Covad takes ‘less expensive’ NextWeb route
By: By Dan O'Shea
Charlie Hoffman, president and CEO of Covad, told Telephony this afternoon, “We always thought that wireless access would be an ultimate goal. One very compelling reason is that it’s less expensive."...
Covad buys wireless NextWeb
By: By Carol Wilson
Covad Communications announced this morning that it will acquire fixed wireless Internet provider NextWeb, a California-based company that delivers business broadband services over licensed and unlicensed spectrum, for $24.7 million....
Strix to add WiMAX to mesh
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Wi-Fi mesh vendor Strix Systems today said it is developing a WiMAX product line and plans to incorporate both fixed and mobile WiMAX technologies as backhaul and access solutions in its comprehensive wireless mesh system...
Firetide eyes multi-mesh management
By: By Dan O'Shea
Firetide, one of several mesh wireless networking vendors eyeing better prospects ahead in the increasingly active market for municipal networks, announced a new software suite allowing service providers to better manage large-scale networks consisting of multiple mesh topologies....
In-Stat: 3.8 million WiMAX users in Asia by 2009
By: By Dan O'Shea
The Asia-Pacific market will account for 45% of the world’s total WiMAX user base, according to a new report from In-Stat. "WiMAX in Asia” forecasts WiMAX subscriber growth in the market to reach 3.8 million by 2009....
VON: EarthLink to Sonus--We want your VoBB
By: By Tim McElligott
EarthLink has decided to go with Sonus Networks’ voice-over-broadband solutions to help deliver its consumer VoIP offering...
VON: Sonus, Motorola demo voice over Canopy
By: By Dan O'Shea
BOSTON--Sonus Networks announced at Fall VON 2005 that it is demonstrating voice over wireless broadband capabilities over Motorola’s Canopy wireless broadband system. ...
Long road to recovery begins after Gulf Coast hurricane
By: By Carol Wilson
Wireless technologies provide some relief, but rebuilding will be slow...
SkyPilot maps evolution path to WiMAX mesh architectures
By: By Dan O'Shea
Dual-band product this week reflects next generation in muni networks...
Nortel lays out WiMAX strategy
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nortel Networks today spelled out its future WiMAX plans, indicating it would meet short-term demands by reselling Airspan Networks' fixed WiMAX gear, but looking forward to its plans to develop its own Mobile WiMAX/WiBro product line with partners Intel and LG Electronics....
Muni nets can work to incumbents' advantage, Yankee advises
By: By Carol Wilson
A leading broadband analyst is urging telephone companies and cable companies to consider the advantage of working with –not opposing – municipal broadband networks....
Alvarion begins commercial shipment of WiMAX CPE
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Alvarion today said it has begun volume production of its WiMAX customer premise equipment and is now fulfilling commercial orders for the subscriber gear well ahead of the WiMAX Forum’s certification trials....
Alvarion scores DT WiMAX trial
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Alvarion today said that Deutsche Telekom has begun a fixed wireless trial using the vendor’s BreezeMAX 3500 base station, which the vendor is submitting to the WiMAX Forum for certification....
Confusion keeps WiMAX up in the air
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Specifics of certification process debatable, and vendor spin jobs further cloud the details, but the WiMAX Forum says goals remain unchanged....
Samsung tests WiBro technology
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Samsung pushed ahead with its pursuit of WiMAX alternative WiBro today, claiming it has demonstrated hand-off from base station to base station on a moving bus traveling at 60 kilometers per hour...
WiMAX: Overseas first, U.S. later
By: By Kevin Fitchard
WiMAX’s first impact will be felt overseas, not in the U.S., as the first certified equipment expected to emerge late this year and early next with solely target international spectrum bands unavailable to carriers in the States...
Airspan, Pipex claim WiMAX compliance
By: By Kevin Fitchard
U.K. carrier Pipex and Airspan today announced they have begun a six-month technical trial of Airspan’s IEEE 802.16d gear in the Midlands region of Britain...
Tech companies launch Digital Communities initiative
By: By Carol Wilson
Intel this morning will unveil a new international initiative to help communities build out wireless infrastructure and expand broadband penetration...
Summer events draw new faces to WiMAX
By: By Dan O'Shea
Activity by Motorola, Nortel and thers shows big vendors are interested...
SOMA, Broadsoft pave the way to pre-WiMAX VoIP
By: By Ed Gubbins
Offering voice service using pre-WiMax equipment got a bit easier this summer with an auspicious partnership between SOMA Networks and Broadsoft...
ArrayComm joins WiMAX Forum
By: By Kevin Fitchard
ArrayComm said yesterday that it has joined the WiMAX Forum in an effort to promote its smart antenna technology as in the WiMAX standardization process. ...
WCA: Motorola says 'e' is where it's at
By: By Dan O'Shea
WASHINGTON, D.C.--As word spread quickly at the WCA conference here that Sprint and Motorola are planning to do a trial of 802.16e equipment, Motorola officials stressed that the trial will be just one eventual phase of the companies' multi-faceted agreement...
Sprint to test broadband wireless with Motorola
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint today said it will work with Motorola to develop, test and eventual trial broadband wireless equipment over the 2.5 GHz spectrum and collaborate with the vendor on developing and validating future mobile WiMAX solutions...
WCA: Alvarion announces self-install CPE
By: By Dan O'Shea
WASHINGTON, D.C--Alvarion announced at the WCA conference a self-installable version of its BreezeMAX customer premises equipment based on the 802.16-2004 standard...
WCA: Broadsoft tests interop with SOMA, adds WISPs
By: By Dan O'Shea
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Broadband wireless equipment vendor SOMA Networks said at the WCA 2005 conference here that it has completed VoIP interoperability testing with Broadsoft, one of the leading VoIP applications software firms...
