Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA), just announced the release of a global report on the WiMAX market, predicting that the world market for WiMAX will exceed $9.4 billion by 2015. Despite the current economic downturn that threw most major industries for a loop, the report says that WiMAX is expected to recreate momentum thanks to [...]

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 [...]

Telecom Providers Announce LTE Standard – Nov 5, 2009 (CNET) In the battle between LTE and WiMax for wireless broadband, LTE may have just gotten another boost. A group of leading telecom service and equipment providers, including AT&T, Verizon, Nokia, and Samsung, announced a new standard Thursday for delivering compatible voice and messaging services using [...]

Intel Corporation and Nokia signed a long-term relationship contract today to develop a new type of mobile computing device and chipset.  The two companies also signed a licensing agreement  that will enable Intel to license Nokia’s HSPA/3G modem technologies.  These two contracts were signed as steps toward the creation of a new technological device for [...]

Technology only gets better as time goes on, stretching its capablities and feeling out new territories.  Of the many areas in which technology may improve, speed is monitered the most.  So, it is no surprise that Apple’s ad campaign for the new iPhone emphasizes that the device is even faster than its previous model. The iPhone [...]