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[28 Apr 2009 | Comments | ]

Wimax Forum launches certification program (Telecomasia.net). The Wimax Forum has launched its Interoperability Testing (IOT) Certification program, which will leverage Clearwire’s commercial Wimax network experience to ensure interoperability in the 2.5GHz band.

Live WiMax Tour at the WiMAX Forum Congress in Asia (Wimax News). The WiMAX Forum unveiled today that a Live WiMAX™ Tour will be held at the upcoming WiMAX Forum Congress Asia. The WiMAX Forum Congress Asia will take place on April 28 – 29 at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore.

Aptilo WiMAX CSN System Named …

Interviews, Wimax »

[7 Jan 2009 | Comments | ]

Can you briefly introduce yourself and your company ?

Sure. My name is Michael DeBoer, a Marketing Manager for a company called Spectrum Bridge. What we’ve done is develop an online marketplace which brings together buyers and sellers of licensed spectrum and generally leverages the advantages of the secondary spectrum market.

Can you tell us how the spectrum market is organized between the primary and secondary Market ?

The markets could be compared to the real estate industry. In order to make a purchase on the primary market, you’d have to buy a …

Market Trends, Wimax, Wimax Providers »

[11 Aug 2008 | Comments | ]

AT&T’s Apple iPhone and Sprint’s Instinct touch phone is not the only rivalry brewing between these two foremost cellular networks. AT&T has been bullying Sprint for a long time now, trying to prevent the Sprint and Clearwire union from merging both of their assets in order to create a nationwide broadband wireless network.
The only difference is that this time, Sprint is fighting back. Sprint recently filed a response, declaring that “The New Clearwire transaction presents an unparalleled opportunity to accelerate broadband deployment in the United States,” Sprint declared.
Furthermore Sprint has …

Wimax, Wimax Providers »

[29 Jul 2008 | Comments | ]

AT&T Phone Company is once again challenging the imminent merger of Sprint Nextel with Clearwire, whose aim is to merge both companies’ WiMax assets in order to create a nationwide broadband wireless network.
This merger would be huge for Wimax, estimating a deal worth 14. 5 billion dollars, and is promising to be a huge success. Just ask Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), all companies who are currently backing this magnanimous merger.
This union would be a grave threat to AT&T’s future success and longevity as …

Wimax Apps, Wimax Cities, Wimax Providers »

[11 Jul 2008 | Comments | ]

The Sprint-Clearwire deal gave Clearwire undeniable credibility in WiMAX development, and the company is moving forward with the technology in a big way. Beta tests are underway in Portland, with “more than 70 percent of [the] WiMAX sites for Portland…in construction or on air.” Completion is slated for the end of year, with commercial deployments in that city and 3 others in 2009.
But now they have more than just the hardware; as of July 2nd, Clearwire has leased 3 one-year licenses on the 39 GHz spectrum from IDT Spectrum, …