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Alvarion seals WiMAX deal in Taiwan

Alvarion, an Israeli-headquartered WiMAX RAN supplier, has won a contract with VMAX Telecom, a mobile WiMAX licensee in Taiwan. The deal, worth $12m for Alvarion, involves the supply of 100 base stations in the first stage of a three-part WIMAX rollout in the northern provinces of Taoyuan and Hsinchu where VMAX has a licence. The [...]

Alvarion buoyed by Nortel partnership

The dust has barely settled on the WiMAX product development agreement struck between Alvarion and Nortel last week, but Tzvika Friedman, Alvarion’s CEO, is in no doubt that it is a landmark event for the Israel-based WiMAX base station vendor. “We are a stronger player now and can be the number one WiMAX [supplier],” he [...]

Nortel gains on 4G shift; offloads WiMAX development

Canadian equipment vendor Nortel Networks watched its shares soar 13 per cent on Wednesday, after the company announced plans to shift its 4G focus to LTE, rather than WiMAX. Nortel will offload its WiMAX initiative into a strategic agreement with WiMAX kit vendor Alvarion, supplying core network solutions, backhaul, applications, and global services, to be [...]

Alvarion scores 3.3GHz WiMAX deal in UK

WiMAX kit vendor Alvarion said this week that it has won a contract to deploy infrastructure in the 3.3GHz spectrum for UK network provider Metranet. Metranet is operating in this frequency through a Non-Operational Temporary license from regulator Ofcom. Alvarion’s BreezeMAX base stations and CPEs will enable Metranet to provide backhaul for it network of [...]

The Agenda Setter 2008

Agenda Setter

Contents:

Ericsson | LTE

Orga Systems | Billing

Alvarion | Mobile WiMAX

Neustar | Prescence

Cisco | WiMAX

AT&T signs up for WiMAX in Alaska

US-based operator AT&T has given yet more credence to WiMAX as a commercial reality with the announcement of plans to deploy the technology in Alaska. AT&T Alascom said Tuesday that it has tapped kit vendor Alvarion to supply its BreezeMAX mobile WiMAX platform for a commercial deployment in the 2.3GHz TDD spectrum after completing a [...]