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Bharatbook.com - Global WiMAX Market Analysis

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:52:56 GMT

World Interoperability for Microwave Access, or WiMAX, is fast gaining traction in the marketplace as the establishment of industry-wide standards has enabled both service providers and technology vendors to make commercial commitments to the technology. With the finalization of the WiMAX 802.16e standard, different kinds of operators all over the world are beginning to focus on the opportunities

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Availability and Business Model Drive 4G Choices - WiMax vs. LTE depends on what's available where (broadbandreports.com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:45:16 GMT

As 4G technology develops, we have seen it diverge in two different directions. Companies seem divided about whether they want to support WiMax or to throw their weight behind LTE (and some businesses are making a bit of investment in each to cover all bases). A recent wireless survey took a look at what is driving companies to choose one or the other and found that the two main motivating...

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Comcast and Others Invest In WiMax Startup Cartiza (Moco News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:06:46 GMT

Comcast ( NSDQ: CMCSA ) Interactive Capital, the venture arm of Comcast, has invested an undisclosed amount in a seed round of Cartiza Networks , a Boston-based stealth WiMax startup...the seed round was a big $12.6 million, and investors include Comcast Interactive Capital, Prism VentureWorks and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), according to this story . Not sure what Cartiza...

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Mobile WiMAX to be technology for developing countries - DigiTimes (Matt's blog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:51:00 GMT

Mobile WiMAX to be technology for developing countries DigiTimes, Taiwan - Jul 3, 2008 India is a particularly promising market for Mobile WiMAX, as fixed WiMAX is already widely used as a cable replacement technology in many developing ...

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WiMAX Forum supports European Commission's 2.6 GHz decision (MobileTechNews)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:43:18 GMT

The WiMAX Forum supports the European Commission's recent 2.6 GHz regulation stating it enables flexible FDD and TDD licensing opportunities in key spectrum suitable for Mobile WiMAX deployments.

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Norms for WiMAX, 3G services soon (Hindu)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:17:04 GMT

News: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Advts: | | | Norms for WiMAX, 3G services soon Special Correspondent Security issues in BlackBerry to be sorted out NEW DELHI: Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja on Friday said the guidelines for 3G (third generation) and WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) mobile services will be announced soon. He also said...

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Wimax - a loss of momentum (3wan.net)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Mobile WiMAX likely to be unfeasible, says Frost & Sullivan If spectrum auctions and commercial Mobile WiMAX rollouts (compliant to Wave 2 Phase 2 certification) do not take place by 2008, the market scope for Mobile WiMAX on a global basis will be insignificant, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan, which also observes that the technology is facing a range of challenges...

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3G, Wimax guidelines in a week: minister (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:30:50 GMT

The broad guidelines for implementation and auctioning of radio spectrum for 3G and Wimax have been devised and the final draft will be approved and released within a week, telecom minister A. Raja said here Friday.

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Mobile WiMAX to be technology for developing countries ([MobileRatty] Lattest Articles)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:19:43 GMT

Mobile WiMAX may not succeed in mature mobile broadband markets, but it will have a future in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries, especially in India according to an analysis made by...

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Getting to the 'Core' of Metro Broadband Wireless - The Public Record (Matt's blog)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:50:00 GMT

Getting to the 'Core' of Metro Broadband Wireless The Public Record, California - 1 hour ago All they would have had to do is look at the current Wi-Fi (802.11) market to realize that more equipment manufacturers would be entering the WiMax ...

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Indian cellular services market to cross 7 bn by 2012 - Indiantelevision.com (Matt's blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Indian cellular services market to cross 7 bn by 2012 Indiantelevision.com, India - Jul 3, 2008 India will move to its next phase of evolution with the commercial launch of WiMAX by the first quarter of 2009 and 3G by the second quarter of 2009. ...

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Euro Eee to get 3G this year (SlashGear)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:37:50 GMT

An unnamed internal ASUS source has confirmed that the company is planning a 3G version of the Eee budget ultraportable, intended for the European market. ASUS was already known to be preparing a WiMAX equipped Eee for the US, but the Euro version will presumably come with HSDPA/HSUPA suited for the 3G frequencies used. According to the representative, prices for the WWAN Eee models will vary...

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DoT Raises Reserve Price for 3G & WiMAX - Upsets ISPs (WATblog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:53:55 GMT

... price for the auction of a 3G license also means that the reserve price for the auction of the WiMax spectrum will be set to 1/4th of that of the 3G price. As a result, any ISP willing to bid for the license will have to shell out over Rs. 550 crore. The final price could be higher than this, depend upon how the auction comes out. The representative body of the ISPs in India, the Internet...

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Altair Semiconductor Samples the World's Most Power-Efficient Mobile WiMAX Processor for Handheld Devices (China 3G Telecom Market Report)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:27:14 GMT

HOD HASHARON, Israel, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - First baseband processor optimized for handheld devices, offering a combination of ultra-low power consumption, smallest footprint and low cost Altair Semiconductor (Altair), a fabless chip company developing the world's most advanced mobile WiMAX semiconductors for handheld devices, today announced the release of the ALT2150 mobile WiMAX...

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Vid-Biz: Women, Comcast, IPTV (NewTeeVee)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:08:35 GMT

ABC.com Viewers Mostly Women; it must be the McDreamy effect — a whopping 85 percent of the network site’s overall audience is female. (Silicon Alley Insider) Comcast Invests in Cartiza Networks; amount of seed investment in the developer of WiMax equipment for mobile broadband data, video and voice services not disclosed. (Multichannel News) IPTV Companies Alice, Kassena [...]

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Google Takes Its Broadband Show on the Road (GigaOM)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:01:16 GMT

Speculation that Google is working with French ISPs to build out a Gallic WiMax network has folks at Fierce Wireless wondering if Google may push open broadband overseas by investing in WiMax deployments. They point to a report in a French paper that says Google has teamed up with Illiad-owned ISP Free (Om loves [...]

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Huawei to deploy WiMAX 16e Network for Mobilink in Pakistan ([MobileRatty] Lattest Articles)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:19:30 GMT

Islamabad, Pakistan] Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced today that it has been selected by Mobilink, the largest GSM operator in Pakistan, to deploy a commercial WiMAX 16e network. The network will cover central business districts and hot spots in the country' s six major...

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Rumor: Everex planning new notebook (Crave RSS)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:04:00 GMT

(Credit: SlashGear) Even as Everex prepares to ship its much-awaited 8.9-inch Cloudbook Max with WiMax later this quarter, rumors are already spreading that the company will launch a 10.2-inch model to compete in the same space as the Asus Eee PC 1000 and MSI Wind. The leak, which ...

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On-Communications Selects Airspan for WiMAX Solutions (Red Orbit )

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:38 GMT

On-Communications, a provider of broadband wireless business-to-business internet services, has selected Airspan Networks as its preferred technology partner to supply WiMAX solutions.

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Everex 10.2-inch WiMAX Cloudbook ultraportable (Today's Review)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:38:39 GMT

Everex are planning to take on the ASUS Eee PC 1000-series with a new 10.2-inch budget ultraportable notebook, according to sources at the company’s manufacturing partner FIC. The leak suggests that the devices will include 3G WWAN connectivity with WiMAX an option; a decision on processor has obviously not been made, as both Intel’s Atom [...]

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