.5-2.69GHz bands by the fourth quarter. Operators are expected to launch services in 2009. “We are...

Tyco Electronics Corp. has introduced the QSL (Quick Stripline) RF connector series that targets Wi-Fi (802.11) and WiMAX (802.16) enabled products and applications. The coaxial cable displacement interface is said to be a cost-effective alternative to standard screw-machine connectors for most cable-to-cable and cable-to-PCB applications. The QSL connectors include...