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- WiMAX
- (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, Inc., www.wimaxforum.org) An organization founded in 2001 that promotes the IEEE 802.16 wireless broadband standard and provides certification for devices for compliant devices. ...
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- Getting beyond the WiMAX hype
- WiMAX World wide Interoperability for Microwave Access is a standardization process for the IEEE 802.16 Ethernet standards, much like Wi-Fi is the standardization process for the IEEE 802.11 standards. WiMAX has been one of the most prolific buzz words of wireless networking for nearly two years and it is...
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- Blog posts 2005-07-20
- Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review
- [Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Intel pulls out of 3G. Ericcson pulls out of WiMax. Does a wireless battle royale loom?
- Reminder: Centrino is a brand, not a technology. To the extent that it practically tried to co-opt Wi-Fi standards (the message at one time was that you needed Centrino to connect to a WLAN, not Wi-Fi compatibility), Ive found it to be a bit deceptive. But Intel has, over the...
- Tags: Mobile, General, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Personal Technology, Hardware Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Behind the scenes of Intel's Vegas-wide WiMax network
- In what Intel and Interop officials are calling the first live demonstration of a metro-wide WiMax wireless network, Intel Mobility Group executive vice president and general manager Sean Maloney (see photo, left) took to the stage for an early evening keynote here in Las Vegas to prove that...
- Tags: Intel Corp., WiMAX
- Blog posts 2005-05-04
- Folsom CA looks past Wi-Fi to WiMAX
- Folsom, CA, is planning to leapfrog Wi-Fi entirely and build a WiMAX network by the fall of 2007, the Sacramento Bee reports. [I]n the system proposed for Folsom, a single tower could bathe nearly the entire city in a WiMAX "warm zone"...
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- Blog posts 2006-02-28
- Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point
- Clearwire said Tuesday that it expects fourth quarter net subscriber additions to ramp as it rolls out its 4G Wimax service into more markets. That tipping point will be critical to the company's success---and possibly its survival. On a conference call with analysts, Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow...
- Tags: 4G, Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Still looking for WiMax
- The promise of WiMax is to transform wirless access across the country, making municipal wireless systems much more powerful and ubiquitous. But, progress has been slow. The US is still an insignificant WiMax market, Washington Technology reports. “There has been a little bit of a cloud over the market,”...
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- Blog posts 2006-06-05
- Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on eve of WiMax launch
- With the launch of its long-hyped WiMax service XOHM scheduled to debut in September in Baltimore, on Thursday Sprint announced a set of location-based personalization features that will enhance the user experience of WiMax subscribers by allowing them to, for example, quickly look up restaurants, check traffic and weather, and...
- Tags: Sprint Xohm, Privacy, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Laptops with mobile WiMax now available
- The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Clearwire: The race between Wimax expansion and cash burn is on
- Clearwire on Thursday outlined its Wimax rollout plans for 2010 as it announced a $118 million fourth quarter net loss. The company also outlined its capital spending plan for 2009, which calls for it burning through at least half of its recently raised $3 billion in capital. ...
- Tags: Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Dell laptops get WiMax, HP says it's still too soon
- Dell is now offering Mobile WiMax as an option on two laptops, the Studio 16 and Studio XPS 17. The Intel 5159 WiMax/802.11n combo card is a $60 upgrade over the standard 802.11n Mini Card. These desktop replacements seem like an odd choice since the point of...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- FCC clears way for Wimax on the Gulf
- The FCC has cleared the way for Intel to deploy experimental Wimax technology to bring internet connectivity to parts of the Gulf Coast, Business Week reports. Intel shipped equipment Thursday to decommissioned Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. A group of wireless business called Part15.org has...
- Tags: WiMAX
- Blog posts 2005-09-09
- The future of WiMax
- The Future in Review panel entitled "The Future of WiMax" began with Nicolas Kauser, President, Clearwire saying that the wireless technology is overhyped and overpromised. The WiMax protocol 802.16d is used more for promotional purposes, according to Kauser, the pioneering CTO at McCaw Cellular (which became AT&T Wireless). But the...
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- Blog posts 2005-05-24
- WiMax products, services a key theme at CTIA
- The CTIA show begins today in Orlando, Florida. Several of my colleagues are there. Im "there" too, but virtually.One of the underlying memes of this years show is a substiantially upgraded profile for WiMax services and products-both at the carrier and the handset level. WiMax is the solution which can...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, CTIA, WiMAX
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- WiMax on the rocks: Sprint-Clearwire pact unravels
- An agreement between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to create a nationwide WiMax network is off. Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have nixed plans to create a wireless broadband network due to the fact Sprint has no CEO at the moment. The end of the agreement was first reported...
- Tags: Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.
- Finally! WiMax is officially here. I know this because executives pulled out the big scissors - in this case, hedge clippers - to the cut the symbolic copper wire instead of a ribbon to signify the end of the wired Internet. Whenever there's a ribbon cutting, you know its official....
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- WiMAX gets its second wind
- It never fails. When WiMAX breaks news you know ZDNet reader Roger Ramjet will kindly remind you that the WiMAX steamroller is going to flatten out anything in its way. Hype or not, activity and interest in the emerging broadband wireless technology is on the rise again. While current...
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- Blog posts 2005-06-10
- WiMax goes mainstream: Sprint, Clearwire to build national network
- Sprint and Clearwire are pooling resources in a venture that could take WiMax nationwide.The two companies said Thursday that they plan to build a national WiMax network. The partnership, which is a 20-year agreement with three 10-year renewal terms, will enable a "broader and more efficient deployment of a mobile...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Intel, Nokia team up on WiMax
- Intel and Nokia said Wednesday that they have teamed up to make WiMax devices and networks interoperable. In addition, Nokia plans to use Intel WiMax chips for its NSeries Internet Tablets. Specifically, Intel, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks are testing interoperability between Intel powered laptops, mobile and Nokia...
- Tags: Team, Nokia Corp., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- WiMax saved? Comcast, Time Warner Cable eye Sprint, Clearwire pact
- WiMax could be saved as a technology by a handful of cable companies. It has been clear for months that Sprint and Clearwire aren't strong enough to make WiMax a mainstream technology and Verizon Wireless and AT&T aren't interested. Intel and other hardware makers are pushing WiMax...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Comcast Corp., Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cable, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
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