WiMAX in comment and analysis
Balsillie on open source, app store pricing and the next Storm
Comment We're in evaluation and varying forms of engagement with things - all the different wi-fi technologies, we assess wimax, LTE. Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry-maker RIM sat down with silicon.com's Jo Best at RIM's... [06 May 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment W is for WiMax The interim Digital Britain report sets out a pledge of universal broadband access by 2012 at speeds of up to 2Mbps via fixed and wireless networks. The final word will come in the summer when the full... [30 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Government gaffe
Comment W is for WiMax Providing fibre all the way to the home (augmented by wi-fi/WiMax in difficult locations) would bring unbounded benefits. I'm not generally moved to make political comment or even extend... [25 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New niche for 3G?
Comment W is for WiMax The only potential threat on the horizon appears to be WiMax because ADSL services have now more or less maxed out, and generally have contention ratios in excess of 15:1, and never seem... [05 Aug 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment W is for WiMax Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment W is for WiMax Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. [26 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment In the not too distant future, you will be able to add 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE), mobile WiMax, multiple in multiple out (MiMo) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) to the mix. W is for... [12 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment Giving what was presumably his final keynote at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) tradeshow in Barcelona in February, Sarin's words certainly had the air of a swan-song - laying out his hopes and dreams for the mobile industry,... [29 May 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment W is for WiMax The same upbeat tone runs through the Ofcom report - the source of the story (covered here by silicon.com). When broadband was first introduced in the UK in 2000, households in urban areas were the first... [23 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Protestors clueless on wireless health risks
Comment And what of wi-fi and WiMax? The radiation from mobile devices, base stations, wi-fi and WiMax equipment is non-ionising. Irrational and unexplained results are periodically hailed by the media as the... [04 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment W is for WiMax W is for WiMax During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in October, making Blighty the largest market... [28 Feb 2008]
How fans can grab a slice of the music pie
Comment W is for WiMax W is for WiMax It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the music public.silicon.com spoke to founder David Courtier-Dutton to get the lowdown on... [18 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday
Comment W is for WiMax He also makes a plea for WiMax and LTE to make peace. Long tails. I arrive at the Fira early to struggle through the be-suited throng and get my seat at the big name keynotes. Not early... [13 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Locked in at the bank
Comment Fast-forward to today and we have multiple fixed and mobile networks with twisted pair, coax, optical fibre, wi-fi, and WiMax providing telephone, TV and broadband connectivity, VoIP, quadruple service plays and number... [07 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment W is for WiMax During the past 15 years I have seen one generation of laptop after another get faster and more expansive with a consequential loss of facilities that just seems to go unnoticed. First it was the floppy... [28 Jan 2008]
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