WiMAX news took form in Sprint’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that ties short term bonuses for top executives to the success of WiMAX launches in the U.S. 10 percent of the bonus is tied to the sale of Clear, WiMAX services offered by Clearwire. Sprint owns controlling interest in Clearwire. Sprint CEO Dan [...]

This Week in WiMax News International companies looking to India as a potentially large market for everything Wimax. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced its auctioning off air wave space for WiMax and 3G use.  Following that announcement, Sony and Micro Star International announced it will release WiMax-enabled laptops in India early in 2010. Media company Tata [...]

Cooperativa de Telecomunicaciones Sucre has selected Airspan Networks for a multi-phase Bolivian WiMAX deployment. The first section of the deployment will take place in the city of Sucre in the first part of 2010. Sucre residents will be able to access wireless broadband internet . Operating in the 3.6GHz frequency band, COTES will incorporate a variety [...]

Verizon Defends LTE at WiMAX Confab – Dec 2, 2009 (FierceWireless) Clearly outnumbered by the mobile WiMAX advocates in the audience, Verizon’s Chris Neisinger defended his company’s choice of LTE for its 4G network technology. During the WiMAX Forum Americas 2009 conference here this morning, Neisinger said Verizon considered deploying mobile WiMAX technology but ultimately selected [...]