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RSS wimax in newsFreedom4 spreads WiMax love to students
News WiMax provider Freedom4 is spreading long range wireless love to students in Warwickshire after teaming up with a local college. The company, formerly known as Pipex Wireless, has made Warwickshire College its learning... [16 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News W is for WiMax The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access by 2012 with bandwidth of up to 100Mbps - and potentially up to 1,000Mbps in the future. Broadband from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News W is for WiMax Almost a third (28 per cent) of fat pipe subscribers - an estimated 4.2 million customers - in the UK are not satisfied with the speed they receive from their provider, according to a survey by price... [14 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News W is for WiMax The UK's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's)... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News W is for WiMax The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory... [04 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News W is for WiMax Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in the... [02 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News W is for WiMax According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed the perception of it being just a consumer tool. Broadband from A to Z [02 Jul 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile broadband networks - such as WiMax and LTE (long term evolution), the future roadmap of 3G. W is for WiMax Simon Saunders, chairman of... [30 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News W is for WiMax But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight. Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high speed packet access/long term evolution) mobile broadband connectivity... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News The WiMax Forum has issued its first certifications for mobile-centric products that operate around the 2.5GHz frequency, and said it will start certifying 3.5GHz products later this year. Earlier this week the... [20 Jun 2008]
'Pay to receive' calls won't happen, say UK operators
News Click here for all there is on wireless, from email to WiMax. Following suggestions by Europe's telecommunications chief that she would not oppose mobile operators that wanted to charge their customers for receiving... [19 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News W is for WiMax But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that legislation could result "in cumbersome regulation". Malcolm Wicks, business, enterprise and regulatory... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News W is for WiMax Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each on their MP3 players. Broadband from A to Z [16 Jun 2008]
Nortel ditches WiMax in 4G race
News Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks is ditching its WiMax business to focus on a more popular 4G wireless technology. Even though LTE hasn't yet been standardised, it has more support from major carriers around the... [16 Jun 2008]
