Clearwire Raises $2.8 Billion for WiMax Launch – Nov 25, 2009 (Wimax News)
Clearwire announced recently that it has raised $2.8 billion dollars for a national launch of WiMax services. The company had previously announced to stakeholders that it had initially raised$1.85 billion in a bond offering to pay off debt of $1.4 billion.
A New Product from Green Packet to Keep Your Home Safe – Nov 27, 2009 (Malaysia Star)
Green Packet Bhd hopes to sell 500 units of the IRIX 123, an Internet protocol-based surveillance system, a month in the first year of its introduction.
WiMax launched in Trinidad and Tobago – Nov 25, 2009 (Wimax News)
Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago announced it has launched a WiMax network Trinidad and Tobago. This comes ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting next week.
Brightpoint Signs WiMax Contract with Time Warner – Nov 25, 2009 (Wimax News)
Brightpoint Inc. received a contract to provide an integrated supply chain management system for the next-generation (4G) WiMAX network. Yesterday, the company announced that it entered into an agreement with Time Warner Cable Inc. to provide transportation management, inventory management, device customization, fulfillment, and reverse logistics for the Time Warner’s upcoming WiMAX ventures.
RCR Wireless News Hosts RCR Local Event at WiMAX Forum Congress Americas 2009 – Nov 24, 2009 (Business Wire)
Arden Media Company today announced an RCR Local event at the WiMAX Forum Congress Americas 2009 conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The RCR Local event will occur on December 1st at the Broward County Convention Centre and features a panel of industry experts on the topic of “Building & Operating Profitable 4G Networks.”
Broadcaster Invests in DigitalBridge WiMax – Nov 24, 2009 (Wimax News)
According to TVB, WiMax provider DigitalBridge Communications has secured a third round of equity financing from investors. One of the investors include Schurz Communications, which also has 10 TV stations in its portfolio of media properties.
Dallas Time Warner Cable Customers to Get WiMax in December – Nov 24, 2009 (Wimax News)
Time Warner Cable who is reselling Clearwire Mobile WiMax service and bundling it with the company’s existing broadband, TV and VoIP services said in October that they’d be launching their service starting December 1st in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte and Greensboro.
Four Operators Gain 4G Licenses in Finland’s 2.6GHz Auction – Nov 24, 2009 (Rethink Wireless)
The Baltic states have led the way in Europe’s auction of 2.6GHz spectrum, mainly earmarked for LTE of WiMAX services. While the larger economies put digital dividend spectrum on the front burner, Finland has quietly followed Sweden and Norway in selling the mobile broadband frequencies, which are particularly suited to dense urban 4G deployments.
Sequans Secures Funding From Alcatel-Lucent And Motorola Ventures For LTE Development – Nov 23, 2009 (RF Globalnet)
Sequans Communications, a leading 4G chipmaker, has raised a new round of capital to fund its Long Term Evolution (LTE) development program. Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola Ventures, the investment arm of Motorola , two of the world’s leading system vendors, led the round, which also included the participation of Sequans’ other existing investors.
Sri Lanka Telecom to Deploy WiMax in March 2010 – Nov 23, 2009 (Wimax News)
The Daily Mirror has reported that Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has received approval from the island’s board of investment for its plan to deploy a WiMax broadband network costing $12.8 million.
Broadband Tech Firm Sees “farms of WiFi” in RP – Nov 21, 2009 (Inquirer.net)
The broadband Internet business in the Philippines continues to heat up, but WiFi remains to be a huge business potential for a US-based company, who sees the usefulness of WiFi in areas that have no Internet connection yet. In fact, WiFi can encourage development of new types of services that cannot be yet be delivered by 3G or WiMAX.
India 3G/WiMAX Spectrum Auction Delayed Until January – Nov 20, 2009 (EETimes)
The auction of 3G spectrum and spectrum for WiMAX in India has been postponed from December to January next year. The auction of WiMAX licenses will be held two days after 3G auctions are closed, according to the federal ministry of communications.
BSNL and Intel start WiMAX Acceleration Program – Nov 19, 2009 (Express Computer)
BSNL, HCL and Intel have joined hands to support the Indian Government’s Bharat Nirman rural development agenda. All three players have announced a series of wide-reaching initiatives to spur economic and educational opportunities in India by expanding access to wireless broadband Internet and affordable computers.
