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Nokia, Intel to unleash WiMAX devices in 2008

WiMAX-enabled devices will be coming to town next year, according to a pact made between chip giant Intel and Nokia/Nokia Siemens Networks on Wednesday. The trio announced that they are testing interoperability across Intel’s forthcoming WiMAX silicon for laptops and mobile devices, Nokia WiMAX devices and NSN network kit. Nokia is to use Intel’s WiMAX [...]

Germany gets commercial WiMAX

Mega vendor Alcatel-Lucent said Monday it has won a contract to deploy what it claims to be Germany’s first commercial WiMAX network – based on the 802.16e 2005 standard. The network will be deployed in the Saar region for VSE Net, a regional service provider based in Saarbrucken, with collaboration from Inquam Broadband – a [...]

4G technology shaping up ahead of time

Although the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will not release an official definition of wireless 4G technology until 2008/2009, there are already clear contenders for the designation, according to industry analyst In-Stat. The primary 4G technologies expected to be identified in the ITU’s IMT-Advanced requirements are Long Term Evolution (LTE), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), and IEEE [...]

Vodafone joins WiMAX Forum

No doubt there were high fives all round at the WiMAX Forum headquarters Thursday morning, as the disruptive technology won the backing of Vodafone. The industry body, committed to promoting and certifying interoperable WiMAX products, announced that Vodafone has become a principal member of the forum, lending yet more credence to the assertion of the [...]