Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) announced to be successful in trying their Long Term Evolution (LTE), next generation network to succeed 3G. In its announcement, Nokia Siemens Networks said it had completed the world's first multiuser field trial of LTE in an urban environment. The trial, which was in Berlin, utilized 20MHz of bandwidth in the 2.6GHz spectrum, which is set for a hotly contested auction in the U.K. next year.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 27th, 2007 No Comments »

In their latest report, entitled "Mobile WiMAX: Global Opportunities, Strategies & Forecasts, 2007-2013", Juniper Research forecasts that Mobile WiMAX will be subscribed by 80 million people within 5 years. The main issue for this success story are availability of suitable devices and service differentiation.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 14th, 2007 No Comments »

Taiwan is one of a few countries in the world which was ready to develop WiMAX. Reuters wrote that Taiwan decided to invest US$664 million over the next few years, as it agreed to work with five major manufacturers to develop that technology.

Posted by Budi Putra on October 22nd, 2007 No Comments »

A report, conducted by Arthur D. Little, being published by GSM Association and claimed to shred the business case of mobile WiMax in markets where 3G is already in service. Ericsson, as the WiMax opponent, reckons HSPA will have 20 times as many subscribers as mobile WiMax by 2011. At that time the HSPA is predicted to be used by nearly 600 million users, while mobile WiMax will only gain 20 million subscribers.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on October 19th, 2007 1 Comment »

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a global tech policymaking group, has included the South Korea's homegrown wireless Internet technology's WiBro technology as one of its 3G communications standards.

Posted by Budi Putra on October 19th, 2007 No Comments »

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it has successfully completed two trials of its end-to-end Mobile WiMAX solution for Reinan Cable Network Co., Ltd and Beam Planning Corporation in Japan . The trials were carried out in cooperation with Fujikura, a manufacturer of power and communication cables. The trials are regarded as an important step in the u-JAPAN Plan, which is a Japanese government initiative to realize seamless broadband coverage throughout Japan by 2010. Japanese cable operators, such as RCN, selected WiMAX technology for its large coverage footprint and high capacity, which also will help solve the broadband access problem in the regions with low broadband coverage. The Huawei WiMAX solution uses leading technologies, such as MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) and OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), to ensure higher flux and comprehensive coverage in those regions.

Posted by Budi Putra on April 9th, 2007 No Comments »

Topex, an innovative European company, pioneer in 3G devices and recognized provider of carrier class Next Generation Network equipment and Redline Communications, a leading world-wide provider of WiMAX broadband wireless access networks, today announce it will showcase an end-to-end IP solution for voice, video and data based on Topex’ NGN equipment and Redline’s WiMAX products at CERF in Bucharest Romania. In this solution Topex brings its strong expertise in developing VoIP based network infrastructure equipment including softswitches and media gateways. Redline Communications, the first in the world to receive WiMAX Forum Certification™ for a complete WiMAX system, brings years of expertise in deploying large scale wireless broadband networks. Redline’s suite of backhaul and last mile wireless network access products will ...

Posted by Budi Putra on May 6th, 2006 No Comments »