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News WiMax is currently only available in very limited deployments in the UK and only in its "fixed" variant, with the prospects for "mobile WiMax" - the type needed for portable devices - depending on upcoming spectrum auctions.
[09 May 2008]
News He added: "We anticipate that mobile usage will develop after initial demand for fixed and portable services - WiMax 802.16e is a flexible platform that can operate in all three modes of usage. WiMax could be used as a 'last mile' substitute tech...
[01 Apr 2008]
News W is for WiMax PlusNet has been one of the few providers to buck this trend - preferring instead to offer packages based on fixed download caps - and is now warning that the emergence of IP television and the BBC's iPlayer will make it impossible...
[17 Mar 2008]
News Another connectivity contender for getting to out-of-the-way places is long-range wireless IP-based tech WiMax, which can beam connectivity over distances of tens of kilometres. W is for WiMax The UN's comms agency, the International...
[06 Mar 2008]
News W is for WiMax Dr Alastair Brydon, co-author of the report, said in a statement: "Mobile operators face major expenses in the coming years, including investments in femtocells, LTE, broadcasting networks and fixed broadband.
[29 Feb 2008]
whitepaper WiMAX is a set of specifications created by the WiMAX Forum and based on standards developed by the IEEE 802.16 Working Group (WG). The first is IEEE 802.16-2004, sometimes called 802.16d, which specifies a common air interface for fixed (both ends...
[28 Feb 2008]
News W is for WiMax Sarin also called for an end to the competition between WiMax and LTE (long term evolution), saying WiMax could be happily accommodated under the LTE umbrella, rather than having "duelling standards".
[12 Feb 2008]
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 portability.
[07 Feb 2008]
News W is for WiMax Given the importance of corporates to BT… it is clearly not going to abandon [fixed-mobile convergence] as a concept. Cansfield said: "At the time of launch, we were very positive about the idea (the technology behind Fusion is very...
[07 Feb 2008]
Comment And on the horizon we have WiMax, 3G, 4G, TV and radio. This technology will allow us to use the same electronics and antenna for wi-fi and WiMax, for example, and also possibly for 2.5/3/4G where it is unlikely that simultaneous operation will be...
[07 Jan 2008]
News The connectivity is provided by Freedom4 (previously Pipex Wireless) which has been trialling fixed WiMax in Milton Keynes since last year. A commercial WiMax service has been launched in Milton Keynes, following extensive trials of the wireless...
[19 Dec 2007]
News W is for WiMax Spectrum lust doesn't just affect mobile operators - superpowered wireless internet tech WiMax has needs too, if it is to make it big in the UK. Dr Terrence Norman, senior consultant at Mason Communications, recently told silicon.com...
[14 Dec 2007]
News W is for WiMax The punishment for being caught driving while using a mobile doubled from £30 to a £60 fixed penalty fine and three points on the driving licence in February this year. The ban on using a mobile phone when driving came into force in...
[04 Dec 2007]
News Another crucial factor, according to Bubley, is that upcoming communications standards such as LTE (the intended long-term evolution of 3G) and WiMax are "all-IP, so if you [an operator] are going to deploy them, you are going to have to use VoIP...
[19 Nov 2007]
whitepaper The evolving 802.16 technology standard often referred to as Broadband Wireless or WiMAX, potentially can deliver flexible, cost-effective fixed or portable wireless solutions enabling high bandwidth services, with an array of multimedia features.
[29 Oct 2007]
News That's where WiMax comes in. Intel has been talking up WiMax for several years as an alternative to cellular networks and to the expense of wiring the world with high-speed cable. That will come with a Penryn processor, a new chipset, and an...
[20 Sep 2007]
whitepaper Despite the obstacles, there is enough room for WiMAX to expand in China as the coverage of fixed telecom service and WiFi is narrow. This white paper introduces some of the main issues surrounding WiMAX in China.
[20 Sep 2007]
whitepaper Despite the obstacles, there is enough room for WiMAX to expand in China as the coverage of fixed telecom service and WiFi is narrow. This white paper introduces some of the main issues surrounding WiMAX in China.
[20 Sep 2007]
whitepaper The paper presents a jamming resistant architecture for military applications of WiMAX (802.16) mesh network. The main idea is to use multiple Base Stations (BS), access points to the fixed core network.
[23 Aug 2007]
News A recent report by Senza Fili Consulting predicted the combined total of fixed, mobile and fixed, and mobile WiMax subscribers will reach 54 million by 2012. Howard Wilcox, analyst at Juniper Research and author of the report - Mobile Broadband...
[08 Aug 2007]
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