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Category Archives: WiMAX « Older posts U.S. University Creates WiMAX Environment Model to Replicate February 2, 2010 – 1:47 pm I was excited to see that several higher ed institutions have recently hopped on the WiMAX bandwagon – a logical implementation to help schools increase productivity and decrease wireless costs. According to a recent article on Wimax.com, Ball State University (BSU) spearheaded a wireless research and innovation initiative by partnering with our friends at Alvarion [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Broadband, FCC, Towerstream, Wireless broadband \| Tagged Alvarion, Ball State University, BSU, Cisco, Digital Bridge Communications, EBS Spectrum, Towerstream, WiMAX, wireless \| Comments (0) Score One More for WiMAX – Clearwire Secures Additional Funding November 9, 2009 – 2:28 pm The WSJ’s Jeffrey McCracken and Don Clark reported yesterday that Clearwire has secured an additional $1.5 billion in financing to build out its nationwide WiMAX network. The article noted, “Sprint would invest $1 billion and its Clearwire joint venture partners, a group which includes Comcast Corp., Intel Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Clearwire, Sprint, Towerstream \| Tagged Clearwire, Sprint, Towerstream, WiMAX \| Comments (0) Putin WiMAX in Russia October 12, 2009 – 6:18 pm Hello everyone and Happy Columbus Day. There was some interesting WiMAX news recently out of Russia that I wanted to take a closer look at today. According to FierceTelecom, Russian WiMAX carrier, Yota, said it will be offering WiMAX devices that can make VoIP calls and allow users to roam onto GSM networks when the user [...] By Jeff \| Tagged 4G, Add new tag, WiMAX \| Comments (0) Palm Pre Frenzy May 26, 2009 – 1:31 pm Over the past few days, the wireless world has been buzzing about the June 6 launch of the Palm Pre, which will be exclusively offered on Sprint’s 3G network. Across the industry, reporters, analysts and consumers alike are asking questions and speculating about the device. How will it compete against the iPhone? What will the [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Mobile Devices \| Tagged Devices, Palm Pre, WiMAX \| Comments (0) Cisco and Clearwire – An Alliance Made in WiMAX May 15, 2009 – 5:03 pm It was a busy week in the telecom world. One piece of news that caught my eye was that Clearwire and Cisco have formed an alliance. Cisco will provide network equipment for Clearwire and also plans to build mobile WiMAX devices for the company down the line. As of now, both companies are being vague [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Clearwire, Mobile Devices \| Tagged Cisco, Clearwire, WiMAX \| Comments (2) Wireless Broadband Industry Growth March 27, 2009 – 4:01 pm On Wednesday, Sprint announced the next cities in its national 4G roll out: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle. All ten cities are scheduled to be upgraded to WiMAX in 2009. Sam Churchill at the dailywireless.org blog included a number of interesting images in a great post summarizing the [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Sprint, Wireless broadband \| Tagged Sprint, WiMAX \| Comments (4) Better Broadband March 8, 2009 – 3:48 pm I saw some interesting news recently that I have been meaning to blog about – the first example I have seen of a planned LTE roll-out for fixed broadband access in the U.S. As reported by Lynnette Luna in FierceBroadbandWireless, the network will be targeted at rural customers, which will take advantage of some of the [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Wireless broadband \| Tagged Broadband, LTE, WiMAX \| Comments (2) A Wireless Buffet March 6, 2009 – 6:19 pm I recently read an interesting article on Ars Technica by Erica Sadun about how consumers are clearly ready for always on, mobile gadgets. I know I am! The article asks the relevant question: “…why should my Dad, whose portable needs are well-satisfied with his little always-on e-mail device, be paying any more than $20/month for [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Mobile Devices \| Tagged T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, WiMAX \| Comments (0) Shakin’ it up with Dr. Shakour March 2, 2009 – 7:57 pm Sorry it’s been a few weeks since my last post – it’s been a crazy month, both for me and for the wireless industry! As I’m sure everyone knows, there was some hot news coming out of Barcelona last month from the Mobile World Congress show, sparking a new wave of WiMAX vs. LTE [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in CTIA \| Tagged CTIA, Mobile World Congress, WiMAX, WiMAX Forum \| Comments (0) Picking Up and Dusting Off Wireless January 26, 2009 – 11:09 am And it’s official. Barack Obama is the new President of the United States, and to welcome him over 2 million people flooded our nation’s capital on Tuesday. Armed with their cell phones, BlackBerry’s, and laptop computers, this patriotic mass attacked the wireless networks and brought them to a sluggish crawl – one click at a [...] By Jeff \| Also posted in Wireless broadband \| Tagged DC, Inauguration, WiMAX \| Comments (0) « Older posts

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