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Telkom will deploy WiMax in Indonesia in Q1 2010

on September 28, 2009  



 

“And the winner is… -PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom).” According to TeleGeography, Indonesia’s largest telecoms company announced that it will deploy the country’s first WiMax networkin the first quarter of 2010. In an interview with the Jakarta Post, Telekom director Ermady Dahlan said that the company is finishing paperwork that will allow them to obtain the operational license from the Indonesian government. Spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information Gatot Dewa Broto explained that the ministry requires Telekom to pass a series of feasibility tests, before it will issue them the license as planned by the end of October.

WiMAX is a 4G technology that provides wireless Internet transmission of data using high-throughput broadband connections over long distances without having to build costly infrastructure. With a coverage of some 30 miles in radius from each base station, wimax does not require a large number of transmission towers. Therefore, WiMax involves relatively low costs in investment compared to 3G technologies.

According to Jakarta Post, Telkom was one of eight companies to receive WiMAX broadband licences from the government in August this year. Minister of Information and Communication, Mohammad Nuh, said the eight winners of operating licences fulfilled the main criteria, including having ‘sufficient infrastructure’ and a minimum usage of 30 and 40 percent of local products. The full list of winners is PT Telkom, PT Indosat Mega Media, PT Internux, PT First Media, PT Jasnita Telekomindo, PT Berca Hardayaperkasa, PT Rahajasa Media Internet (also known as the Indonesian WiMAX Consortium), and a consortium comprising PT Comtronics Systems and PT Adiwarta Perdania. Even though all eight fulfill the requirements, Telekom will have the honor of being the first to launch a Fourth Generation network in the country.… Read the rest

17 WiMax companies form patent pool for IPR assets

on September 28, 2009  



open-patent-allianceAccording to RCR Wireless, Jung Hahn, President of the Open Patent Alliance was the keynote speaker at PCIA‘s 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show on Wednesday morning, where he noted that intellectual property rights might restrain WiMax deployment. The Open Patent Alliance was created nearly a year ago to establish patent pooling for Fourth Generation technologies and today the OPA counts eleven companies as members.

In the mobile industry companies pay the small number of players that own IPR assets for the continuing access to that technology. In the PC industry payments are simpler as companies pay a one-time fee. While 15 companies own fundamental patents for 3G technology Hanh said, about 40 are expected to assert IPR for 4G technology. The IPR patent pool idea emerged from Hahn’s past involvement in a bilateral agreement that took three to four years to close. Bilateral IPR negotiations over payments are lengthy and could delay the time products are introduced to the marketplace.

While Hahn expects bilateral agreements to remain as a method of negotiation, the patent pool will serve as an additional communication platform for 4G companies, especially those like consumer electronics equipment makers who are averse to paying high IPR costs. Among the advantages of patent pools are reduced IPR barriers to entry, encouraged cooperation among multiple ecosystems to contribute to the marketplace, innovation and lower costs to consumers. In an interview with RCR wireless, Hanh also explained that IPR agreements are often completed in a “cloak and dagger” manner, but the OPA aims to make WiMAX IPR licensing transparent.

Companies involved in IPR for 4G technologies might use a percentage of the average selling price to calculate IPR fees . OPA also plans to provide its members with “a credible reference [pricing] point in the market” that can be considered when legal disputes over IPR arise.

OPA just hosted its first patent pool meeting for WiMAX earlier this week, where 17 companies are presently negotiating IPR licenses for the WiMAX industry. Hanh predicts that the process will take until fall 2010. As no one company is expected to claim all the IPR rights over 4G technology, patent pools will work well for WiMAX and LTE.… Read the rest

Deutsche Telekom Said in Talks With Clearwire

on September 23, 2009  



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Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks to gain access to airwaves controlled by Clearwire Corp. and MetroPCS Communications Inc. as the German company seeks to expand U.S. networks, said two people familiar with the matter (Sept. 22, Bloomberg)

Europe’s biggest phone company is looking for the most cost-effective way to build nationwide networks using high-speed technology, according to one of the people, who declined to be identified because negotiations are preliminary. Sprint Nextel Corp., which owns 51 percent of Clearwire, is also involved in the talks with Bonn-based Deutsche Telekom, the people said.

Clearwire said in August it needed $2 billion by year-end to complete its own network expansion, and Deutsche Telekom could provide funding in exchange for access, one of the people said. MetroPCS and Clearwire each own airwaves suitable for fourth-generation networks, which can provide faster service for Web-equipped phones than their predecessors.

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA unit, whose subscriber gains have slowed in five of the past six quarters, has yet to announce its own expansion plans. Larger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. are already upgrading their systems.

“This would be an answer that would be good news for everyone,” said Craig Moffett, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York, who doesn’t own shares in any of the companies. “It helps check the box for T-Mobile, which is desperately seeking a 4G answer.”

Stock Market Performance

Clearwire rose 18 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $8.97 at 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market, while MetroPCS was unchanged at $10.04 on the New York Stock Exchange. Deutsche Telekom rose 0.3 percent to 9.33 euros in Frankfurt. Sprint gained 4 cents to $4.29 in New York trading. The stock surged the most in five months last week after the Sunday Telegraph reported Deutsche Telekom was considering a bid for Sprint.

Deutsche Telekom is unlikely to make an offer for all of Sprint, according to one of the people.

“This deal would involve significantly less money, but still allow T-Mobile to offer 4G services,” Dave Novosel, an analyst at Gimme Credit, wrote in a report. “It would avoid the burdensome integration process and considerable up front costs of assimilating operations.”

Clearwire uses the WiMax standard, which is as much as four times faster than the average speeds on older networks. Clearwire says it believes it holds more airwaves than … Read the rest

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