Category Archives: WiMAX
October 30, 2008 – 6:15 pm
Looking back at the progression of wireless, it’s hard to believe how far we’ve come since the cell phone of 20 years ago. It was 28 ounces (compared to the 5.5 ounce Blackberry Storm), cost a whopping $2,500 and had just one hour of battery life. These days we have iPhones and [...]
September 30, 2008 – 10:42 am
It’s official. Sprint Nextel has launched its first WiMAX network – in Baltimore, MD.
This heavily anticipated network roll-out is just the beginning. According to a USA Today article by Leslie Cauley, voice services will eventually be added and “WiMax networks are under construction in Washington, D.C.; Portland, Ore.; Philadelphia; Dallas/Fort Worth; and Chicago. All are [...]
September 14, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Hello from San Francisco!
It’s been a crazy few days here at CTIA, but I wanted to take a few minutes to blog about what I’ve seen on the show floor before my flight home takes off.
CTIA tends to focus on applications, software development, and network architecture, and the show this year was home to some [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in BlackBerry, CTIA, Clearwire, Mobile Devices, Sprint, Towerstream
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Tagged 4G, Clearwire, CTIA, Sprint, TiVo, Towerstream, WiMAX
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August 28, 2008 – 10:25 am
With the first mobile WiMAX networks from Sprint and Clearwire expected to launch this fall, consumers, mobile business users, and members of the WiMAX community are now asking – how long will it be before I can get my hands on a mobile WiMAX-enabled handheld device? Last week at the Intel Developer Forum [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Clearwire, Intel, Mobile Devices, Sprint, Towerstream
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Tagged AT&T, BlackBerry, Clearwire, Intel, Sprint, Towerstream, WiMAX
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August 12, 2008 – 3:49 pm
Drama, Drama, Teledrama…
The mobile space is facing some growing pains. Sprint and Clearwire are trying to move into a new market. AT&T is opposed. Wait, maybe AT&T is confused?
In a recent interview with USA Today’s Leslie Cauley, AT&T’s new CTO, John Donovan, says the company is on the look out for a [...]
Gartner Research released a report a few days back about the state of the WiMAX market concluding that businesses should wait on investing in the technology. I have seen a lot of media coverage on this, and as a proud advocate of WiMAX, I’d like to throw my two cents into the mix.
It seems [...]
As I’m sure many of you saw, last week Intel said it will begin shipping its new Centrino 2.0 (Montevina) mobile chip for laptops. You might ask, why does Jeff care about this? Because the new chip will have WiMAX capabilities integrated later this year, along with Wi-Fi. For those [...]
What can I say, it’s been a very busy few months here at Towerstream, which is why I haven’t had the chance to update my blog. For my first post back after a short hiatus, I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a minute and address the questions Wi-NOW and Wi-ME?
First, the [...]
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