Intel, Motorola invest in Clearwire 

By: By Donny Jackson

Wireless broadband provider Clearwire this week announced a series of deals with Intel and Motorola designed to accelerate the development and deployment of mobile WiMAX equipment and services...

IWCE: M/A-COM introduces new VIDA products 

By: By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Public-safety communications vendor M/A-COM last week at IWCE launched two new components to its IP-based VIDA platform...

Symbol launches multi-network RF switching platform 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

Symbol Technologies this week introduced the Wireless Next Generation, or Wi-NG, architecture that lets users centrally manage voice and data communications over multiple networks—including Wi-Fi, RFID, voice over WLAN, mesh and WiMAX—via a single RF switching platform...

WiMAX Forum certifies first products 

The WiMAX Forum announced this week that it has designated several products as meeting the forum-defined certification profile established for 3.5 GHz systems...

Motorola, Intel to work on mobile WiMAX 

Motorola and Intel yesterday announced plans to jointly help develop a standard for 802.16e, a proposed WiMAX standard that is designed to enable mobile applications...

WiMAX to be deployed at Katrina relief site 

Intel yesterday shipped WiMAX equipment to San Antonio’s decommissioned Kelly Air Force base, where evacuees from the Hurricane Katrina-affected region are being housed, according to numerous media reports....

Alvarion platform stretches into 4.9 GHz band 

By: By Lynnette Luna

DENVER--Alvarion Ltd. announced it has extended it broadband platform into the 4.9 GHz band, which is set aside for public-safety data communications...

Airspan submits WiMAX base station for certification  

Airspan Networks has delivered its WiMAX base station to Cetecom, the WiMAX Forum’s certification laboratory...

Motorola announces WiMAX initiative 

Motorola said it would improve its ability to bring WiMAX (802.16e) solutions to market more quickly by increasing research and development efforts and placing a greater emphasis on “technology relationships” ...

BellSouth launches pre-WiMAX offering 

By: By Donny Jackson

BellSouth this week began offering broadband wireless service to areas of Athens, Ga.—including portions of the community where college students reside—as a commercial pilot of pre-WiMAX technology...

Motorola announces plans to converge WiMAX and 4G 

By: By Donny Jackson

CHICAGO—Motorola this week introduced its 802.16e product portfolio known as Wi4, which is designed to meld WiMAX and 4G technologies that can deliver 300 Mb/s in a fully mobile environment...

ArrayComm joins WiMax Forum  

ArrayComm, a smart antenna solutions provider, joined the WiMAX Forum, the industry organization that promotes the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. In addition to participating in the WiMAX Forum, ArrayComm is actively involved with the IEEE 802.16 standards effort, according to the company. ...

WLAN/WiMAX switch unveiled  

California Eastern Labs has expanded its line of NEC GaAs MMIC switches with the UPG2163T5N SPDT, a single-pole/double throw switch...

Sprint, Motorola to trial WiMAX 

By: By Donny Jackson

Sprint today announced it has reached an agreement with Motorola to trial wireless broadband technologies and equipment, particularly those related to 802.16e, or WiMAX...

ADAPTIX gets supply deal for WiBro in South Korea 

By: By Donny Jackson

ADAPTIX, a provider of software-based broadband wireless technologies, this week announced that it will provide channel cards for LG Electronics’ solutions for the South Korean deployment of WiBro, a Korean standard closely aligned with the pending 802.16(e) standard for mobile WiMAX...