The CTIA Wireless 2010 conference recently wrapped up in Las Vegas and already there’s been a lot of great, substantive discussion about the themes presented, from the smartphone revolution to the debates raging about WiMAX vs. LTE. Towerstream’s Chief Revenue Officer Mel Yarbrough was there to speak on a FierceWireless panel addressing “How to Differentiate [...]
Rounding out the week, I wanted to comment on some of the most interesting recent news. 1. Taking WiMAX to the Streets According to GoingWiMax, Taipei City is implementing 1,000 taxis to be equipped with WiMAX. VMAX Telecom just began providing the free service March 9, 2010. Although I have never been to Taipei, I [...]
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 [...]
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Tagged Alvarion, Ball State University, BSU, Cisco, Digital Bridge Communications, EBS Spectrum, Towerstream, WiMAX, wireless
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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