Northern Michigan University will expand its WiMax network to cover Negaunee, MI. The university and the Negaunee City Council came to an agreement recently that will allow 300 NMU students and staff living in the vicinity to use laptops anywhere in the area without any additional costs. The city is drawing up a final contract and [...]

Broadlands Networks plans to launch a commercial 4G network in Zimbabwe in the near future. They hope to offer voice and data services in three Zimbabwean cities, Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru with its own last-mile infrastructure. The company wants to complete 4G coverage of the entire country by June 2010. The information being released by Broadlands [...]

There have recently been some interesting developments on the U.S. deployment front. Many regional telecommunications companies are purchasing equipment necessary to launch WiMax networks, a departure from Clearwire’s tactic of providing WiMax to everyone in the U.S. by deploying it in major markets. This appears to be a good way to create competition between different [...]

Time Warner Cable just launched its new super fast 4G Road Runner Mobile network in Maui. Time Warner is going to ramp up its investment in proto-4G mobile WiMax network deployments this year, noting huge opportunities for the rollout of new products like Road Runner Mobile. The service is the first in a line of mobile broadband [...]

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development mandated that a consult must come up with a market study on telecoms coverage for remote and rural areas of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The deadline for submissions is February 8. The study will research the most effective way to provide mobile phone technology and WiMax to areas where land [...]