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Wimax in Atlanta

admin on May 11, 2009

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Since May 2009, residents of Atlanta are able to subscribe to Clear WiMAX service. The coverage maps now available Clear.com are extensive and indicate that most of the metro Atlanta area has been covered. Home Internet will cost $35 a month, Mobile Internet $40.

Clearwire officially launched mobile WiMAX in Atlanta on Tuesday June, 16 , where it is available now to almost 3 million people. There are three Atlanta’s local company selling Clear WiMAX package so far : Clearwimax4U, WiMAX Atlanta and WiMAX ATL.

Products compatible with Clear include modems, Wi-Fi devices and WiMAX-compatible laptops. A modem compatible with both WiMAX and earlier technologies will be available in the summer. A WiMAX-enabled handheld device, the Samsung Mondi, also will be available soon

Some Reviews of Clear wimax services in Atlanta

“I live just east of Atlanta and got Clear 6mbit/500kbps yesterday. So far, I’m impressed. Ping times are only slightly higher(5-10ms) than what I had with AT&T DSL. Downloads usually max around 1.2-1.4MB/s. I assume it won’t stay like this once people start signing up, but I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts.
Did not want to sign a contract and they let you do that if you choose. My credit isa bit shaky,so I did not want to sign a contract and they let you do that if you choose. My credit isa bit shaky,so I did not know if I wouldbe approved, but I was in less tahn a few minuets!! The whole setup was fast and I was online inless than an hr after the Clear guy set my up. Pros USB modem is the fastest thing i have ever used hands down! Cons The Home Internet is faster than DSL but slower than Comcast (then again Clear WiMAX is alot less expensive)”
I recieved my USB dongle from Clear on Friday, did some “war driving” with my laptop on Saturday, and found from mid-town Atlanta out I-85 north, to I-285 west, to I-75 interchange the service was strong. Some spots had a download speed of ~11MBps, upload ~500kBps, other areas were in the 3-6MBps down, 500k up range. All in all it’s very solid. I chose the “unlimited” no-contract plan for $50/mo ($70 for the USB dongle, $35 activation fee). I also had a very good experience with tech phone support.
“Was sceptical at first how this wouldwork and how the

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Wimax in Portland

admin on April 14, 2009

Sprint Nextel along with Clearwire initiated the first west coast WiMax Network in Portland, Ore in January 2009. As oppose to the WiMax Deployment in Baltimore which covers only the downtown area, the network in Portland consists of 300 cell phone towers equipped with Wimax base stations, and covers 90% the Portland Metropolitan area . The new network initially covers 700 square Miles and can service 1.7 Million subscribers. Clearwire brought its service to Portland in January. Portland is the second U.S. city to get WiMax, marketed here under the brand name Clear. Clearwire is using Portland as both a test market and a showcase for a service it hopes to bring nationwide over the next few years. Clear’s WiMax comes in two varieties : fixed service for the home and mobile service for students or professionals. Read a review of Clear Spot, a Clearwire product that creates an instant Wi-Fi hot spot anywhere WiMax is available. In Portland, Clear is proving that WiMax is a viable technology with mainstream potential.

(all photos by Paul Kapustka, (c) Sidecut Reports 2009)

General description of Clear WiMax services

Home prices: Monthly plans cost $20 to $40, depending on speed, plus $5 a month for a WiMax modem. Speeds start at 768 kilobits per second, up to 6 megabits per second. Mobile prices: Service costs $30 to $50 a month, depending on how much you use it, plus $60 to buy a mobile WiMax modem. Download speeds are up to 4 megabits per second. (Note: Mobile service is not yet available for Macs.)
Mobile: The company promises mobile downloads of 4 megabits per second for between $30 and $50 a month. For reference, at those speeds it takes eight to 10 seconds to download a song from the Internet. The major cell phone carriers (AT&T, Verizon and Sprint) all offer mobile services at monthly rates that are $10 to $20 more expensive and a good deal slower, albeit with a nationwide footprint.
Setup: Clear provides a small WiMax modem, the size and shape of a thumb drive, which connects to a laptop USB port. An installation disc provides software to launch the connection — provided you have a PC. Clear promises Mac-friendly software soon, but doesn’t offer it yet.

Feedback from “Clear” Wimax Subscriber In Portland

“I’ve been with Clear since Jan. 2nd. I use the mobile USB dongle

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Wimax in Silicon Valley

admin on April 14, 2009

Clearwire announced in the Apr 02, 2009 a major step toward application development for 4G with plans for a “WiMAX Innovation Network” in Silicon Valley, CA. with long-time partners Google, Intel and Cisco Systems Inc. The WiMax network will cover the three companies’ campuses as part of its Southern Bay Area catchment region. Service on the network is expected to be available by late summer of 2009 and will enable selected developers to get access to WiMax and Mobile features such as GPS satellite positioning “in the real world”. There was no discussion about any public access to the Silicon Valley network but Clearwire has planed expanding its ‘Clear’ WiMax service to the San Francisco Bay Area next year.

WiMax will be commercially available with Clearwire in Silicon Valley in 2010. The cities and total area to be covered by the system are still being worked out. Although the cost of the service in Silicon Valley hasn’t been determined yet, it probably would be comparable to theWimax Network in Portland, Ore . where mobile service costs $30 a month. WiMax customers will need to buy an additional $49.95 network connector, which fits into a UBS port on their notebook unless the end point device has a built-in WiMAX adapter. Clearwire is considering providing the service to a local university, which he declined to name.… Read the rest

Wimax in Taiwan

admin on April 14, 2009

Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecom (FET), the only Taiwan telecom operator with both cellular and WiMAX networks, has awarded Motorola additional contracts to expand its WiMAX network in Taichung, Taiwan in April 2009. Motorola will deploy its WAP access point portfolio, Motorola’s high-performance base stations for WiMAX networks, and integrate Connectivity Service Network (CSN) Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA)/Home Agent (HA) solution to extend FET’s existing network and provide functions like access control and billing. FET is expanding its WiMAX network as part of the operator’s commitment to theM-Taiwan project, a government initiative to accelerate WiMAX ecosystem development and create a city-wide broadband network. The projects are now underway and are expected to be completed by 3Q 2009.

InfoComm formally launched the first commercial WiMax broadband wireless network in Taiwan for business on Penghu, a group of small islands west of Taiwan, on Monday April, 27 2009. Tatung InfoComm is offering several specials to Penghu’s 93,000 citizens to sign up for the new high speed wireless Internet access service. Anyone who signs up for unlimited monthly WiMax service that includes both a WiMax card for their laptop PC as well as a WiMax modem for their home between now and June 30 will pay NT$1,680 (US$50) per month. The minimum price for monthly service will be NT$1000 per month after the special introductory rates expire.

Taiwan’s Tatung University became on april 21, 2009 the first university campus to be covered entirely by Mobile WiMAX (802.16e), featuring Alcatel-Lucent’s WiMAX solutions. The wimax network launched yesterday is intended to serve as a platform for R&D, like the one Clearwire is currently deploying in Silicon Valley, and is accessible by more than 4,000 students and professors. Alcatel-Lucent provided the wireless infrastructure along with various innovative WiMAX application services, includingsmart metering, digital video surveillance systems, IPTV, PS3 gaming , IMS, and high-speed video streaming . Other companies such as Accton Wireless Broadband, ASUSTeK, China Television, dmedia, D-Link, Gemtek, Intel Taiwan, Polycom Asia Pacific PTE, MOXA Technologies, Quanta Microsystems, and ZyXEL Communications announced their participation in the project. VIA is providing 8.9″ WiMAX enabled VIA OpenBook mini-notes to the lab so that students and faculty can connect anywhere indoors or out on the university campus grounds.

Tatung University’s WiMAX 16e experimental network is also supported by the Tatung InfoComm, a WiMAX operator in Taiwan, providing wimax base stations, indoor and outdoor CPEs, PCMCIA/Express cards. Tatung InfoComm … Read the rest

Wimax in Jordan

admin on April 14, 2009 | 2 comments

Amman, Irbid, and Zaraq – Jordan WIMAX : Mada Communications and Motorola partnered in March 2009 on the commercial launch of an end-to-end 802.16e-based WiMAX network in Jordan. With this new wimax deployment, customers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will get voice and high speed data through wireless broadband services. The wholesale model introduction from Motorola will allow Mada to offer its WiMAX services to other ISPs as well as help to increase revenues for the company. Initially available to wireless Internet subscribers inAmman, Irbid, and Zaraq , the service will gradually be expanded to other parts of the country. This partnership will also provide 10Mb/s speed for customers of Mada on their personal communication devices.… Read the rest

Wimax in Japan

admin on April 14, 2009

Tokyo, Yokohama, Kawasaki – Japan WIMAX

UQ Communications will kick-off its Wimax initiative in Japan by letting its customers try it for free. The residents of three cities in Japan Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki will receive free Wimax service starting February 2009. The free trial will run until the end of June at which point subscribers would have to pay approximately $50 a month in order to keep their service. This price is lower than what people in Japan pay nowadays for a comparable High Speed Packet Access. UQ is distributing WiMax cards for free as a part of this trial.

Haneda Airport

UQ Communications announced on April 2009 UQ WiMAX service will be available in Haneda Airport – both Terminalｓ 1 and 2. Within the next years, UQ WiMAX service will be expanded in succession to other airports across Japan. Haneda Airport located in Ōta, Tokyo is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. UQ, the major japanese telecom operator with WiMAX spectrum licenses founded in 2007, has posted an aggressive deployment plan and is expecting to attract 300,000 subscribers to its WiMAX service at the end of the 2009 fiscal year. In the following years, UQ expects to attract several million subscribers in the Japanese market and aims to cover more than 90% of the population by 2012.… Read the rest

Wimax in Georgia

admin on April 14, 2009

Cisco announced in february 2009 that Georgian Mobile operator Magticom has launched Mobile WiMax Service using end to end Cisco Broadband Wireless solution. MagtiCom is deploying a Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network that integrates mobile voice and WiMax services into a single converged network. Wimax Internet is currently available in the capital,Tbilisi as well as 9 other major cities in Georgia with plans to cover over 98% of the country by the end of 2009. “In a country like Georgia, with a mountainous terrain and a low penetration of copper and optical wireline networks, wireless solutions are virtually the only way to help eliminate the digital divide.” said Kaan Terzioglu, Cisco’s vice president for Europe East.… Read the rest

Wimax in Burkina Faso

admin on April 14, 2009

Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Posts and Information Communication Technology announced earlier this week that it will once again hire Alvarion for WiMAX deployment. Alvarion was hired in the past as service provider connecting administrative offices for advanced data and voice services in the capital city of Ouagadougou. The rollout plan includes the connection of additional cities and government offices to the current WiMAX network. As part of this initiative, Alvarion will deploy its BreezeMAX base stations and customer premises equipment for the 2.5 GHz frequency band in the major cities of Burkina Faso.… Read the rest

Wimax in Botswana

admin on April 14, 2009

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Alvarion announced in February 2009 that it was hired by Orange Botswana for turnkey WiMAX™ deployment, using Alvarion’s WiMAX Forum Certified™ 4Motion end-to-end solution. The New Wimax Network will initially cover Botswana’s two largest cities Gaborone and Francistown with plans to expand to other parts of the country in the near future. Gaborone, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities along with Francistown inhabit 330,000 people.

Wilfried Yver Head of Internet Service Provider of Orange Botswana said “We are confident that Alvarion’s proven global expertise in wireless broadband technologies and commitment to WiMAX will help us bring superior Internet service to our end-users, now and in the future. Our subscribers are already enjoying the benefits of the technology and we are very interested in the new opportunities 802.16e WiMAX could bring to this market”.

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