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Tuesday 30 September 2008
Sprint Xohm rings in WiMAX era in US
Sprint has officially launched its Xohm mobile WiMAX technology service in Baltimore, making its the first major mobile broadband commercial service available in the US. Xohm noted...
Friday 26 September 2008
Tecom revenues to hit two-year high in September on shipments of WiMAX products and UMA gateways
Taiwan-based telecom equipment maker Tecom expects its revenues to reach a two-year high, at NT$1 billion (US$31.3 million), in September on rising shipments of WiMAX products and...
Wednesday 24 September 2008
DesignArt Networks claims SoC to deliver sub-US$100 femtocells
DesignArt Networks (DAN), a fabless semiconductor company, has unveiled its DAN2200 WiMAX femtocell SoC, which the company claims is the industry's only complete single-chip femtocell...
Wednesday 24 September 2008
Motorola introduces WiMAX USB adaptor for notebooks
Motorola has unveiled its first WiMAX USB adaptor, the USBw 100. This thumb-drive-sized device is available in three versions to connect to WiMAX networks in each of the three bands...
Monday 22 September 2008
Competition for WiMAX chip market to heat up in six months
Competition in the global WiMAX chipset market is expected to enter into a crucial period in the next six months, during which new rounds of large-scale demand for WiMAX equipment...
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Gemtek sales unaffected by weak demand for 11n notebook WLAN modules
Gemtek Technology has seen little affect from the weak demand for notebook-use 802.11n WLAN modules, as its sales this year have been driven by other networking products, such as...
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Network infrastructure spending positions carriers for 4G services but proves competitive for vendors
2008 is delivering mixed results for mobile infrastructure vendors such as Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, and Alcatel-Lucent. "Spending on radio access network infrastructure...
Monday 15 September 2008
Shin Kong may teams up with KDDI to increase its stake in Fitel
Taiwan-based Shin Kong Group reportedly may increase its stake in financially-struggling First International Telecom (Fitel) by teaming up with Japan-based mobile telecom carrier...
Friday 12 September 2008
Fitel secures court protection on its assets
First International Telecom (Fitel) has secured approval from the local Taiwan courts to prevent its creditors from seizing assets.
Wednesday 10 September 2008
Motorola begins testing LTE technology with Verizon and others
Motorola has begun testing LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology with a number of telecom operators, including Verizon Wireless, with an aim to push the commercialization of related...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
Tecom revenues up in August on WiMAX shipments
Telecom equipment maker Tecom saw its revenues grow 30% on year to NT$905 million (US$28.4 million) in August, buoyed by shipments of WiMAX base stations and related products to...
Thursday 4 September 2008
Tatung InfoComm to complete installation of 200 WiMAX base stations by year-end 2008, says paper
Tatung InfoComm, a WiMAX licensee for the southern region of Taiwan, has completed the installation of 90 out of the 200 WiMAX base stations it purchased from NEC, and the company...
Wednesday 3 September 2008
MTI teams up with CovergEX to explore WiMAX market in Africa
Taiwan-based telecom equipment maker Microelectronics Technology (MTI) has teamed up with South Africa-based CovergEX Technologies to jointly develop the WiMAX market in Africa, according...
Wednesday 3 September 2008
PHS operator Fitel in financial woes
First International Telecom (Fitel), a PHS mobile telecom service operator and a WiMAX licensee, failed recently to honor checks worth NT$86 million (US$2.7 million). Its financial...
Monday 1 September 2008
More companies to conduct IOT for WiMAX products with Huawei, say sources
Efforts by China-based Huawei Technologies to push the development of WiMAX industry worldwide have attracted more companies to conduct interoperability testing (IOT) with Huawei,...