WiMAX
Long term evolution promising 100Mbps on 3G, but
By: Stuart Corner
3G cellular vendors are confidently predicting commercial availability in 2009 of the technology's next great leap forward, the long term evolution (LTE) and touting download speeds of up to 100Mbps but this will require access to new spectrum, which might be a problem.
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By: Stuart Corner
3G cellular vendors are confidently predicting commercial availability in 2009 of the technology's next great leap forward, the long term evolution (LTE) and touting download speeds of up to 100Mbps but this will require access to new spectrum, which might be a problem.
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Fixed wireless focus boosts BigAir
By: Stuart Corner
Fixed WiMAX operator and reseller of iBurst and Unwired wireless broadband services, BigAir, has reported significantly improved performance for FY2008 as a result of shifting focus to selling services on its own fixed wireless network at the expense of reselling the iBurst and Unwired services.
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By: Stuart Corner
Fixed WiMAX operator and reseller of iBurst and Unwired wireless broadband services, BigAir, has reported significantly improved performance for FY2008 as a result of shifting focus to selling services on its own fixed wireless network at the expense of reselling the iBurst and Unwired services.
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Intel’s “Centrino 2” blasts off into a notebook near you at last
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
In the market for a new notebook? Your timing couldn’t be better – Centrino 2 is promising more performance, stutter-free HD playback, better power conservation, faster wireless and more. But is the performance increase real, or just clever marketing?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
In the market for a new notebook? Your timing couldn’t be better – Centrino 2 is promising more performance, stutter-free HD playback, better power conservation, faster wireless and more. But is the performance increase real, or just clever marketing?
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More woes for WiMAX? 802.20 rises from the dead - UPDATED.
By: Stuart Corner
A few years ago the 802.20 broadband wireless technology was touted as a serious rival to mobile WiMAX, and 3G mobile broadband, but it was given up for dead thanks to a dysfunctional IEEE working group. Now, out the blue, the IEEE has announced finalisation of the standard, and Kyocera says that the technology underpinning the standard is its proprietary iBurst system
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By: Stuart Corner
A few years ago the 802.20 broadband wireless technology was touted as a serious rival to mobile WiMAX, and 3G mobile broadband, but it was given up for dead thanks to a dysfunctional IEEE working group. Now, out the blue, the IEEE has announced finalisation of the standard, and Kyocera says that the technology underpinning the standard is its proprietary iBurst system
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Intel releasing Centrino 2 a month late citing technical problems
By: Stan Beer
Intel's much anticipated next generation wireless laptop platform Centrino 2 has had its release pushed back by more than a month because of technical issues. The new release date is now the first week of August and Intel has put its PR division into issues management mode to explain the reasons for the delay.
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By: Stan Beer
Intel's much anticipated next generation wireless laptop platform Centrino 2 has had its release pushed back by more than a month because of technical issues. The new release date is now the first week of August and Intel has put its PR division into issues management mode to explain the reasons for the delay.
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Sprint WiMAX set to blast off in two US cities by end 2008
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.
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HSPA heaven and GPS goodness from Ericsson and Dell
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The trend towards building HSPA modems directly into laptops goes into overdrive as Ericsson launches a new HSPA and GPS equipped notebook module, with Dell the latest major international customer, after Lenovo earlier this year. Who needs dongles and cards, when built-in is better?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The trend towards building HSPA modems directly into laptops goes into overdrive as Ericsson launches a new HSPA and GPS equipped notebook module, with Dell the latest major international customer, after Lenovo earlier this year. Who needs dongles and cards, when built-in is better?
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Big names back new WiMAX operator
By: Stephen Withers
Several well-known IT and communications companies are behind Clearwire, a new company that plans a nationwide WiMAX network.
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By: Stephen Withers
Several well-known IT and communications companies are behind Clearwire, a new company that plans a nationwide WiMAX network.
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Free Wi-Fi is an idea that won’t fly
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
In a world of ever growing costs, ever changing technologies, and ever lying governments, why did anyone ever believe Premier Iemma’s promise that Sydney – and other CBDs – would ever truly get free Wi-Fi?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
In a world of ever growing costs, ever changing technologies, and ever lying governments, why did anyone ever believe Premier Iemma’s promise that Sydney – and other CBDs – would ever truly get free Wi-Fi?
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Mobile broadband players eyeing 2.5GHz spectrum
By: Stuart Corner
In the unending war of words between the rival mobile broadband camps - WiMAX and 3G/HSPA - an oft-repeated criticism levelled at the HSPA camp is that the spectrum available for the technology will not support the anticipated huge take-up of mobile broadband services. If the HSPA camp gets its way - that could change.
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By: Stuart Corner
In the unending war of words between the rival mobile broadband camps - WiMAX and 3G/HSPA - an oft-repeated criticism levelled at the HSPA camp is that the spectrum available for the technology will not support the anticipated huge take-up of mobile broadband services. If the HSPA camp gets its way - that could change.
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WiMAX and WiFi bodies plan to merge
By: Stuart Corner
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) - which represents primarily major carriers operating WiFi hotspots - and the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) are collaborating "to advance global roaming for WiMAX and inter-standard roaming between WiMAX and WiFi" as a first step towards an eventual merger.
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By: Stuart Corner
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) - which represents primarily major carriers operating WiFi hotspots - and the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) are collaborating "to advance global roaming for WiMAX and inter-standard roaming between WiMAX and WiFi" as a first step towards an eventual merger.
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US WiMAX spectrum - up for sale!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Roll up, roll up - who wants to buy US WiMAX spectrum? The spectrum: billions of dollars. The equipment you'll need to sell to consumers to access that spectrum: billions more. The look on Spectrum Wireless executives faces when they sell that spectrum? Priceless.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Roll up, roll up - who wants to buy US WiMAX spectrum? The spectrum: billions of dollars. The equipment you'll need to sell to consumers to access that spectrum: billions more. The look on Spectrum Wireless executives faces when they sell that spectrum? Priceless.
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Clever Comms promises 48 hour wireless broadband install
By: Stuart Corner
Clever Communications (ASX: CVA), which operates a fixed WiMAX network in major capital cities says it can install a service delivering up to 10Mbps symmetrical in 48 hours.
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By: Stuart Corner
Clever Communications (ASX: CVA), which operates a fixed WiMAX network in major capital cities says it can install a service delivering up to 10Mbps symmetrical in 48 hours.
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A tale of two WiMAX operators
By: Stuart Corner
Depending on whether you believe Optus/Elders or communications minister Stephen Conroy Opel's plans to use fixed WiMAX technology to deliver broadband services in regional Australia were/were not viable, but in metro areas its certainly looking good with Clever Communications following BigAir in posting positive cashflow from their fixed WiMAX networks.
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By: Stuart Corner
Depending on whether you believe Optus/Elders or communications minister Stephen Conroy Opel's plans to use fixed WiMAX technology to deliver broadband services in regional Australia were/were not viable, but in metro areas its certainly looking good with Clever Communications following BigAir in posting positive cashflow from their fixed WiMAX networks.
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The non-sniffable OPEL smell of WiMAX
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.
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BigAir cash flow turns positive
By: Stuart Corner
Fixed wireless network operator and mobile wireless broadband reseller, BigAir Group (ASX: BGL) says it expects to achieve is first quarterly positive cash flows from operations for the quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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By: Stuart Corner
Fixed wireless network operator and mobile wireless broadband reseller, BigAir Group (ASX: BGL) says it expects to achieve is first quarterly positive cash flows from operations for the quarter ending 31 March 2008.
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WiMIN or WiMAX: Stacks of WiMAX facts?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Buzz Broadband certainly set the WiMAX cat amongst the pigeons when their CEO basically said that WiMAX sucks. Now the WiMAX empire and its supporters have struck back, bigtime, no doubt sending Buzz into a spin.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Buzz Broadband certainly set the WiMAX cat amongst the pigeons when their CEO basically said that WiMAX sucks. Now the WiMAX empire and its supporters have struck back, bigtime, no doubt sending Buzz into a spin.
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WiMAX trashed – and praised – in Australian trials
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Two WiMAX operators in Australia are telling very different stories of their experiences at a WiMAX conference underway in Bangkok, according to an online report.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Two WiMAX operators in Australia are telling very different stories of their experiences at a WiMAX conference underway in Bangkok, according to an online report.
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