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Alvarion to Present at Two Conferences

Michael Licata on March 17, 2010

Alvarion will showcase its latest WiMAX solutions at ISC West 2010 in Las Vegas and Convergence India in New Delhi. Alvarion will highlight the newest offerings and a login with its proven portfolio that serves several wireless broadband purposes.

Alvarion will showcase point-to-multipoint and point-to-point solutions for licensed and unlicensed frequencies for video surveillance and public safety. BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 and 3650 base stations will be displayed at Alvarion’s booth. They will also show new features tailored for wireless broadband video surveillance. Alvarion will host a round table discussion moderated by Monica Paolini about wireless broadband video surveillance with WiMAX. Alvarion will demonstrate its wireless video surveillance for attendees. The event takes place from March 23-26 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.

At Convergence India 2010, the company will display its portfolio of WiMAX equipment including several end-user devices. Ashish Sharma, vice president of marketing for Alvarion, will speak about “Defining the Need for Wireless Broadband” on March 23. The event takes place from March 23-25 at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

“Wireless broadband is opening new market opportunities as it becomes an integral part of next generation infrastructure buildout. We are demonstrating our latest technology at these two unique events,” said Mohammad Shakouri, corporate vice president of innovation and marketing for Alvarion. “Alvarion has led the wireless broadband and WiMAX industry from the early stages with new innovations and we will continue to tailor our solutions for regional market requirements. “

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Clearwire Changing Business Plan

Michael Licata on February 2, 2010

Clearwire is currently changing its business model as it becomes more of a wholesaler. The company plans to focus on leasing space on its WiMax network to other telecommunications companies like Time Warner Cable, Sprint Nextel and Comcast. WiMax networks currently cover 30 million people in the U.S., though Clearwire has less that one million subscribers. Clear is the service end of Clearwire’s roll out plan.

Some operators have previously released specifications for the purchase of their CPE products to the market, however these products will not always be purchased through Clearwire‘s supply chain.

Clearwire currently offers service in 27 markets throughout the U.S., including Las Vegas, Chicago and Philadelphia. There have been rumors that Clearwire may team with Wal Mart to roll out complete coverage across the U.S. and they are also in the process of making a big push to get into two more vital markets, New York and San Francisco.… Read the rest

New Year Means New Possibilities

Michael Licata on December 31, 2009

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2010 holds a lot of promise for WiMax, companies, consumers and bystanders are waiting to see how the technology develops. Many companies are looking to expand WiMax services, devices and offer new devices for consumers. LG and Sprint are looking to launch a new smartphone at Consumer Electronics Show on January 6. Clearwire is looking to raise more money by offering another round of common stock.

In international development, Mada commenced WiMax offerings in Jordan. Mobily extended its coverage area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Qtel announced its plans to offer service in the Philippines. Huawei also announced its first commercial WiMax venture in India. Wanteen Telecom is looking to expand WiMax service in Pakistan. Mauritius got started in the WiMax game too.

In CPE news, companies are getting ready to show off their new products at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 7-10. Intel is showcasing a new WiMax chip. Sprint also released the latest WiMax modems, including a 3G/4G router that mobile phone connection for the internet. Green Packet continues to influence WiMax development, it secured contracts for CPEs in three countries located in Asia Pacific.

Many wireless experts are looking to the early part of 2010 to see whether WiMax can become mainstream and others are waiting to see how LTE develops and which one becomes the choice for the developed nations. WiMax will continue to grow in developing countries, companies are planning on unveiling many different devices and services for WiMax, so for now, WiMax is the 4G technology that’s most available so it’ll continue to grow as long as consumers are looking for the next best thing.

There’s studies being done about how WiMax can be used by emergency services and other public safety departments for municipalities and governments.

WiMax Desktop Modem Now on Sale

Michael Licata on December 16, 2009 | 3 comments

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The CEPi25150 Motorola Wimax modem went on sale this past weekend. It is a desktop modem that is able to get WiMax iservice where its offered. It’s exclusively used for Sprint on their their 4G network. Its size squeezes in duel-antennas along with an ethernet port. It simply to hook up your existing WiFi router to the CEPi.

The WiMax-enabled modem is on sale for $99.99 after a mail in rebate. It comes with the $49.99 per month subscription service. Sprint offers WiMax services in 27 U.S. markets, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Las Vegas.… Read the rest

Sprint and Investor Partners to Invest 1.5 Billion More in Clearwire!

Kathleen Regalado (Kathleen@goingwimax.com) on November 9, 2009 | 4 comments

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Sprint and several partners in the new Clearwire will be investing $1.5 billion more in capital in order to assist the WiMax service provider in completing the first stage of the nationwide rollout of its WiMax network. This news comes about 18 months after Sprint, Intel, Comcast, Google Inc., and other partners first put $3.2 billion into Clearwire, which is building the first so-called “4G” mobile broadband network.

Clearwire plans to expand its network to reach up to 120 million people in the U.S. by the end of 2010. Clear WiMax is currently available in Portland, Atlanta, Las Vegas and select markets in North Carolina and Texas, and recently launched in Philadelphia and select cities in the Dallas/Ft.Worth Metroplex.

The negotiations for this venture are said to be private, however many have reported that investors such as Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. also plans to put more money into the venture. Google another of the partners has chosen not to participate in this round of financing.

Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow has said the company needs to secure financing or delay the buildout. The company plans to spend as much as $1.9 billion this year as it expands the network, and will start offering service in Dallas, Chicago, Honolulu and other parts of the country this quarter.… Read the rest

Sprint: WiMax Live in Portland, Las Vegas and Atlanta

goingwimax on August 17, 2009

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Today Sprint is launching WiMax in Portland, Las Vegas and Atlanta.

Customers in these areas are able to purchase laptop dongles to connect to the network.

Sprint’s WiMax services are already available in Baltimore. These cities are four of the nine in which Sprint will launch WiMax by the end of 2009.

Download speeds can reach over 10 Mbps with an average of 3 to 6 Mbps. Monthly subscriptions rates are $25 for a fixed connection, $30 for a mobile connection and $50 for both.

Clearwire and Comcast have already launched WiMax in these cities, so Sprint will focus its services on businesses.

Sprint has also recently added 17 new markets to its WiMax launch plans, including Boise, Corpus Christi and Maui.… Read the rest

WiMAX technology is here and ready in the UK

admin on July 20, 2009

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UK WiMAX Trial a Huge Success for Alvarion, MLL Telecom – July 10, 2009 (Wimax News)
Recent success with a trial WiMAX network in the UK affirms the beliefs of Alvarion and MLL Telecom that the country is ready for a full-blown WiMAX network roll-out. The two companies launched the pilot network in Maidstone in July 2008 to test a variety of WiMAX applications, such as public safety networks, closed-circuit television (CCTV), and several enterprise mobility applications including mobile data, VoIP, and video streaming. “The success of the trial shows the maturity of WiMAX technology,” said Eddie Minshull, Chief Executive Officer of MLL Telecom. …

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WiMAX Here at Last (almost) – July 8, 2009 (Brainstorm Magazine): Having endured the dubious honour of being the ‘next big thing’ for the past few years, the WiMAX standard has at last moved out of the realm of beta (a favourite criticism of its detractors) and into the ‘here’ with Telkom being the first to roll-out commercially in South Africa earlier this year. 802.16d and 802.16e are what the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) prefers to call what the rest of us know as WiMAX.
Clearwire officially launches WiMax in Las Vegas – July 8, 2009 (Wimax News) : Clearwire’s Las Vegas market went unofficially live in late May, and users had been telling us that they could sign up for service in June. Clearwire now says they’ll be launching the market officially on July 21, making it the fourth Clearwire market to launch behind Baltimore, Atlanta, and Portland.
Linear PAs for Wi-Fi and WiMAX – July 8, 2009 (dataweek) : Avago Technologies has announced a new series of miniature, fully matched WiMAX and Wi-Fi power amplifier (PA) modules for mobile and fixed wireless data applications.
Intel Chooses Huawei for WiMAX R&D in Saudi Arabia – July 8, 2009 (Wimax News) : King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Intel Corporation have selected Huawei Technologies to provide the KACST Wireless Technologies Research & Development Center with solutions, base stations, access network gateway, authentication servers, and other needed equipment and software. The solutions will enable the center to launch operations in the coming months.
WiMAX gains momentum – July 7, 2009 (ITP.net) : The recent WiMAX Forum MENA event in Dubai demonstrated that attitudes to the 4G technology have matured from the overly simplistic “LTE versus WiMAX”

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Hot Off the Press: Criteria for Obama Broadband Funding

Ari Zoldan on July 10, 2009

Hot Off the Press: Criteria for Obama Broadband Funding – July 2, 2009 (Wimax News) : The Obama administration published the criteria for its technology initiative funds yesterday, a Wall Street Journal article reports. The published document deals with the method of distributing billions of dollars toward the development of broadband in the US.

Clearwire officially launches WiMax in Las Vegas – July 8, 2009 (Wimax News) : Clearwire’s Las Vegas market went unofficially live in late May, and users had been telling us that they could sign up for service in June. Clearwire now says they’ll be launching the market officially on July 21, making it the fourth Clearwire market to launch behind Baltimore, Atlanta, and Portland.

Wimax Equipment Market Expected to Decline During Q2 2009 – July 8, 2009 (Wimax News) : Infonetics Research, a market research and consulting firm, recently released the first-quarter edition of its ‘WiMAX Equipment, Devices, and Subscribers’ report, which indicated that the worldwide WiMAX equipment revenue will decrease by 16 percent from the previous quarter and further decline is expected in second quarter of 2009.

Rumor : Clearwire Ramping Up for Dallas & Seattle Launch – July 7, 2009 (Wimax News) : Clearwire is now preparing for a forthcoming launch in the Dallas and Seattle area according to some ads on Craigslist soliciting new sales representatives and executives. The firm has posted ads on Dallas and Seattle Craigslist promoting an “invitational open house” to find prospective candidates for sales jobs in the area.

Introducing the 2009 WiMAX Distinction Awards – July 7, 2009 (Wimax News) : For the second year in a row, Internet Telephony Magazine is presenting the WiMAX Distinction Award, designed to honor those companies who are developing and designing the next generation of products and solutions that will define the WiMAX space for years to come.

Growth in Mobile Video Shifts Massive Advantage to WiMax Providers Until 2012 – July 7, 2009 (Wimax News): A new report by Digdia titled ‘The Emerging 4G Wireless Landscape in the U.S.’ published on July 6, 2009 finds that congestion in 3G networks, caused by a massive increase in demand for mobile digital media, will accelerate adoption of higher capacity 4G technology.

Blueslice Adds WiMAX to CSP 3000 – July 1, 2009 (Wimax News) : Blueslice Networks, a multi-profile subscriber management solutions provider, announced today that it will introduce the world’s first fully-integrated … Read the rest

Clearwire officially launches WiMax in Las Vegas

goingwimax on July 8, 2009 | 6 comments

Clearwire’s Las Vegas market went unofficially live in late May, and users had been telling us that they could sign up for service in June. Clearwire now says they’ll be launching the market officially on July 21, making it the fourth Clearwire market to launch behind Baltimore, Atlanta, and Portland.

According to the press release, Clearwire will be holding a consumer demonstration of the new service on the twenty first at the Town Square Mall in Vegas from 4 to 8 PM. The service rollout, along with the Atlanta’s launch month, is likely just the beginning of a flurry of activity this summer and fall, resulting in a WiMax footprint covering at least 10 metro markets by year end.

Las Vegas is actually one of the first WiMax markets Clearwire began constructing. As early as CTIA in 2007, Motorola had a functioning trial network operating in the Las Vegas strip, but since then it has expanded the WiMax footprint considerably. According to Clearwire’s coverage maps, the network now covers all of Las Vegas and most of its surrounding communities, including Paradise—where a large portion of the Las Vegas Strip is located—Henderson and Nellis Air Force Base.

As it did in Atlanta, Clearwire quietly started offering the Clear service to customers months before the official launch date. The first signs of activity are now emerging in its next markets, Chicago, Seattle and Dallas. Advertisements recently found in Craigslist purportedly placed by Clearwire seeking new salesman for its forthcoming launches in those cities. Las Vegas is the last of three markets in which Clearwire had begun building last year. The next wave of rollouts—of which the Chicago and Dallas networks are part—shift to WiMax networks Sprint begun before it merged its 4G assets with Clearwire. Integrating those networks may prove tricky as Clearwire hasn’t yet reconciled its back office systems with those developed for Sprint. The Sprint-built Baltimore network still operates independently from the growing Clearwire footprint, but Clearwire has promised to integrate the two systems by year end.

Seven additional markets are set for launch this year, including Dallas and Fort Worth, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Honolulu and Charlotte.… Read the rest

Video : Clear Commercial for Las Vegas WiMax Launch

admin on June 8, 2009

Clearwire is now selling WiMax services in Las Vegas ahead of an official launch this summer. The coverage maps now available Clear.com are extensive and indicate that most of the metro Las Vegas area has been covered. The soft launch echoes its strategy to bringing “Clear” to Atlanta, and Portland, Ore., earlier this year. Las Vegas is the third major market that Clearwire has launched under its own steam.… Read the rest

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