A recent study showed that in terms of fastest wireless broadband by continent, Europe is the worldwide leader. Top countries on the continent include Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, Aland, Andorra, Sweden, Bulgaria, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine. Both public initiative toward infrastructure and national government funding are the major reasons for Europe’s success [...]

Maravedis released its studies on the WiMAX chip market in 2009. They found that companies shipped 5 million mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2009. “However despite the surge of mobile WiMAX device and chipset shipments, notably in Q4 09, the total WiMAX equipment market remained flat last year at US$1.36 billion,” said Maravedis Research Director Adlane Fellah. [...]

An Intel executive stated that standards for WiMAX 2.0 will be finalized by the end of 2010. Deployment will be widespread by 2012 with standard, 802.16m providing faster download and upload speeds. Intel research found that users will have 170 Mbps download speeds and 90 Mbps upload speeds. The research also stated that the technology can [...]

4GCounts along with Maravedis releases its latest findings on the 4G landscape, including WiMAX and LTE. The report states that BWA/WiMAX subscribers reached 4.72 million being served by over 200 operators throughout the world after 3Q of 2009. The worldwide subscriber base generated an estimated quarterly revenue of $798 million dollars. Residential subscribers, at 68 percent, [...]

According to Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse, as the healthcare industry transforms, wireless technology may serve as the key enabler of this shift. Major topics Hesse referenced during his keynote were future trends, the increasing use of wireless data transactions, the ever-expanding importance of 4G technology, and a growing need to always keep people, devices, [...]