Andrew announces multi-port array antenna family
By Dan O'Shea
Andrew Corporation has introduced its Multi-Port Array Antennas product line, designed for WiMAX and OFDM mobility systems that employ multiple antenna options such as multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) and adaptive antenna systems...
Nokia completes mobile WiMAX data call
By Carol Wilson
Nokia today announced that its researchers in Germany have completed a data call over its mobile WiMAX 802.16e technology development system....
WiMAX makes a mesh
By Dan O'Shea
Recently announced product plans from two vendors indicate where the mesh network architectures popular in municipal Wi-Fi buildouts are headed and what role WiMAX will play in their future...
Study: WiMAX a $3.5 billion market in 2010
By Dan O'Shea
A new market research report published by IDATE and offered by Alexander Resources suggests that by 2010, WiMAX will represent a global market of about $3.5 billion, and will account for 4% of all broadband usage worldwide...
COMPTEL: Indiana Fiber Works signs on with GigaBeam
By Carol Wilson
Indiana Fiber Works, a dark-fiber access provider in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois, has teamed up with GigaBeam and will purchase 12 of its WiFiber wireless systems from that company to deliver Gigabit services over wireless access and backhaul links. This marks GigaBeam’s first announced CLEC customer....
Covad takes ‘less expensive’ NextWeb route
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Carol Wilson
Wireless technologies provide some relief, but rebuilding will be slow...
SkyPilot maps evolution path to WiMAX mesh architectures
By Dan O'Shea
Dual-band product this week reflects next generation in muni networks...
Nortel lays out WiMAX strategy
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Dan O'Shea
Activity by Motorola, Nortel and thers shows big vendors are interested...
SOMA, Broadsoft pave the way to pre-WiMAX VoIP
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...
