http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/03/10/cisco-dumps-its-wimax-base-station-and-modem-business/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBoyGeniusReport+%28Boy+Genius+Report%29
Boy Genius Report —
Clearwire may be optimistic about the growth of WiMAX in 2010 and beyond but network hardware manufacturers are a bit more bearish on the 4G wireless technology. Last month, Alcatel Lucent announced it will be scaling back on its WiMAX equipment and focusing on LTE; while popular WiMAX chipset maker Beceem introduced a
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new WiMAX/LTE multi-mode chipset to be used in devices that will support both wireless technologies. The latest company to join this burgeoning WiMAX exodus is Cisco, which announced plans to discontinue the production of new WiMAX base stations and modems. Rather than provide the radios for the wireless 4G technology, Cisco is adopting a radio agnostic strategy and will focus on the IP network and IP equipment that runs behind the base stations and modems. This discontinuation is more symbolic than it is detrimental to Clearwire as most of the Cisco equipment purchased by Clearwire is IP and not radio equipment. Nonetheless, it is yet another indication that, though WiMAX currently has the lead, network hardware manufacturers see a bright future for LTE and are not willing to place all their eggs in the WiMAX basket. That’s certainly understandable. ~ Read ...Less
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/verizon-plays-the-obvious-card-its-4g-trials-are-faster-than-3g/
Engadget —
As the clock ticks down on Verizon's opening salvo of commercial LTE availability, PR noise is growing into a dull roar -- not to say we necessarily mind, considering how desperately we're looking forward to more 4G footprint in the States. Today, the company is reporting that engineers have managed to coax up to 40-50Mbps
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down and 20-25Mbps up out of its test networks currently deployed in Boston and Seattle -- not what we can expect in a real-world environment where you're on a train surrounded by obstacles and other people trying to use the network, but a pretty nice, round set of numbers nonetheless. In actual usage, they're reporting more down-to-Earth figures of 5-12Mbps down (count on 5) and 2-5Mbps up (count on 2), which still bests EV-DO Rev. A by a healthy margin. Of course, this is just the beginning -- LTE will get better over time -- so this sounds like a nice start. Verizon plays the obvious card: its 4G trials are faster than 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Verizon | Email this | Comments ...Less
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/24/genachowski.would.pay.broadcasters.for.airwaves/
Electronista —
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski today proposed (PDF) a more detailed plan to address the feared spectrum shortage for cellular carriers. The approach would take as much as 500MHz of wireless space currently used by broadcasters and repurpose it for data networks. Those operators that agreed to drop spectrum would get a
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http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/02/17/wimax-growth-in-the-us-lags-worldwide-growth-explodes/
Boy Genius Report —
WiMAX is slowly and steadily expanding in the U.S. through the efforts of Clearwire, the primary provider of WiMAX stateside. Globally, WiMAX is on a different track, exhibiting explosive growth with Asia Pacific and Europe leading the pack. The numbers, compiled by the WiMAX Forum, are revealing: Asia Pacific: 237 million
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people covered by 100 network deployments Europe: 115 million people covered by 153 network deployments Central/Latin America: 113 million people covered 109 network deployments Africa/Middle East: 108 million people covered by 142 network deployments North America: 47 million people covered by 51 network deployments Though Clearwire is currently behind the curve globally, it has set a lofty goal of blanketing 120 million people by the end of 2010. If achieved, Clearwire will be sitting pretty on top of a large potential user base while its competition, namely Verizon Wireless, is only beginning to roll out LTE commercially on a small scale. Look for things to get interesting in 2011 and beyond when the two 4G technologies begin competing head to head on a more level basis. Read ...Less
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/embargoed-beceem-build-lte-wimax-combo-chip/2010-02-12?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss
FierceWireless —
WiMAX chip vendor Beceem Communications announced an integrated LTE/WiMAX chip--the BCS500--the company said will support up to 150 Mbps downlink speeds. Beceem, which has always been a staunch advocate for WiMAX technology, said it is building the chip so that devices will able to seamlessly roam between LTE and WiMAX
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and between time division duplex and frequency division duplex configurations. The company said the BCS500 multi-mode chip will support the latest revisions of the IEEE 802.16 standard, as well as 3GPP-LTE standard Release 8. In an interview with FierceWireless, Beceem Vice President of Marketing Lars Johnson said the company has not stopped its focus on WiMAX but that it now believes the time is right to support LTE. And it believes that its chipset in unique. "Operators are interesting in roaming and developing partnership relationships," Johnson said. "Now device makers can address both networks." He added that he envisions a scenario where, for example, potential MVNOs using Clearwire's WiMAX network may want dual-mode devices with LTE and WIMAX. Or he believes that operators outside the U.S. may want to offer devices that work on LTE outside the U.S. but on WiMAX inside the U.S. For more: - see this release Related Articles: Beceem ships more than 1 million mobile WiMAX chipsets Beceem Launches "4G Turbo" and Supercharges WiMAX Market ...Less
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2010/02/tuesday_links_o.html
The New Entrepreneur - BusinessWeek —
Bloomberg's Edwin Chen and Nicholas Johnston report on the latest version of Obama's plan to create a $30 billion fund to help community banks provide loans that will spur hiring by small businesses. Writing on Newsweek's The Gaggle blog, David A. Graham examines Mark Cuban's proposal aimed at simplifying the tax code for
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small business owners. Greycroft's Alan Patricof says he struck out trying while trying to raise money for his latest fund from institutions but scored big with individuals, reports Mary Kathleen Flynn on The Deal (hat tip to Paul Kedrosky ). Design and marketing are way more important than engineering for consumer Internet companies, argues angel investor Dave McClure over on our Innovation channel. ...Less
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/game_over_for_wimax.html?ana=from_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TechFlash+%28TechFlash+-+Seattle%27s+Technology+News+Source%29
TechFlash —
Don't tell this to the folks at Clearwire, but we're pretty sure they already know it. An executive at telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel Lucent essentially says that it is time to stick a fork in the mobile broadband wireless technology known as WiMax.
