Mind Commerce has released two new reports on Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) products and services and an operational planning tool. The documents provide the knowledge and tools necessary to understand and capitalize on the critical shift from wireline to wireless and from circuit-based to packet-based voice communications.
The intended audience for this research and planning […]
By 2008, worldwide sales for WiMAX equipment will be billions of euros, but over half of it will be for customer premise equipment. WiMAX, a new form of broadband wireless access, helps shift the economics of broadband to make it cheaper than ever to deploy. However, argue the analysts, WiMAX providers will need to bundle […]
Iberbanda, a foremost transport carrier and Internet services company in Spain, has deployed 3.5 GHz PacketWave systems from Aperto Networks to drive broadband access for municipalities, businesses, government offices and residential customers throughout Spain. In the past year, Aperto has become the fastest growing supplier of broadband wireless equipment to Iberbanda, with over 100 base […]
Global communications giant Motorola is currently engaged in talks with all major telecom service providers (including the state owned units) in the country to offer its WiMAX platform.
“We are conducting trail runs with the six major telecom operators in India, both CDMA and GSM, to offer ‘Canopy’ broadband services. We expect service providers to extend […]
Wavesat has announced the general availability of the world’s first WiMAX chip, the DM256.
After extensive testing of the DM256 during the past month, Wavesat has delivered chips to many System (OEMs) and Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs). Based on these performance tests, Wavesat can now make the DM256 chips generally available and ramp up to mass […]
Just because WiMAX has been the centre of a lot of attention lately does not mean that it is all hype and no substance. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Currently, there is a large number of companies actively promoting WiMAX, with nearly 200 in its WiMAX forum. It also has opportunities before it […]
This month, WaveSat Inc., of San Jose, USA, a fabless semiconductor developer of broadband wireless chips, announced the general availability of its WiMAX chip, the DM256. The DM256 was chosen by nex-G for its Horizon platform, for its quality and early availability.
The nex-G Horizon WiMAX portfolio is based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standards, and incorporates […]
ABI Research advises WiMAX / 802.16 watchers not to panic over news that WiMAX certification and certified products will be delayed by six months. Philip Solis, senior analyst of wireless connectivity at ABI Research, says that no great harm will result from the delay.
The delay is attributed not by any tardiness in establishing interoperability certification […]
In conjunction with the implementation of its IP-based core network, Stratos is also undertaking an upgrade of its existing Gulf of Mexico microwave network to an IP-based platform, which will be linked to the core network to support newly developed value-added applications. In addition to offering greater bandwidth options, the upgraded microwave network will also […]
WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is becoming a force in the wireless access arena in some parts of the world, reports In-Stat. By 2008, worldwide sales for WiMAX equipment will be billions of dollars, but over half of it will be for Customer Premise Equipment.
According to In-Stat, WiMAX is a new form of […]