Information Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ships that call on Singapore can now use WiMAX instead of satellite to connect to the Internet. Already 70% complete, Singapore's maritime WiMAX network will eventually extend 15 kilometers offshore, covering its southern coastline and port -- one of the...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
After years of anticipation and hyperbole, WiMAX has now seen the light of day in 305 deployments across 118 countries, according to the WiMAX Forum’s count in June 2008. Emerging markets, short on broadband offerings, accounted for more than 60% of subscribers on WiMAX networks globally in 2007. In this report, the author provides an in-depth assessment of commercial WiMAX...
Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Maltese mobile operator Go Mobile picks WiMAX equipment maker Alvarion for a nationwide mobile WiMAX network deployment. Also,Go Mobile will use Alvarion’s 4Motion system with BreezeMax as its radio access network and plans to provide voice and data services at the 3.5 GHz frequency band to the residents of Malta. Roll-out of the commercial network is [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
BOCA RATON, FL (MARKET WIRE) Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX broadband wireless access networks, today introduced a new Broadband Wireless solution that supports the frequency bands from 1.4 - 1.5 GHz. The solution includes base station equipment and a suite of subscriber devices including models with support for Voice over IP and WiFi.
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
(Telecompaper) WiMAX equipment maker Alvarion has been chosen by Maltese mobile operator Go Mobile for a nationwide mobile WiMAX network deployment. Go Mobile will use Alvarion's 4Motion system with BreezeMax as its radio access network and plans to provide voice and data services at the 3.5 GHz frequency band to the residents of Malta. Roll-out of the commercial network...
Newswireless.net (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The wireless Regulator in New Zealand has decided to cap the amount of spectrum it will assign to new companies, who are planning to set up WiMAX networks.
StockGuru Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 21 / — NextPhase Wireless, Inc., a nationwide developer of WiMAX-ready networks and provider of advanced broadband solutions, today announced that NextPhase will launch a licensed 802.16e Mobile WiMAX network serving parts of New Jersey and Philadelphia, PA in Q3. Hardware evaluation and testing is complete and NextPhase is now reviewing site...
VOIP IP Telephony (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
According to a post on PCWorld, Ships that call on port of Singapore can now use WiMax instead of satellite to connect to the Internet. Singapore's maritime WiMax network will extend 15 kilometers offshore, covering its southern coastline and port, once completed. This harbor is one of the world's busiest with 140,000 ship calling in every year. The government-led project, called...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
has raised $51 million in a fifth round of financing as it prepares to provide WiMax infrastructure equipment in places such as India.The San Francisco company has raised $251 million over the past decade, reported. WiMax is competing with cell phones networks to provide high-speed Internet connectivity and phone services. The backers include new investors and the India Knowledge...
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Alvarion has been chosen by Malta's GO Mobile for a nationwide Mobile WiMAX network deployment. Using Alvarionâs 4Motion solution with BreezeMAX as its RAN (radio access network), GO Mobile plans to provide voice and data services at the 3.5 GHz frequency band to its customers.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NextPhase Wireless, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NPHS), a nationwide developer of WiMAX-ready networks and provider of advanced broadband solutions, today announced that NextPhase will launch a licensed 802.16e Mobile WiMAX network serving parts of New Jersey and Philadelphia, PA in Q3. Hardware evaluation and testing is...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Mobile device management vendor Mformation has secured a deal with Sprint to manage devices which access its new WiMAX network. The network, scheduled for launch in September, is a new kind of wireless WAN technology, markedly different from cellular.
Newswireless.net (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
TeleGeography has forwarded a press release from the Israeli Ministry of Communications (MoC) announcing that MIRS Communications, the Israeli mobile operator, has been granted approval to launch trial WiMAX networks.
InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Businesses should hold off on investing in WiMax until the technology is more widely deployed across the United States and until vendors produce more dual-mode cellular/WiMax handsets, says a new report from Gartner Research. Overall, Gartner projects that while WiMax networks in the United States will start operating commercially over the next two years, WiMax itself...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SOMA Networks, Inc., a leading provider of Mobile WiMAX products and professional services, today announced it has secured an additional $51 million of equity
