PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. chose PT. Teknologi Riset Global to deploy a complete WiMAX network in Indonesia. Telkom has already deployed a network in the regions of West Java, Jakarta, Sumatra Island and Kalimantan Island.

In another sign that the 4G wireless Internet market is revving up, market research firm Maravedis that shipments for WiMAX devices grew by 147% in 2009.

It's interesting to see that WiMAX plays favorably in research firm IDC's 2010 PC market predictions. Coming in at number four on their list of 10 predictions is that WiMAX adoption will continue on a strong pace with WiMAX-embedded portable PCs leading the way.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Mar 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- A new initiative named Beyond Next-Generation Mobile Broadband (BuNGee) aimed at a tenfold increase of mobile broadband infrastructure capacity density has been launched. The EUR4.7 million initiative is funded in large part by the European Commission and will draw upon collaboration among the consortium members comprising European service providers, technology equipment vendors, universities, and research organizations.

Taiwanese WiMAX specialist VMAX Telecom has announced that it plans to invest around TWD1.5 billion (USD47.17 million) in the expansion and promotion of its wireless broadband services in Taipei throughout 2010, reports DigiTimes.

TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it granted a WiMAX service license to First International Telecom Inc., which will launch the service in northern Taiwan in six months.

Shipments of mobile WiMAX chipsets reached five million in 2009, up from 1.3 million in 2008, according to research report from Maravedis. However despite the surge of mobile WiMAX device and chipset shipments, notably in the fourth quarter of 2009, the total WiMAX equipment market remained flat last year at US$1.36 billion, compared to US$1.34 billion in 2008, said Maravedis research director Adlane Fellah.

The country's pioneer WiMax service provider Qubee last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Intel Corporation, world leader in silicon innovation to jointly propagate broadband internet along with wireless solutions to enable inclusive economic growth in Bangladesh.

VMAX Telecom, a joint venture by Tecom, Vibo Telecom, Intel Capital,and Teco Group, the North Taiwan WiMAX operator, has announced the launch of 4G WiMax services that aim to offer users with a high bandwidth, high speed and real-time Internet access in Taipei.

An Intel executive stated that standards for WiMAX 2.0 will be finalized by the end of 2010. Deployment will be widespread by 2012 with standard, 802.16m providing faster download and upload speeds.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm will expand its WiMAX coverage to also include Hualien and Pingtung counties soon, in addition to the current coverage in Kaohsiung and Penghu counties, according to the company.

CEBU, Philippines - Joining the nationwide campaign of multi-sectoral groups to provide Internet connection in the country, even to the remotest areas, Globe Telecom is further strengthening the rollout of its WiMax technology this year.

Taipei, March 8, 2010 (CENS)--While TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. is still planning to enter the intelligent-grid industry with its subsidiaries, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and Tatung Corp. have joined Taiwan Power Co.`s (Taipower`s) project to launch a field-test intelligent grid network.

Micro-Star International (MSI) Taiwan based computer hardware manufacturer and well known for its desktop computer motherboards and graphic cards in India, company is planning to launch WiMAX enabled laptops in Indian market in next year. MSI U-series, X-slim series and classic series laptops will surely get benefits of that.

The number of WiMAX subscribers jumped 75% in 2009 to 6.8 million worldwide, according to Infonetics Research. Worldwide vendor revenues from 802.16d and 802.16e WiMAX network equipment and devices hit US$1.08 billion in 2009, down 19% from 2008, as the market suffered the effects of the recession. However, fourth-quarter 2009 was the third consecutive quarter of WiMAX equipment and device revenue growth, up 3% from third-quarter 2009.

Taipei City will get a 1,000 taxi fleet equipped with WiMAX. VMAX Telecom will provide the free service on March 9. Initially, it will be free for riders but that probably won't last long. Taiwan already has a fairly competitive operator market. Vee Telecom was awarded an operator's license recently and will begin offering the service in April.

A Cisco representative confirmed that the company will stop designing and building new WiMAX base stations. It will put more time and effort into the packet core since purchasing Starent Networks.

Taiwan's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it granted a WiMAX service license to Vee Telecom Multimedia Co. and the company has six months to launch commercial operations.

Starting in the second half of 2009, Taiwanese WiMAX CPE industry shipment volume began to pick up, and quarterly shipment volume topped one million units for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2009, reaching an estimated 1.11 million units - reports Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). The fourth-quarter shipment volume represented a sequential growth rate of 30.8% and a year-on-year growth rate of 322.6%.

Clearwire is busily cultivating strategic relationships round the world, to improve its scale, roaming and device knowhow. Deals in China and India are mooted, and it has spectrum and/or partnerships in various markets in Europe and the Americas. However, the regulator may have ruined an apparently promising alliance in Mexico.

Russian regional operator Vaynakh Telecom has received a licence for Wimax services in the Chechnya autonomous republic. Chechnya is the only region where Russian carrier Rostelecom lost the tender for Wimax licences, reports Rosinvest.com. Nine operators participated in the tender. Vaynakh Telecom is based in Chechnya.

Mexico's MVS Comunicaciones has lost its WiMAX operating license after the regulator chose not to renew it, reports local media. The company had in fact been seeking a legal ruling as to the status of the license before the regulator auctioned off additional radio spectrum.The regulator argued that the company had not deployed a network as planned, although MVS Comunicaciones claimed that regulatory uncertainty had imperiled investment plans. However, the company was reported late last year to have secured an agreement with US based Clearwire to deploy a WiMAX network covering 23 Mexican cities. The roll out was expected to start in the second half of this year, with a launch some time in the fourth-quarter.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1 (Reuters) - The co-head of Intel Corp's (INTC.O) core products group, regarded as a potential successor to CEO Paul Otellini, suffered a stroke at his home and will take several months' medical leave.

The WiMAX equipment sector is up for the third consecutive quarter, signaling continuing opportunity for growth in the 4G mobile broadband technology, according to an analyst firm. The number of WiMAX subscribers jumped 75 percent in 2009, to 6.8 million worldwide.

Sprint has announced which cities will be the next to get access to its 4G service. This carrier is working to give roughly a third of the U.S. population access to its WiMAX network by the end of this year.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse continued his company's aggressive push for its 4G services Monday by pitching the virtues of WiMAX to the healthcare industry.

A senior BSNL official hinted at plans to have at least 250,000 WiMAX users by the end of 2010. The unnamed official also shared that currently, BSNL only has 3,000 users in India. They started offering services in different parts of India in February.

Clearwire saw a huge uptick in 4G wireless subscribers in the fourth quarter, which helped the company narrow its losses.

Sprint announced its plans to launch WiMax in several more markets in 2010. Sprint plans on adding Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Washington D.C.

February 15, 2010, Barcelona:  - Comsys Mobile and HelloSoft have announced a low cost Android WiMAX, GSM and WiFi reference design at the 2010 Mobile World Congress . The design features the combination of HelloSoft's award winning VoIP and convergence client suite for Android running on the low cost HS100 IP Convergence Processor combined with Comsys Mobile's award-winning ComMAX^® CM1125, the industry's only multimode WiMAX/GSM communication processor, which has recently completed Clearwire's iIOT testing.   

February 15, 2010, Barcelona:  Comsys Mobile, a leader in communication processors for 4G mobile devices, will be demonstrating the industry's first multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE Android Smartphone reference design at Mobile World Congress.   Visitors will be able to see multiple applications running on top of Android and Windows Mobile, driven by our ComMAX® CM1125 reference design platforms.  

India will continue to add large numbers of subscribers in the coming years despite the tariff war, which has lead to erosion of money in telecom Industry. Ovum's latest mobile forecasts predict that global connections will reach 6.49 bn in 2014, with revenues of $1,036 bn. The growth would be driven by emerging markets, primarily India and China. Asia Pacific, driven by India and China, would account for 63% of global net additions between 2009 and 2014. However, the proportional contribution to global revenues from emerging markets will be lower than for connections, as ARPU continues to decline due to increased competition and saturation. Such 'emerging maturity' will be a key feature of many previously high growth markets to 2014.

In January 2008 I authored an article titled "How Much Will WiMAX and LTE Converge?" I discussed how the standards have much technology in common, the development of ecosystems, and the position of operators. Much has occurred since then to further convergence between the two rapidly growing and evolving efforts:

BARCELONA, Spain (MarketWatch) -- The advent of so-called 4G mobile networks will trigger a pickup in operator spending in the next two years, but it won't slow the rise of Chinese vendors.

Taiwanese telecom operator, First International Telecom (FiTEL) awarded a second contract with Motorola's Networks business to deploy a WiMAX network in the northern part of Taiwan. In 2008, Motorola first contracted with FiTEL to deploy basestations in the downtown are of Taipei as part of a government initiative to create a city-wide wireless broadband network.

In what is being called a "first time" achievement for the mobile WiMAX (News - Alert) market, a new report from analyst firm MARAVEDIS has found that the number of mobile WiMAX subscribers has surpassed the number of fixed WiMAX subscribers worldwide.

BARCELONA - In the shadow of an overwhelming LTE-focused Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, the WiMAX industry gathered the night before the show's official opening to provide an update on the "other" next generation technology's progress. The gathering also came on the heels of the show's organizers, the GSMA, commenting that WiMAX would never be a "mainstream" technology option in the market.

The WiMax Forum released its latest forecast for the number of people covered and the number of networks worldwide. It stated that WiMax service providers cover more than 620 million people in 147 countries and are on track to surpass 800 million people by the end of 2010. The WiMax Forum expects this to increase to over one billion people by the end of 2011.

WiMax growth is surpassing expectations, according to a new report from the WiMax Forum. The 4G technology is currently on track to cover more than 1 billion people worldwide by the end of 2011.

With strong demand for WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) simmering into this year, Taiwanese network devices suppliers are poised to greatly benefit from the WiMAX boom.

Acer has introduced a 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebook with built-in WiMAX module, the Aspire 3810TG-732G64i, and will cooperate with Vmax Telecom to bundle sales in Taiwan.

China is generally perceived to be a closed market to WiMAX, given the devotion of its government to the other TDD mobile broadband platform, TD-LTE. But WiMAX is making some inroads, the latest being a $640m build-out by US-based ChinaTel.

With endless availability of information and a heightened degree of uncertainty in terms of where the economy is headed, looking forward at the next twelve months and attempting to predict in what direction WiMax is going is a daunting task. This being said, it is also an interesting and exciting opportunity to examine the positive ways in which WiMax will benefit the wireless world in 2010 and the ways in which the wireless world will respond to WiMax expansion.

Infonetics Research recently published a study entitled "Mobile WiMax Infrastructure Vendor Ratings: Global Service Provider Survey".

US-based WiMAX operator Clearwire has become conservative about its purchases of WiMAX equipment due to changes in the company's operating policy, according to sources at Taiwan WiMAX CPE makers.

United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced which applications will get funding from Rural Utilities Service. The 14 projects will get $309,923,352 for middle-mile or last-mile network build out. An additional $3,551,887 from private investors will bring the total figure to $313,475,239.

Clearwire is currently changing its business model as it becomes more of a wholesaler. The company plans to focus on leasing space on its WiMax network to other telecommunications companies like Time Warner Cable, Sprint Nextel and Comcast. WiMax networks currently cover 30 million people in the U.S., though Clearwire has less that one million subscribers. Clear is the service end of Clearwire's roll out plan.

Wind Telecom has chosen Samsung to construct a mobile WiMax network in the Dominican Republic. Samsung will begin installation and network deployment in the second quarter of 2010. The company will start to offer commercial services in both Santo Domingo and Santiago.

It's been just over a year since WiMAX made its big debut in the United States and we're already looking at a sequel.

Broadlands Networks plans to launch a commercial 4G network in Zimbabwe in the near future. They hope to offer voice and data services in three Zimbabwean cities, Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru with its own last-mile infrastructure. The company wants to complete 4G coverage of the entire country by June 2010.

Altitude Telecom recently sold two regional WiMax licenses to Bollore Telecom in Burgundy and Alsace region of France. This gives Bollore a complete WiMax network across France. The company previously purchased 12 regional bandwidth licenses in 2006 and repurchased eight WiMax licenses in 2008. Bollore just completed this purchase to potentially offer WiMax services throughout France in the 3.5Ghz band using Wimax-enabled CPEs.

Intel has introduced its new Intel Core family of processors for notebooks, desktops and embedded devices.

The introduction of new Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 chips coincides with the arrival of Intel's new 32nm manufacturing process, which for the first time in the company's history will be used to immediately produce and deliver processors and features at a variety of price points, and integrate high-definition graphics inside the processor. This rapid ramp reflects Intel's US$7 billion investment announced early in 2009 in the midst of a major global economic recession, Intel pointed out.

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Gemtek Technology has begun shipping its in-house developed portable WiMAX/Wi-Fi routers to the US market, according to the company.

Shipments of Gemtek's portable WiMAX/Wi-Fi devices came coincidentally with the launch of the 3G/4G Overdrive wireless router by US-based Sprint Nextel, the sources pointed out. The Overdrive router is made by Sierra Wireless.

The availability of the Overdrive routers and Gemtek's WiMAX/Wi-Fi routers will help global WiMAX network operators to expand their services, the sources commented.

A TRIAL of WiMax is currently under way in Dublin City University as part of a HEAnet strategy to develop Irish colleges' broadband networks. The trial of the wireless technology has been running since October 2009 and is being supported by AirSpeed Telecom, with 60 users from the college's staff and students.

The 4G wireless network was officially launched by Mada Communications in Jordan on Monday, confirming that headway is being made toward increasing internet penetration in the country since its initial implementation.

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has begun trial operation of its WiMAX network in Taichung, central Taiwan, charging users a monthly fee of NT$599 (US$18.50) with a free WiMAX network card.

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd, the nation's No. 3 telecoms operator, launched a high-speed telecoms service yesterday using fourth-generation (4G) WiMAX technology, making it the second local telephone company to offer the service in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operators are currently focusing their purchases of WiMAX CPE products on network cards, dongles and routers, but showing less interest in handsets, notebooks and netbooks, according to industry sources.

Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority will allocate more frequencies for WiMax. It will also allocate frequencies for Long Term Evolution (LTE) use. Mobile WiMax licenses will be awarded to two new operators with hopes operations will start in February.

CES has always been a hotbed for new technological announcements and advancements, and next year's event isn't going to be any different. Sprint and Microsoft are rumored to have a WiMax (4G) Windows Mobile smartphone in the works, waiting for CES 2010 to roll around and catch everyone by surprise.

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued two more WiMAX operating licenses to telecom carriers Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Vmax Telecom. The two carriers are required to bring their WiMAX networks into commercial operations within six months of obtaining the licenses.

Motorola will continue to commit to both LTE and WiMAX technologies although other telecom equipment makers have focused their deployments on LTE, according to Bruce Brda, senior vice president and general manager of wireless networks for Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business.

The Taiwan government has, for the time being, decided not to issue nationwide WiMAX licenses mainly because the six existing regional WiMAX licensees are behind schedule in setting up infrastructure and starting operations, according to industry sources.

WiMAX service provider Global Mobile Corp. recently announced it would launch the service by the end of this year as regulator National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an operation license to the firm, confining the service area to northern Taiwan.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Russia's Yota, the mobile services developer and provider and one of the world's leaders in Mobile WiMAX (4G) technology, has announced the test run of the mobile broadband 4th-generation Internet access network in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. The Yota network was rolled out in record time - in three months since the beginning of construction.

Leading chip maker Intel has no plans to bid for WiMax spectrum in India during the upcoming auctions slated to happen in January next year, a senior company official said on Monday, dismissing speculation that the company would participate in the airwaves sale.

(RTTNews) - The state-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., or BSNL, is the first company in the country to commence wireless broadband services, using the WiMAX technology. It announced a tariff starting with Rs.140 per month for rural areas.

The WiMAX Forum has established a new regional chapter in Indonesia to promote the benefits of the global WiMAX ecosystem to Indonesian government officials, regulators, operators and customers. An essential technology to accelerate broadband growth throughout Indonesia, WiMAX provides a scalable and economical way to provide high-speed broadband Internet with the recently auctioned 2.3GHz spectrum and existing 3.3GHz allocations.

The domestic telecommunications equipment industry now has the capacity to produce enough advanced wireless broadband components to satisfy a government rule for telecoms to buy local, industry leaders said.

After the commercial rollout of the first commercial WiMax service in the Philippines early this year, Globe Telecom is strengthening its push for the service, highlighting its core value offering of being 20 percent cheaper and 33 percent faster than other fixed Internet broadband services in the country.

Taiwan WiMAX CPE industry shipment volume reached 844,500 units in the third quarter of 2009, representing 56.7% sequential growth and 236.5% on-year growth, according to Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). The industry's shipment value reached US$68.8 million in the third quarter. The substantial growth can be ascribed to WiMAX carriers' positive outlook for subscriber growth in 2010, compared with the relatively conservative stance in 2009, and these carriers have therefore shown increasing demand for WiMAX CPEs. In addition, the price tags of WiMAX CPEs have dropped to a level acceptable to the carriers, which also played an instrumental role in the growth of WiMAX CPE shipment volume, MIC noted.

Taiwan WiMAX CPE industry shipment volume reached 844,500 units in the third quarter of 2009, representing 56.7% sequential growth and 236.5% on-year growth, according to Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). The industry's shipment value reached US$68.8 million in the third quarter. The substantial growth can be ascribed to WiMAX carriers' positive outlook for subscriber growth in 2010, compared with the relatively conservative stance in 2009, and these carriers have therefore shown increasing demand for WiMAX CPEs. In addition, the price tags of WiMAX CPEs have dropped to a level acceptable to the carriers, which also played an instrumental role in the growth of WiMAX CPE shipment volume, MIC noted.

Although details are sketchy, Spain's Telefonica has awarded a contract to ZTE to build a WiMAX network. The contract value, while not disclosed, is said to be the largest won by ZTE from a European operator.

­Taiwan's WiMAX CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) industry shipment volume reached 844,500 units in the third quarter of 2009, representing 56.7% sequential growth and 236.5% year-on-year growth, reports Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC). The industry's shipment value reached US$68.8 million in the third quarter.

Clearwire Corp., the U.S. wireless carrier building a high-speed Internet network, rose as much as 7.4 percent after a Soleil/Nelson Alpha Research analyst boosted his rating on the stock, citing potential for customer growth.

Moquzone Holdings Corp. announced that 2 wireless broadband base stations were installed in Chengdu, China. They are now able to service internet cafes in the northeast region on Chengdu. The base stations are also connected to CERNET a fiber optic network covering over 23 million students at 1,800 colleges and universities throughout China.

Telecommunications solutions provider Motorola announced recently that its Home & Networks Mobility business was committed to support both WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE), the two 4G technologies that are already being deployed / tested around the world. According to the company, there are distinct markets for the two technologies, and WiMAX and LTE are expected to co-exist as carriers are working on meeting the increasing demand for data connectivity.

New Delhi: Lighter and more efficient netbooks, cheap handheld internet devices, smart phones running computer chips -- Intel's plans for India in the New Year are as challenging as they are exciting.

Bureau Veritas ADT, a WiMAX Forum designated certification lab (WFDCL) in Taiwan for WiMAX Forum certification testing, has announced that it has cooperated with MediaTek and supported MediaTek to acquire its first WiMAX Forum operator interoperability testing (IOT) and conformance certificate.

Micro Star International (MSI) has announced its bold move to bring in WiMAX enabled laptops in India early next year. The range of MSI laptops to receive this update includes the U-series netbooks, the X-slim series and the Classic series.

Four years ago, Brazil was seen by many as a country with a promising future for WiMAX, given its high population density (190 million POPs), low broadband penetration of 5.6%, and the many rural and underserved areas (110 million people still do not have broadband access).

Over the last several years, mobile WiMAX has moved through standardization, productization, and interoperability testing and certification. Larger-scale network deployments are finally becoming a reality. Clearwire in the United States has already declared 173,000 subscribers, Yota in Russia has been growing at a decent rate reaching 100,000 subscribers in August and 200,000 in October, and PacketOne in Malaysia has reached 130,000 subscribers, according to ABI Research.

Sri Lankan telecommunications firms will begin unrolling WiMAX networks offering high-speed internet connections at lower cost in January, the island's telecom regulator, Priyantha Kariyapperuma, said.

XJ Wang, marketing director for the WiMAX Forum, said there are now 540 WiMAX network deployments in 146 countries around the world--and more than 150 deployments in the Americas alone--an update intended to show the technology's progress to attendees of the WiMAX Forum Americas 2009 conference here.

Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX licensees in Taiwan, is expected to pass examination by the National Communications Commission (NCC) to obtain a WiMAX operating license on December 2, becoming the second operator after Tatung InfoComm, according to industry sources.

Clearwire  announced  the expansion of operations for CLEAR's fast mobile Internet service in Honolulu and Maui. The  service offers mobile internet users broadband-like speeds throughout the coverage area.

Shares of Clearwire Corp. rose Tuesday after an analyst said the company's path to growth seemed more certain following a round of financing that will give it the capital needed to grow its wireless data network.

It's now almost four years later, with the Clearwire-Sprint-Comcast-TWC rollouts well underway in the U.S.  It's time for a hard look to see if the mobile WiMAX vision has been realized.   Unfortunately for WiMAX advocates like Intel, it has not.

Four WiMAX Forum® Operator Members Apply for Funds: Clearwire, Digital Bridge Communications, Open Range Communications, Towerstream

Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its revenues to decline 15-20% in 2009 compared to 2008 levels but will return to a growth track in 2010 with 50% of total revenues generated from the telecom sector, according to chairman Howard Chen.

MediaTek's patent arrangement with Qualcomm is expected to help China's first-tier handset vendors enter the global handset market while gradually eliminating the nation's gray handset makers, according to market sources.

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expects to allocate a capex higher than the NT$9 billion (US$280.4 million) projected for 2009 in 2010. The new capex will include a budget of NT$3-4 billion for its roll-out of HSPA+ infrastructure, according to chief commercial officer Yvonne Li.

Intel and AT&T were among the major foreign companies that attended a pre-bidding conference held by the Indian government, ahead of the 3G and WiMAX auctions planned to start in January. And the Department of Telecom indicated that it would look to open up several new bands, including 700MHz for WiMAX and broadband wireless, soon after the end of the 3G sale.

The business segment in Africa and the Middle East should be the main focus of WiMax operators as fixed WiMax's contribution to fixed business broadband subscriptions is expected to more than quadruple by 2014, according to a latest report from Pyramid Research.

Some 4 million WiMAX chipsets for subscriber stations will be shipped this year, according to a survey from Montreal-based wireless broadband consultancy Maravedis Inc. and Reveal Wireless LLC. Although a more mature technology than LTE, the fouth-generation wireless technology it is most often compared to, the report notes that WiMAX has suffered because of the formidable competition from 3G technologies such as HSPA and HSPA+ offered by Bell Canada, Telus Corp. and Rogers Communications.

Despite the global financial crisis, shipments of mobile WiMAX chipsets will reach 4 million by the end of 2009, representing a 155% year-over-year growth. New report provides insight into key WiMAX silicon vendors.

Visitors to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada will be able to connect their WiMAX-enabled laptops to the Internet to check results and stream video of events using a new mobile WiMAX service that Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. is launching in January.

Shipments of mobile WiMAX chipsets will reach 4 million by the end of 2009 according to the latest research by Maravedis, who in partnership with Reveal Wireless released its new report "WiMAX Wave2 Subscriber Station Chipset Vendors Competitive Analysis."

Qualcomm looks set to be the leading patent holder in 4G wireless communications after recording 24% of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, as well as 16% of the 26,000 patents that have potential relevance to 4G technologies generally, including WiMAX. Other notable players in the LTE field include Interdigital (18%), Huawei (10%), LG (9%), Nokia (9%) and Samsung (7%). When considering the whole 4G environment Samsung takes second spot with 12% of all patent filings, and Nokia takes third with 6%.

World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) has caught eyeballs of Internet users who see it as an effective wireless broadband alternative to stay ahead of their competitors. Since it provides reliable, secure and high quality broadband access for mobile Internet users, WiMAX is a better-performing and less-expensive alternative to many existing technologies (Like DSL, Wi-Fi).

China Mobile has selected Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei to deploy a TD-LTE demonstration network for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo. The network has already been partially deployed. Expo visitors using TD-LTE terminals will be able to enjoy mobile broadband download speeds up to 29Mbps.

Dow Jones Newswires reports that Japanese cellco KDDI plans to acquire a 50% stake in Brac BDMail Network (bracNET), a Bangladesh-based ISP, through a third-party allotment of new shares by the Dhaka-based firm.

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that it is sampling the industry's first chipsets for dual-carrier HSPA+ and multi-mode 3G/LTE. The Mobile Data Modem(TM) (MDM(TM)) MDM8220(TM) solution is the first chipset to support Dual-carrier High-Speed Packet Access Plus (DC-HSPA+); and the MDM9200(TM) and the MDM9600(TM) chipsets are the industry's first multi-mode 3G/Long Term Evolution (LTE) solutions. These chipsets demonstrate significant progress toward enabling the mass-market commercial deployment of two next-generation network technologies that bring more advanced data capabilities to mobile devices for new global markets in addition to North America.

Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR) says Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is still a major partner in its mobile WiMax deployment in the U.S. even though the search giant didn't contribute to its latest $1.5 billion round of funding.

In June Intel unveiled the new 3.5GHz WiMAX-enabled notebook at WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam that became the world's first public demonstration of future Intel 3.5GHz WiMAX solutions.

Clearwire is set to receive a new funding injection of $1.5bn from at least some of its existing shareholders, but may need further backing to stick to its aggressive 2010 deployment schedule. The WiMAX operator is likely to confirm the deal with its quarterly results, which will be announced today.

Wireless broadband provider Clearwire had about 173,000 WiMax subscribers at the end of September and should be able to offer service to 120 million potential subscribers in the U.S. by the end of next year, the company said Tuesday.

Over the weekend, Sprint (NYSE: S) and a number of other companies agreed to invest another $1.5 billion into Clearwire, the growing provider of WiMax services. Notably absent on the list of financiers wasGoogle (NSDQ: GOOG), which has previously given cash to Clearwire.

The phone carrier is investing more in the wireless technology, which could make broadband more widespread. But rivals are backing a competing technology.

Avago Technologies, a U.S.-based provider of analog interface components, announced the newest edition to its offering of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) with the high-gain MGA-231T6 with variable current and shutdown features to work with GPS, unlicensed Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands, and WiMax applications.

According to Cellular News, Yota, the Russian WiMax provider, disclosed that it has arrived at the operational breakeven point in only 5 months after the launch of the WiMax network in Moscow and St Petersburg. The deployment in a third Russian city, Ufa, took place in October.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is planning to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd to set up joint ventures, the Business Standard reported on Friday.

President Obama earmarks $7 billion to expand high-speed Internet access across the country - how three communities plan to use the money (Public Radio International, for full story, listen to audio at PRI.org)

Korea has often been the showcase for new broadband services, but was WiBro a step too far? Uptake of the mobile broadband service has been 97% short of subscriber take-up, say official sources, but undeterred, the government is to issue new licenses in a framework that should support more modern business models, and bring WiBro into line with the more rapid progress of various carriers using its close cousin Mobile WiMAX.

Government officials emphasize advanced tech services as way to stand apart from China.

Chipmaker giant Intel Corp is understood to be in talks with leading Indian telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Tata Communications to jointly bid for radio bandwidth to provide broadband wireless services in the country.

Asustek will be launching an e-book reader in the near future that will combine wi-fi with WiMAX mobile technologies as soon as the end of 2009. Asustek will most likely release the reader under the extremely popular EEE name here in the U.S. Looks like the predictions back in August were right.

WiMAX solution provider Beceem Communications expects its shipments of WiMAX chips to Taiwan to account for 60% of its total WiMAX solution shipments in 2010, compared to 30% in 2009, according to company VP of worldwide sales David Carrol.

TMCnet conducted an interview with  Gary Croke who works in product marketing at Harris Stratex Networks. In the podcast they discussed the advantages WiMax holds over LTE. According to Gary Croke,  one major advantage of WiMax is that it's a wireless access technology that's cheaper and faster to deploy than fixed access solutions such as fiber, cable or DSL.

Bangladeshi WiMAX licensee BanglaLion Communications has placed orders for 10,000 WiMAX Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) devices with Taiwan-based Accton Technology and is negotiating orders with Zyxel Communications, according to company chairman Abdul Manan, quoted by Malaysian news site DigiTimes.

MediaTek, in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on October 27, cited customer confidentiality as it declined to comment on a Chinese-language Commercial Times report that claims the IC designer has landed orders from India's state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for WiMAX chips.

Taipei, Oct. 28 (CNA) An Israeli delegation of information and communication technologies (ICT) and new media companies will visit Taiwan next week to explore cooperation and business opportunities with Taiwanese firms, the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei said Wednesday.

Three of Mayalsia's WiMAX operators have been hit with fines relating to failures in rolling out their networks on time, the Star Online reports. According to reports, the country's telecoms watchdog, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), advised REDtone, Asiaspace and Y-Max Networks that they had failed to reach the 25% population coverage stipulated by their concessions by March 2009.

Google may gain short term profile by working closely with carriers, but its bigger vision rests on a fully open mobile web, where its services and revenue streams hold pole position. The search giant has consistently invested in initiatives that should increase availability of cheap, ubiquitous internet access, supporting Wi-Fi metrozones, Clearwire's WiMAX build-out and emerging technology start-ups like femtocell specialist Ubiquisys. Like Intel, it has also shown itself willing to take part in spectrum auctions in pursuit of its goals, and is reported to be interested in the Indian WiMAX sale.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vmax Telecom, Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Vee Telecom Multimedia will begin commercial operations of their WiMAX services by the end of 2009, while Global Mobile plans to start operations in the beginning of 2010, according to the companies.

Sohu IT reports that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has submitted China's TD-LTE-Advanced technical specification to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), thereby ensuring that the technical specification will be considered as an international standard candidate for 4G communications. TD-LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced TDD spec) is the next-generation successor to the Chinese-developed TD-SCDMA platform.

A senior industry figure from the telecomms market proclaimed at a conference in Paris earlier this month that WiMAX was dead. Hermann Hauser, responsible for spinning off ARM, said LTE is the way ahead.

Asustek Computer has said it expects shipments of its own-brand WiMAX devices, including data network cards, routers and integrated access devices (IADs) to gain momentum in 2010. Shipments of the company's WiMAX devices will reach 100,000 units in 2009.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Vmax Telecom plans to team up with Taipei-based taxi fleet operator M-Taxi to promote its forthcoming WiMAX services and to ramp up ARPU (average revenue per user), according to company chairman CK Liu.

Clearwire International, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation
(NASDAQ: CLWR), and Aicent Inc. (www.aicent.com) today announced an important
step forward for international WiMAX roaming following the successful completion
of the first inter-network roaming connection between WiMAX networks.

Next Tuesday, October 27, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to hold Auction 86, for the use of radio-frequencies being deployed through WiMAX technologies. The presence of two major carriers in the band - Clearwire and Sprint - makes this auction crucial for the success of WiMAX in the United States

ZyXEL Communications (TSE: 2391), the world's leading broadband access solutions provider, today announced that it will join the "Broadband Taiwan 2009" exhibition from Oct. 26 through Oct. 28 to demonstrate its latest broadband products and show the capability of providing end-to-end broadband solutions.

A number of telecom carriers from India, Russia, Brazil, Bangladesh and other areas are to visit the Broadband Taiwan 2009 trade fair in Taipei from October 26-28. Representatives of the carriers will also hold business talks with Taiwan WiMAX equipment and CPE suppliers, according to the show organizers.

The FCC approved strong openness rules for wired and wireless broadband connections to the internet Thursday, leaving the details of the rules open to public debate for the next 60 days. The move will gratify President Obama's grassroots supporters and internet services like Google, but draw the wrath of large telecoms like AT&T and the wireless industry.

European operators are leveraging improvements in technology and 3.5GHz spectrum to offer true mobile WiMAX networks. New operators such as Imagine Communications in Ireland begin the launch of nation-wide coverage.

New rules that will open up the GSM spectrum for use by high-speed mobile broadband services have now been officially ratified by the European Union and means that the 1987 directive that enables 3G services to be run on 2G spectrum has now been legally changed.

Taiwan-based network equipment Gemtek Technology has begun shipping WiMAX CPE products to Malaysia WiMAX operator Packet One Networks (P1), according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

Before LTE is even commercially deployed, the vendors are jockeying for position in the next generation of wireless standards. Both the LTE and WiMAX communities have submitted their upcoming standards, LTE Advanced and WiMAX 2.0, to the ITU for consideration as official standards for 'true 4G'.

Clearwire shares received a boost last week after Macquarie analyst Phil Cusick raised his rating on the mobile WiMAX operator to "outperform" from "neutral," increasing his price target from$7 to $12. The company's stock closed on Friday at $8.21.

Irish altnet Imagine Communications Group yesterday announced ambitious plans to roll out a national 4G mobile WiMAX network in the Republic, in partnership with US-based equipment manufacturer Motorola.

While the continuing roll-out of WiMAX infrastructure and services in the US and Japan is positive for the entire WiMAX industry, the emerging markets including India and Indonesia are expected to play a key role in lifting the industry in 2010, according to Udi Shaked, managing director of Alvarion Asia Pacific.

MOSCOW - WiMax operator Skartel, 25.1 percent of which belongs to Russian Technologies, is building a federal network of 180 cities under its Yota brand, but the source of financing for the project remains a mystery.

The Asia Pacific region keeps leading the world in WiMax innovation, as countries like Japan, India and Korea continue to invest in the technology, with maverick operators in neighboring countries following suit, industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan reported recently.

WiMAX has struggled to establish a foothold in the mature broadband markets of Europe, North America and Asia, and many view the emerging markets, with their low fixed-line penetration, as the key hunting ground for WiMAX. In our recent study WiMAX in emerging markets: the opportunity assessed we found that several factors, including technology cost, coverage, vendor support and service provider choices, limit WiMAX's future potential as a mass-market broadband technology in emerging markets. As a result, WiMAX will remain a niche technology, forming part of established fixed and mobile operators' broader broadband access portfolios.

Abuja - One of the controversial winners of the 2.3GHz license in the just concluded auction by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mobitel Nigeria has its selected Alvarion to build the company's $7 million broadband network in Nigeria.

Government agencies and other organisations planning to use WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access - networks can get technical advice on improving the security of their systems from a draft computer security guide prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

As the noise coming out of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) crowd continues to grow louder WiMAX Forum is finally making some noise around the next generation of mobile WiMAX, which is designed to be technically on par with LTE.

In a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment convention in San Diego, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined steps the agency is taking to provide more spectrum and remove obstacles to help speed the development and expansion of next generation wireless networks. Will such measures be effective?

Cellular-News reports that the Asia-Pacific region is the front runner in the 2009 WiMax innovation race. Tier-1 operators such as Japan's KDDI, India's Tata Communications, Reliance Communications, and Korea Telecom continue to heavily invest in the technology. The APAC region is also the stage to non-conformist WiMax operators that are breaking ground for non-incumbent operators to use the technology.

In Clearwire's latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the mobile WiMAX operator revealed that is could not flip to Long Term Evolution (LTE) in the near term because of an agreement it has in place with Intel.

The battle between the cellular and WIMAX camps for future 4G wireless networking standards ramped up this week with the IEEE formally submitting its 802.16m standard (the next iteration of today's 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard) to the ITU as a candidate radio interface technology for IMT-Advanced standardisation.

Russian WiMAX specialist Yota has announced that, together with its partner Samsung, it has commenced testing of the next version of mobile WiMAX technology: Release 2.0 (IEEE 802.16m standard).

The nation's top telecommunications regulator has been cornered over whether to completely drop its "nationalism-backed" pro-wireless broadband policy, as investment in WiBro services by leading mobile carriers stalls.

Day 2 in Geneva had a very distinct WiMax flavor to it, with news of a national rollout in Africa, a new venture for Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR), and startup success in Russia and Malaysia.

The Asia-Pacific region remains at the forefront of WiMAX innovation in 2009. Tier-1 operators such as Japan's KDDI, India's Tata Communications and Reliance Communications, and Korea Telecom are still investing heavily in the technology. The region is also home to many maverick WiMAX operators that are pioneering wireless broadband use among non-incumbent operators.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile on October 5 held a ceremony for the completion of its initial WiMAX infrastructure rollout in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and the company expects to pass examination by the National Communications Commission by the end of 2009 and then begin commercial operations in early 2010, according to chairperson Rosemary Ho.

According to Network World, the Indian government plans to auction off three WiMax spectrum licenses in the country in December. 10 days before the WiMax auction, the government will be completing the issue of three 3G licenses. The bid for the 3G spectrum starts at $716 million per operator and at $360 million for the WiMax spectrum.

Climate change, economic recovery, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and socio-political issues look set to take center stage at the ITU Telecom World 2009 event in Geneva (Oct 5-9), with many Forum sessions focused on the impact of information and communications technologies on developing economies.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Vmax Telecom has announced it has completed its first-phase WiMAX infrastructure rollout and plans to kick off commercial operations once it gets approval from the National Communications Commission (NCC).

The Taiwan government is still committed to the further development of the WiMAX industry, predicting the production value of WiMAX devices by Taiwan makers to increase by 2-3 fold in 2010 from the NT$10.2 billion (US$314.8 million) projected for 2009, according to a ranking official of the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Clearwire officially introduced the software development community in Silicon Valley to the largest 4G WiMAX application test environment with the launch of the company's CLEAR 4G WiMAX Innovation Network. The developer network, which is a precursor to commercial service planned for the San Francisco Bay Area in 2010, will cover more than 20 square miles in Santa Clara, Mountain View and parts of downtown Palo Alto, California.

Cooperativa de Teléfonos Automáticos Santa Cruz De La Sierra Limitada, or "COTAS," a Bolivian telecommunications provider, has selected Airspan Networks' advanced WiMAX solutions for a next-generation broadband network deployment across major cities in Bolivia.

A number of powerful lawmakers voiced their support for FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to institute net neutrality principles on wireless and wireline networks, potentially setting the stage for a high-stakes battle between FCC and Congressional leaders and wireless industry lobbyists.

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless unveiled recently a few more details on its plans for deploying the upcoming 4G network based on the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. According to the company, the rollout will be made on a wide range of markets at once, and not on one market at a time during a long period of time.

Indonesia's largest telecoms firm by subscribers and revenues PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) says it is looking to deploy the country's first mobile WiMAX network in the first quarter of 2010, heralding a new phase of telecoms development in the country. The Jakarta Post quotes Telkom director Ermady Dahlan as saying that the company is in the middle of completing the administrative requirements needed in order to obtain the operational licences. The regulator, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCI), plans to issue these by the end of October after a series of feasibility tests.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm has secured a syndicated bank loan of NT$2 billion (US$61.73 million) which it will use to build up its WiMAX networks and improve its financial strength.

In the recent years, Africa has truly proved itself as one of the leading suppliers of the WiMAX industry. AccessKenya is one of the largest WiMAX networks in East Africa. They provide wireless broadband for residential use in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya. MTN Uganda has made it their goal to provide countrywide WiMAX access in Uganda, and has already installed several operating networks.

A day after FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski issued a call for an "open Internet," AT&T, Verizon and a handful of Republican lawmakers set in motion their opposition to the net neutrality effort. Meanwhile, upstarts Sprint Nextel and Clearwire broke ranks and voiced tentative approval of the measure.

Peruvian telco Gamacom expects to deploy WiMAX equipment across some rural municipalities in Huanuco and Pasco by the end of the year, according to BNamericas which cites company commercial manager Christian Palma.

Motorola, Inc.'s Home & Networks Mobility business today announced that it has shipped its one millionth WiMAX customer premises equipment (CPE) device, more than doubling the total number of units it had shipped just six months ago. Bruce Brda, senior vice president and general manager of Wireless Networks, announced the milestone during his keynote speech at 4G World today in Chicago.

Taiwan-based network equipment makers are expected to see on-year revenue growth for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter for 2010, due to delayed demand from the first half of 2009, according to market sources.

This is the tie-up that finally makes sense. After several rumors surfaced saying that Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit is in talks with Sprint, Bloomberg is reporting that Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA is also in discussions with a company much closer to home.

Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks to gain access to airwaves controlled by Clearwire Corp. and MetroPCS Communications Inc. as the German company seeks to expand U.S. networks, said two people familiar with the matter.

By the end of 2010, users in more than 80 U.S. cities may be able to ditch their cable modems, T1 setups and DSL lines -- and the Wi-Fi routers that go with them -- in favor of WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) broadband wireless technology.

Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse said that Sprint plans to maintain its majority ownership stake in the WiMAX service provider and, if necessary, it will help fill Clearwire's funding gap. Clearwire plans on covering 80 markets by the end of 2010, but needs around $2.3 billion in new funding to complete its network buildout.

Gemtek Technology expects its shipments of WiMAX devices to reach 400,000-500,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to 300,000 units shipped in the first three quarters of the year, according to company managing director Kevin Yang

Coiler Corporation, a leading Taiwanese developer of innovative in-building coverage solutions, has been the first among the repeater manufacturers to deploy a commercial-ready WiMAX in-building solution to the Taiwanese market. With estimates of around $3 billion going into WiMAX technology in the country by 2012 from the Taiwanese government and the private sectors, major licensed operators are now working closely with experts like Coiler in seeking solutions to achieve the full potentials of their indoor coverage.

ORTLAND, Ore. WiMAX Forum® today announced the addition of a new member to its Board of Directors, CEO Dennis Sverdlov of Yota. Yota is a fast growing privately held operator of 4G Mobile WiMAX Internet services in Russia.

WiMAX is here to stay, or so says Bruce Brda, senior vice president and general manager of the wireless networks business at Motorola. Brda gave a thoughtful keynote today at 4G World about what the LTE/WiMAX relationship will look like going forward.

Epic Communications (Epicom) has released three WiMAX power amplifier products supporting both IEEE 802.16d-2004 fixed and 802.16e-2005 Wave 2 mobile WiMAX standards, with mass production slated for the first quarter of 2010, according to the company.

Clearwire Communications on Monday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with WiMAX operators UQ Communications of Japan and Yota of Russia to allow international roaming. This would involve the three parties collaborating on business and technical aspects, as well as other WiMAX operators and Clearwire's Global Alliance Partner Program members.

Rumors that T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom DT is preparing a bid for Sprint Nextel S fit with the German giant's recent moves to shore up the competitive position of its global wireless business. Notably, the firm announced last week plans to merge its U.K. operations with France Telecom's FTE British unit to create the largest wireless carrier in the country. We believe interest in Sprint highlights the firm's unique position in the U.S. wireless market as an independent nationwide carrier but also the lack of control the firm has over its future in its current weakened state.

The national telecom regulator intends to grant WiMax wireless broadband spectrum licences shortly after the auction of the 2.1-gigahertz third-generation spectrum licences.

Wimax, the second largest utility in the U.S., will be testing out smart grid technology based on WiMAX, a nascent wireless technology that provides high bandwidth. The move is the latest of a growing number of large utilities and communications companies investigating how WiMAX can play a role in their smart grid networks.

Time Warner Cable said it will resell Clearwire's mobile WiMAX service in Hawaii early next year. A company spokesman told FierceWireless that Time Warner Cable also will launch service in Greensboro and Raleigh, N.C., by year-end. The markets join Dallas and Charlotte, N.C., which the cable vendor announced in late July.

Not long ago, LTE was just a vision. Today, due to the commitments of big carriers in North America and Japan, LTE has become a key part of the technology evolution of most GSM and many CDMA operators worldwide.

As the market for mobile WiMAX technology settles, and the opportunities and drawbacks become clearer, analysts and industry players generally agree that the number of mobile WiMAX equipment vendors will be halved during the next few years.

Despite of a slow head start, WiMAX reported the highest growth rate among all wireless access technologies in the second quarter 2009, with 74 percent growth rate over the last quarter, revealed ABI Research.

Clearwire took another step forward in its U.S. WiMAX build-out on Tuesday by officially turning on the lights for WiMAX in 10 new markets. Eight of the new WiMAX markets are in West Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Waco, Wichita Falls

INITIATIVES are underway to make the Philippines ready for the widespread deployment of WiMax from Luzon to Mindanao, according to top tech executives who attended the recent Cyberpress Forum at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at the A.Venue Mall in.

Venezuelan mobile broadband operator Movilmax anticipates attaining around 10,000 local mobile broadband subscribers by the end of the year, compared to 6,000 at the end of 2008, company CEO Dick Abanto told BNamericas.

Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced that Global Mobile, Taiwan's leading 4G operator, is deploying the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller and Policy Controller to deliver mobile multimedia services to consumers and enterprises. The solutions are being delivered in collaboration with CommVerge Solutions, a leading network services company in the Asia Pacific region.

Vividwireless, a new subsidiary of one of Australia's leading media companies, Seven Network, is putting down about $42 million to fund the country's first mobile WiMAX rollout. The company has selected Huawei Technologies to build out the network.

Mobile phone operators operating in the global market has been lambasted severely by Intel, prime computer chip maker in the global arena, owing to their disastrous failure in supporting WiMax technology for the next generation of mobile phones. It is to be noted that Intel has offered a full-fledged support to WiMax over rival Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology together with billions of dollars of investment in WiMax operators.

Clearwire is hoping to add to its WiMax build plan this year with the help of some federal dollars. It revealed today it has applied for a "modest" but undisclosed amount of broadband stimulus fundsto deploy 4G networks in under-served areas in Detroit and Puerto Rico, two markets that currently are not part of Clearwire's business plan. In addition, Clearwire is affiliating itself with a few other grant applications, agreeing to share spectrum or network assets in five states if the unnamed broadband providers secure funding.

The emergence of new technologies like 3G and WiMax are bringing some new changes to bearer networks. These changes are in the areas of IP, broadband, and service types. These three changes will cover the whole network, which includes core layer, convergence layer, and access layer.

Taiwan-based WiMAX licensee Global Mobile completed interoperability testing (IOT) with CPE (customer premise equipment) suppliers in August and will start selecting suppliers in accordance with the IOT result in September, according the company.

Taiwan-based PHS operator First International Telecom (Fitel) saw a 28% on-year decrease in its first half 2009 revenues falling to NT$1.51 billion (US$45.92 million). However, the net loss of NT$1 per share was an improvement from a loss of NT$2.99 per share for the first half of 2008, according to the company.

Around 150 cities in India would have wireless broadband through WiMAX in just 90 days once the 20MHz spectrum is allotted at the base reserve price of Rs.1010 crore ($250 million) to four operators in each circle. Each operator could serve 1.5 to 2 crore subscribers with good quality service but much would depend upon early implementation of the proposed auction of the spectrum.

The worldwide WiMAX equipment and device market will hit US$4.9 billion in 2013, predominantly driven by developing countries, and the number of WiMAX subscribers is expected to near 140 million worldwide in that year, according to Infonetics Research.

The worldwide WiMAX equipment and device market will hit US$4.9 billion in 2013, predominantly driven by developing countries, and the number of WiMAX subscribers is expected to near 140 million worldwide in that year, according to Infonetics Research.

Nokia Siemens Network's (NSN)expanded OEM agreement and relationship with WiMAX solutions provider Alvarion provides advantages for both companies - a new sales channel for Alvarion and an increased focus on managed services for NSN.

IC design house MediaTek began to deliver WiMAX CPE solutions to Taiwan-based network equipment makers for the production of WiMAX-enabled routers and network cards in the first half of 2009, and the company is expected to ship WiMAX solutions for handheld devices at the end of the year at the earliest, according to market sources.

India's government Thursday set 35 billion Indian rupees ($714 million) as the starting price for auctioning of one slot of pan-India's radio bandwidth for third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone services in the country.

Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek and China-based carrier China Mobile will strengthen their strategic alliance in the deployment of TD-SCDMA technology and will also cooperate on TD-LTE technology, according to MediaTek. MediaTek chairman Tsai Ming-Kai and China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou met on August 26.

China Crescent specializes in software engineering, high quality software development and digital multimedia outsourcing services delivered to customers globally. The company aims to expand its global footprint and has chosen Kenya as its next target.

Bolloré Telecom cosies up to Orange, SFR in bid to generate return from its 20 WiMAX licences.

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Santa Clara-based chipmaker, wants to set up a consortium, as in the US, to roll out WiMax-based broadband services in India. This is part of the company's multi-pronged strategy to put in place an ecosystem to promote the deployment of the technology in this country.

Beijing-based China Mobile Ltd., the world's largest mobile carrier, will work with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop 4G technologies, Wang Jianzhou, chairman of the state-run Chinese company, said yesterday.

Most Taiwan-based WiMAX licensees are planning to initially launch their commercial WiMAX services in offshore islands before the operational deadline set at the end of March 2010, according to Taiwan's NCC (National Communications Commission).

ZTE Corporation announced that it has collaborated with Icon Private Equity to build a 3.5 GHz WiMAX network for Icon PE's portfolio company, Ukraine High Technologies (UHT) in Ukraine. Upon the network completion by the 4^th quarter 2009, the WiMAX system will bring UHT subscribers unparalleled experience to access high-speed wireless broadband services.

WiMAX, the wireless broadband technology that is vying with Long Term Evolution to become the standard for the next generation of higher-speed wireless networks, draws either delight or derision, depending on whom you ask - its champions or detractors.

Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. ("P1"), Malaysia's first and leading WiMAX telco today announced that it has surpassed the 80,000 subscriber mark, after one year of rolling out its P1 W1MAX high-speed wireless broadband service.

Clearwire, which will eventually need more funding in order to roll out a nationwide WiMax network, has applied to receive a portion of the $4.7 billion in stimulus funding earmarked for building high-speed access to underserved areas-although it doesn't sound like the company is seeking much.

Ericsson's purchase of Nortel's interests in CDMA and LTE will encourage CDMA operators to shift to LTE, creating greater acceptance of LTE in North America. Huawei is strongly promoting LTE and has recently opened up a new LTE laboratory in Richardson, Texas, where operators can familiarise themselves with the technology.

WiMAX base station suppliers are vying for a contract from Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), the largest telecom carrier in India, as the company is reportedly reopening an open bid for WiMAX equipment, according to market sources in Taiwan.

If you live in the US and have found 3G speeds aren't cutting it for wireless data, the only game in town has been Sprint/Clearwire, which now offers WiMAX service in over 40 cities in the US. But just about everyone else in the cellular business is backing the alternative 4G wireless protocol, Long Term Evolution (LTE), meaning that the fight for next-generation supremacy will come down to Clearwire's first mover advantage vs. LTE's extensive adoption. Verizon appears to be doing its part to reduce that advantage, easily making its self-imposed deadline of starting service deployments in 2009.

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Zyxel Communications has seen its shipments of IP set-top boxes (STBs) and WiMAX CPE start gathering momentum to help bring Zyxel back to growth track, according to company chairman Shun-I Chu.

With an aim to develop related LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology and products, a total of seven Taiwan-based companies and organizations - HTC, Asustek Computer, HT mMobile, Coiler, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the Institute for Information Industry (III), and the Telecommunication Laboratories of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) - have joined the 3GPP, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Most Taiwan-based network equipment makers are expected to see their revenues stay flat in 2009 due to lukewarm performance recorded in the first seven months of the year, according to industry sources.

China-based Huawei Technologies will further strengthen its presence in the US market after recently signing an agreement to supply US-based WiMAX operator Clearwire with WiMAX base stations and related equipment, hardware and software, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based Vee Telecom Multimedia will officially kick off its WiMAX services in Taichung, central Taiwan in December, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) quoted Vee president Huang Yen-nan as indicating.

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that it will start offering HSPA+ enabled service with download speeds of 21Mbps in 2010. Other carriers in Taiwan, including Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), Taiwan Mobile and Vibo Telecom, are expected to follow suit after CHT implements the service.

On Tuesday, Clearwire posted a loss of $73.4 million (38 cents a share) for the second quarter, compared to a loss of $74.6 million (40 cents a share) last year. Net loss for the quarter was $264.04 million, compared to $281.73 million in the same quarter last year.

Huawei joins Motorola and Samsung as WiMAX Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor for Clearwire's 4G network. Other strategic infrastructure suppliers include Cisco, Ciena and DragonWave. Company to release second quarter financial results later today

Senior government officials in South Korea say the country's mobile WiMax licenses should be revoked and other sanctions imposed since service providers have failed to invest enough in their WiBro networks, according to an ET News report.

On Tuesday, Clearwire Corp. signed a three-year deal with Chinese telecom vendor Huawei. This deal allows Huawei to supply radio access network equipment to Clearwire's deployment of its wireless network.

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Alpha Networks has announced net profits of NT$282 million (US$8.6 million) for the first half of 2009, down 36% on year mainly due to lower gross margin in the second quarter and fluctuation of currency exchange rates, according to the company.

Network equipment maker Accton Technology has appointed Su Ching-yang, former president of Taiwan-based China Motor, as president of its subsidiary in southern China, Joytech, with an aim to strengthen its deployment in the China market, according to the company.

eMemory Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of IP for logic embedded non-volatile memory (NVM), has announced its 65nm Neobit one-time-programmable (OTP) memory is scheduled to enter mass production for high-end IC products such as WiMAX and Bluetooth modules, set-top boxes (STBs) and HDMI devices in the fourth quarter of 2009. It recently gained validation on Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's 65nm process.

In the China market, the total number of mobile Internet-access subscribers stood at 151.82 million at the end of the second quarter of 2009, increasing by 9.39% from a quarter earlier and by 183.44% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International.

Chhota Udaipur, a tribal area 100 km off Vadodara in Gujarat, is probably where the story of India's WiMax-based wireless broadband services will begin. This remote area is among the many places in India where there is no copper available to provide connectivity to the online world. But things may soon change here after broadband connectivity and Net devices are given to tribal schools and hostels by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd through its franchisee partner Soma Netwo rks. This State Government initiative will also attempt to set up low-end BPO centres using WiMax.

­India's state-owned MTNL has published the tender for companies to set up and manage its planned WiMAX networks in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai. The operator is offering bidders a six-year franchise operation on a revenue sharing basis.

The Korea Times reports that Samsung is attempting to revitalise the pretty much dead WiBro market in Korea. The wireless broadband service didn't take off the way that South Korean mobile operators hoped it would, with the the two biggest operators in the country having a combing WiBro audience of about 220,000. Now Samsung is declaring a major new push for WiBro take-up.

Russian consortium BWDC-Metsanco has been granted a WiMax license from Peru's Agency for Promotion of Private Investment (ProInversion). They won the license after being the only bidder with an offer just one dollar over the $3.9 million minimum.

Today Taiwanese company Kinpo Electronics debuted its new netbook, the Kinpo N03. An integrated chipset allows the netbook to connect to WiMAX and 3G networks, in addition to WiFi networks.

­Russia is the 'perfect storm' for WiMAX: challenging geography, dispersed population, pent up demand for broadband and voice services, and a population able to pay for services, says a report from Infonetics Research. At the moment, there are more than 10 WiMAX networks in operation or deployment in Russia.

India is the largest single-country WiMAX opportunity in the world, with most of the major operators actively pursuing WiMAX, such as BSNL, Tata Teleservices, and Bharti Airtel, according to Infonetics Research. Deployments are well underway with acceleration in adoption experienced in many telecoms circles. Telsima - now Harris-Stratex - led the WiMAX equipment market in 2008, followed by Alcatel-Lucent and WiMAX specialist Aperto.

Shipment value of the Taiwan wireless communications equipment industry in 2009 is forecast to reach US$3.22 billion, down approximately 14.4% compared to 2008, but the WiMAX CPE industry is forecast to achieve growth in 2009, according to Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC).

WiMax equipment-maker Alvarion reported a wider second quarterly loss on Wednesday and said its President and CEO Tzvika Friedman is requesting to resign from the position, but will stay on board until a replacement is found.

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has extended its production to include WiMAX and 3G modules targeting telecom service providers, according to the company. The company has obtained orders for WiMAX modules from carriers in Europe and will begin volume shipments in the first half of 2010, the company noted.

Taiwan-based network equipment makers are seeking to strengthen their cooperation pacts with telecom carriers to boost sales of WiMAX CPE products as a growing number of telecom equipment vendors - the major business partners of Taiwan CPE suppliers - are shifting their focus to the deployment of LTE or HSPA technologies, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Juniper Research, a telecom consultant and research firm, released a new report that predicts an optimistic future for the WiMAX industry.  The 65-page report, titled Markets, Opportunities & Forecasts, 2009-2014, shows that WiMAX 802.16e broadband subscribers will reach 50 million globally by 2014.

The WiMAX Forum has announced that validation testing for the 2.3GHz mobile WiMAX profile in the 5/10MHz and 8.75MHz channels has begun and expects the first group of 2.3GHz products to be WiMAX Forum certified in the fourth quarter of 2009.

The WiMAX Forum has announced that validation testing for the 2.3GHz mobile WiMAX profile in the 5/10MHz and 8.75MHz channels has begun and expects the first group of 2.3GHz products to be WiMAX Forum certified in the fourth quarter of 2009.

A long-awaited WiMAX joint venture between Intel, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and the Taiwan government-operated National Development Fund may be put on hold due to unfavorable market situations as well as differing operational concepts between Intel and CHT, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

A long-awaited WiMAX joint venture between Intel, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and the Taiwan government-operated National Development Fund may be put on hold due to unfavorable market situations as well as differing operational concepts between Intel and CHT, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Sequans Communications, the world's leading WiMAX chipmaker, announced today that ZyXEL, a world leading supplier of broadband internet connectivity products, has introduced the first Mobile WiMAX device based on Sequans' new generation chip, the SQN1210. ZyXEL's new device, the MAX-507 USB dongle, is state-of-the-art, and delivers the highest performance yet achieved in a Mobile WiMAX USB device, due to Sequans' unique mimoMAX^TM technology. The ZyXEL MAX-507 USB will be on display at Sequans' booth, D-068, at ExpoComm Wireless Japan, July 22-24.

Bluenowhere, a municipal wireless wholesale network operator, has warned that Mobile WiMAX broadband wireless technology is unlikely to see a proper UK-wide deployment because none of the country's five major Mobile Broadband operators have given it any firm backing.

Augere Wireless Broadband launched WiMAX at the Westin Dhaka in Bangladesh on Tuesday, July 21. The 2.3GHz internet services will be available on trial in the Gulshan and Banani areas of the Dhaka district reports TeleGeography.

A report commissioned by the Filipino telecoms regulator the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the World Bank considers the watchdog's best move would be to auction WiMAX licences on a regional basis.

Alvarion and Italian telecommunications company Linkem today announced that they will provide wireless broadband coverage for the 13th annual world swimming championship in Rome from July 17th through August 2nd. Linkem was recently selected to create a wireless network using WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies in both the indoor and outdoor areas of Rome's Olympic Village.

Neither WiMAX or LTE are isolated developments but are built upon the same framework of technological innovation and incremental progress: they rise up 'On the sholders of Giants' that have come before and were developed during the pursuit of the standards.

Of the six WiMAX Forum certification labs in the world, two are in Taiwan. This may explain why Taiwan is the leading exporter of WiMAX products says a WiMAX.com article from Sunday, July 19.

Taiwan is a country to watch carefully in assessing the early success and commercial viability of Mobile WiMAX deployments. Executive Briefing on Current Status, Innovative Applications and Future Deployments.

Kyocera has announced two types of compact surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters (for reception and transmission) that improve the prevention of radio wave interference in next-generation high-speed wireless communication networks such as WiMAX. This development creates the first SAW filters in the industry in the high-frequency range of 2.6GHz to feature high selectivity and low loss characteristics. Samples of the new SAW filters are currently available.

Just as the a couple of Gigabyte netbooks become available in the US, Gigabyte Taiwan, have announced an upgraded TouchNote T1028X with a HD 1366 x 768 10.1" display and WiMAX. The current model on sale has your bog-standard 1024 x 600 display. Perhaps this is because Intel's move to relax screen resolution restrictions on netbooks.

The X-Slim X340 notebook from MSI Technologies, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of telecom hardware, just received certification from the WiMAX Forum for its wireless communications.  This makes MSI the first notebook manufacturer in Taiwan to get WiMAX Forum certification.

India is yet to witness a comprehensive launch of WiMAX services, but service providers across the globe are already reaping the benefits. A new research from Maravedis reveals that WiMAX subscribers grew by 400,000 in the Q1 09 quarter, a 75% increase on a y-o-y basis. 3G subscribers reached 50 million during the quarter.

The 4G world of high-speed, long-range IP-based wireless service is here.

The question is whether the pace of deployments is shifting - either intentionally or due to conditions on the ground - as WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE) providers embark on the long and bumpy road from preplanning to trials and, finally, rollouts.

WiMax subscriber growth slowed in the first quarter, and the emerging wireless technology will continue to struggle at least through this year, a survey by research company Maravedis indicates.

Ericsson and the Republic of Korea have initiated a collaboration aiming to use mobile broadband and other communication technologies, such as machine to machine (m2m), to create a green eco-system.

Yesterday, the Korean government issued an official statement, saying that Ericsson plans to invest 2 trillion Korean won (US$1.52 billion) over the next five years, and increase its headcount in South Korea from 80 to 1,000. But this morning an Ericsson spokesperson tells Light Reading that it is not true. "The information is not accurate. We have no specific plans on investment." Ericsson does plan to establish a new center there to the develop and test of new applications for a green economy, and it is in its early stages of looking to identify synergies with Korean companies, such as those that are highly advanced in chipset development and robotics.

Maravedis releases latest market statistics on WiMAX and 4G

Approximately 400,000 BWA/WiMAX subscribers and 50 million new active 3G subscribers were added in Q1 2009, according to the latest quarterly report published by Maravedis as part of its leading 4GCounts subscription service.

After honking the horns of the mobile WiMAX bandwagon for years, South Korea seems ready to hedge its bets on a rival fourth-generation (4G) technology in long-term evolution (LTE). This doubles as a painful confession that WiBro, the country's faltering mobile WiMAX variant, will perhaps never live up to its enormous pre-launch hype as the next big thing in wireless communications.

Taiwan DMS provider Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) is making efforts to tap emerging markets in the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Russia for its WiMAX devices and expects to ship more than 600,000 units, including data cards, customer premise equipment (CPE) and micro-modules, in 2009, according to the company.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm plans to invest an additional NT$10 billion (US$303 million) for the build-up of its WiMAX networks in the next five years, according to company chairperson Lin Kuo Wen-yen, who presided over an opening ceremony on July 8 for the inauguration of WiMAX services in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

Tatung InfoComm, a major WiMAX provider of Taiwan, and ERA Digital Media will partner to offer WiMAX service to industrial zones in central and southern Taiwan.  According to the Economic Daily News, the two companies will also optimize Tatung's WiMAX networks via Internet and mobile TV segments.

Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm will team up with Era Digital Media, an affiliate of Taiwan Land Development Corporation, to step into Internet and mobile TV segments in Taiwan optimizing Tatung's WiMAX networks, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

WiMAX equipment maker Alvarion Ltd. has apparently found a replacement for bankrupt Nortel Networks Ltd. Recent reports claim that Nokia Siemens Networks has decided to transfer its WiMAX development budget to the LTE (Long Term Evolution) competing technology. "Light Reading" reports that Nokia Siemens wants to continue offering WiMAX to its customers, and that it will rely on multiple partners to do so, including Alvarion.

A little known Chinese wireless technology called McWiLL has been given official status by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for the 400MHz band, reviving its hopes in challenging mainstream platforms like WiMAX.

KUALA LUMPUR: Intel Capital, a subsidiary of chipmaking giant Intel, is actively seeking to invest in the WiMAX sector in the Asia-Pacific region, said managing director (India, Japan, Australasia and South-East Asia) Sudheer K Kuppam.

Nokia Siemens Networks is transferring more of its research, development and base station production efforts from WiMAX to HSPA+ and LTE, according to Unstrung. The action follows similar moves from several other major equipment suppliers, and coincides with Nokia Siemens' plans to acquire Nortel Networks' LTE assets.

State-owned Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched commercial WiMAX service in Goa, The Times of India reports. The operator has installed 25 base stations across the state, predominantly in urban and coastal regions, and it hopes to have signed up 10,000 customers within its first year of operation.

Intel Capital, East Japan Railway Company, Kyocera Corp, Daiwa Securities Group and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, has launched commercial services in the country, initially available in parts of greater Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, but with plans to extend coverage to all major cities by the end of fiscal 2010. The new service promises to deliver maximum connection speeds of 40Mbps (downlink), with prices starting at JPY4,480 (USD46.65) per month for an uncapped service.

Mobile broadband technologies, most notably WiMax, will provide the challenge to Telekom Malaysia Berhad 's dominance of the Malaysian Internet access services market, according to a report from Pyramid Research.

wi-tribe Pakistan, a consumer wireless broadband provider backed by Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Group, has begun to offer commerciaol WiMAX services in Pakistan according to and article in Qatar's The Peninsula. The WiMAX service will initially be launched in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, and Rawalpindi.

Taiwan-based WiMAX players are worried about the lag in service introductions between the northern and southern Taiwan regions will become an obstacle to a major take-off in the adoption of WiMAX services, according to market sources.

Huawei recently announced that the DBS3900 WiMAX base sation, which will be powered by 4T4R function, will be publicly available starting on July 15, 2009.  The DBS3900 supports multiple transmission codes, such as FE and GE optical cables, xDSL, Passive Optical Network (PON), microwave, and satellites.  The device  can connect directly to transmission equipment.

As the eternally dominant player in the CPU space, Intel's main task historically has been to maintain its market dominance and fight the challenge of much smaller competitors like AMD in the server, desktop and notebook markets.

Acer chairman JT Wang has commented that the company is not concerned about the possible entrance of Nokia in the netbook market, noting that PC vendors will have the advantage when competing for telecom providers' orders.

Taiwan-based network equipment makers plan to compete for ODM orders from retail channels in Japan as Japan-based UQ Communications will start operating WiMAX services in July and allow subscribers to procure CPE (customer premise equipment) products at retail stores, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Intel and Nokia on June 23 announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and Internet connectivity.

The Open Patent Alliance (OPA), a group dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and widespread adoption of WiMAX, has announced a call for patents, with the intention of creating a patent pool of essential WiMAX patents. The OPA has selected Via Licensing Corporation to facilitate the formation and administration of the pool on behalf of the OPA.

ZTE says that it has won a WiMAX contract from Saudi Arabia based Etihad Atheeb Telecom (Atheeb) to construct a high-speed WiMAX network covering five major cities in Saudi Arabia, including Dammam and Khobar. In addition to about 300 WiMAX base stations, ZTE will also supply related equipment including IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems)and MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching).

Intel Labs showed off 45 research projects at its research day event yesterday - projects that ran the gamut from energy efficiency to digital living room applications. We've already written about the linked virtual worlds for scientists and the Dispute Finder plug-in that highlights disputed facts in stories. Here's a handful of other interesting projects the company showed off.

Alvarion announced this week that it had been chosen by US broadband provider Open Range Communications, Inc. to build a 4G wireless network covering 17 states, 546 rural communities, and reaching up to 6 million people.  Open Range will implement the $100 million deal over a span of five years.

Israel-based WiMAX solutions provider Alvarion has won a project from US-based Open Range Communications for deployment of WiMAX mobile communication systems in 546 rural communities across 17 states, with the project to be funded by the federal agency Rural Utilities Service.

Taiwan-based WiMAX licensee Global Mobile on June 16 signed with Clearwire for cooperation to set up an IOT (interoperability testing) network at the Hsinchu Science Park in northern Taiwan, with a mobile plugfest testing service scheduled to begin at the end of July, according to the company.

Building on worldwide 4G WiMAX technology momentum, Beceem Communications, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans Communications and UQ Communications have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA).

Tatung Company, the parent company of WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm, has spent NT$1.4 billion (US$42.6 million) to take up the 140,000 new shares released by Tatung InfoComm, boosting the WiMAX operator's capital from NT$1.1 billion to NT$2.5 billion, according to a statement released by Tatung.

Alvarion and eASPNet have together announced the building of a new mobile WiMAX network by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) in the northeastern county of Yilan for the local government under the M-Taiwan program. The network built using Alvarion's 4Motion mobile WiMAX solution will operate at 2.5 GHz frequency band.

A spokesperson for Huawei Technologies disclosed that the Chinese networking and telecommunications equipment supplier would be likely to bid for stakes in three plants of Indian Telephone Industries Ltd. (ITI), quoting Hindu Business Line on June 9.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ( "Huawei" ), a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced the launch of the world' s first commercial WiMAX distributed base station ( DBS ) with 4T4R ( four transmitters and four receivers ) features.

Intel announced its plans to invest US$43 million in a Tokyo-based WiMAX operator, UQ Communications, Inc., that will launch the world's fastest WiMAX service this coming July.  Together, Intel and UQ Communications will develop "UQ WiMAX", which will offer consumers advanced mobile Internet broadband use following the free WiMAX service UQ has provided since February 26, 2009.

Intel Corp. said late Sunday that its global-investment arm, Intel Capital, has invested about 4.15 billion yen ($43 million) in UQ Communications, a Tokyo provider of WiMax broadband mobile services.

MediaTek has announced three second-generation IEEE 802.16e WiMAX chips, the MT7110 series, which is claims are fully compliant with, and provide more features and performance than WiMAX Forum Wave2 specifications.

­China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has denied reports that it was planning to spend RMB 100 billion (US$14.5 billion) on building a WiMAX network in 30 cities. The reports came out last week following comments by Paul Lin, general director of the Information and Communications Research Laboratories at the Industrial Technology Research Institute.

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute signed a letter of intent with mainland China's Datang Telecom Technology Co. Ltd. June 4 to construct a third-generation mobile communication test network in Taiwan.

WiMAX is going green.
Space Data, a wireless service provider to commercial and government users in underserved ares, announced today that it will offer its 930 MHz licensed spectrum for smart grid communications.   Together with Full Spectrum's FullMAX Broadband Wireless system, Space Data plans to greatly facilitate the use of smart grids across the United States.  FullMAX is the first Sub 1 GHz, end-to-end wireless system based on the Mobile WiMAX standard.  This partnership will provide utilities with a private wide-area mission critical communications network for real time remote command and control of electric utility smart grid devices.

Tatung Company and Arkados will be demonstrating products that combine HomePlug powerline communications and WiMAX technologies at Computex 2009 in Taiwan this week. The products will include fully connected solutions that bridge Smart Energy, Internet connectivity and connected consumer electronics.  

The challenge for any new wireless technology is gaining sufficient coverage to support travelling users, and so roaming is essential. At the WiMAX Forum congress this week in Amsterdam, the technology took a step forward in this respect, with 14 companies linking for interoperability and roaming trials. Predictably, one of these was Clearwire, whose president, international Barry West - possibly WiMAX' greatest evangelist - was discussing his new role in helping the technology to expand worldwide, saying he believed even China was not a closed door.

Taiwan-based WiMAX licensees are showcasing an array of WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products at the ongoing Computex 2009, including a WiMAX-enabled robot, the RoLA, displayed by Vmax Telecom, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

WiMAX services have recently been made available on Taipei's MRT, allowing the public to try out the world's first mobile broadband wireless access network on a rapid transit system, reported Taiwan News.

China is ready to release orders for WiMAX equipment and CPE products as its State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is set to kick off construction of WiMAX networks starting in 30 cities, according to Paul Lin, vice president and general director of the Taiwan government-backed Information and Communications Research Laboratories (ICL) under the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Mainland China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) will come out with initiatives to provide WiMAX business opportunities worth 100 billion Chinese yuan (US$14.64 billion), Paul Lin, general director of the Information and Communications Research Laboratories at the Industrial Technology Research Institute, said June 1.

The Wimax Forum announced that fourteen companies are participating in its commercial Wimax interoperability and roaming trials. These operators, device manufacturers, equipment vendors and clearinghouses include Aicent, Alvarion, Bridgewater Systems, Cisco, Clearwire, Comfone, DigitalBridge Communications, Intel, iPass, Juniper Networks, Mach, Motorola, Syniverse and Transaction Network Services.

The latest generation of high transmission wireless telecommunications, is scheduled to be launched soon and MSI is ready with its aesthetically pleasing and popular Wind U120 Series and MSI X-Slim. In addition to being equipped for WiMAX, these lean, mean machines incorporate Intel's CULV ultra-low power platform. They will be displayed in the WiMAX area of Taipei Computex which opens its doors on June 2. Furthermore, the diminutive Wind U120 will make its debut on the newly opened Neihu-Muzha Line of the Taipei MRT, allowing the public the opportunity to experience WiMAX first hand while riding the MRT.

The WiMAX industry is bound to be a money-making business, and Taiwan is set to become one of the leading members of the global communications industry given the solid foundation it has built up in the WiMAX segment, according to Acer chairman JT Wang, who also serves as chairman of the Taipei Computer Association (TCA).

Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd and Rohde & Schwarz today announced that they have jointly developed a customized test solution for RF calibration offering customers the most cost-effective test solution for RF testing, calibration and signal testing in devices incorporating Comsys Mobile's ComMAX^TM CM1125 mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE modules. 

On WiMAX Taipei Metro, passengers can experience real-time video, on-the-stop news, traffic updates, public service announcements and see the animal stars from Taipei Zoo.  All this convenience is now in one place through the ease of the WiMAX network. Special highlights include the 21st Summer Deaflympics Taipei 2009 and 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo events. Traveling on WiMAX Taipei Metro provides the latest updates and information.

WiMAX has become the main theme of COMPUTEX TAIPEI since 2008. This year, we take WiMAX on the Move as our slogan. Taiwan's WiMAX industry will take the ICT industry to new heights.

Sequans Communications, the world's leading WiMAX chipmaker, has introduced the SQN1220, the second chip in its new generation series of 65nm Mobile WiMAX system-on-chip (SOC) solutions. The new chip features a high level of processing power as needed to support combination voice and data applications and targets manufacturers of voice/data CPE and gateways with a solution that eliminates the need for an external CPU or DSP.  The first chip in Sequans 65nm series, the SQN1210, introduced three months ago, targets mobile applications.  Both chips integrate baseband and triple band RF in a single 65nm die in an industry-first achievement that delivers unprecedented high performance, small size, and low cost.

Sequans Communications, the world's leading WiMAX chipmaker, announced today that it has shipped its one millionth chip.  Sequans chips are present in virtually all global WiMAX deployments and powering the world's most important WiMAX networks.

MediaTek, a worldwide leader in wireless and consumer electronics SoCs today announces three second generation IEEE 802.16e WiMAX chips. MT7110 series are fully compliant with, and provide more features and performance than WiMAX Forum Wave2 specifications. These chips are intended to revolutionalize the market and take the industry to the next level of mass market adoption.

The WiMAX Forum^® today announced the addition of Cisco as a new member of its board of directors. Sai Subramanian, director of marketing for the broadband wireless business unit of Cisco, will serve as Cisco's representative on the WiMAX Forum board. Last week, the WiMAX Forum also announced that it had added Tata Communications' COO Prateek Pashine to its board.

Intel offered a sneak peek Monday afternoon at some news it plans to announce today at the Computex show in Taiwan. The company said it will introduce three new Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a new ultra low voltage Pentium processor and a new mobile chipset.

SkyCross, a global antenna solutions company, is providing award-winning iMAT® antennas to TECOM Co., Ltd. (Tecom), a leading manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, for its latest WiMAX USB dongles. VMAX, a WiMAX operator and 2.5 GHz license holder in Taiwan, will offer the USB dongles for its trial network in June and its full commercial launch in Q3 of this year.

Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: IFDG) announced today that it has opened up a branch office in Taipei, Taiwan to better facilitate and coordinate its relationships with the Taiwan high technology industry and with the Institute for Information Industry (III) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd, fabless semiconductor vendor specializing in multimode communication processors for mobile devices, and WiNetworks Ltd, leader in the development of WiMAX 802.16e Wave 2 (MIMO) technologies, have announced today that following completion of IOT between Comsys Mobile's ComMAX CM1125 multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE communication processor and WiNetworks Compact and Pico WiMAX base station, the companies will be cooperating on demos at WiMAX Taipei and WiMAX Forum Global Congress Amsterdam opening June 2.

Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd, a leading fabless semiconductor vendor specializing in advanced integrated multimode communication processors for mobile devices, and WiNetworks Ltd, a pioneer and leader in the development and integration of WiMAX 802.16e Wave 2 (MIMO) technologies, have announced today that following completion of IOT between Comsys Mobile's ComMAX CM1125 multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE baseband processor and WiNetworks Compact and Pico WiMAX base station, the companies will be cooperating on demos at WiMAX Taipei and WiMAX Forum Global Congress Amsterdam, both beginning on June 2.

­Shipments of the Taiwanese WiMAX CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) industry reached approximately 264,000 units in the first quarter of 2009, roughly maintaining the shipment level of the previous quarter, reports the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC).

According to research by the Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), shipment volumes of Taiwan's WiMAX CPE industry reached approximately 264,000 units in the first quarter of 2009, roughly maintaining the shipment level of the previous quarter. In the first quarter, 16e products were mainstream in the industry's shipments, mainly due to their product compatibility and new product tenders in 2009. The industry's shipment volume is expected to reach 413,000 units in the second quarter, and 485,000 units in the third quarter of 2009.

With giant companies like GE and Intel, and startups like Grid Net, testing out how wireless technology WiMAX can be used to build out the smart grid, it was just a matter of time before the companies that make WiMAX network gear started moving in that direction, too. Last week in an interview with us, Ashish Sharma, vice president of corporate market development for one of the leading WiMAX network gear makers, Alvarion, told us that his company has done a couple of smart meter pilot projects using Alvarion's WiMAX gear to collect energy data.

While wireless carriers continue to blanket the U.S. in 3G wireless coverage, a pioneering program in a remote region of Northern Thailand is deploying 4G wireless to deliver broadband to schools and villages.

Major players including General Electric and Intel are testing WiMAX as a smart grid communications platform.  Start-up companies like Grid Net are using it as well.  Now Alvarion has become a smart grid technology developer.  It is a natural move for the WiMAX networking gear manufacturer.

Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) customer premises equipment (CPE) shipments by local companies are expected to reach 413,000 units in the second quarter and 485,000 units in the third quarter, up from the first quarter's 264,000 units, a Taipei-based research institute said on Friday, citing rush orders and higher demand.

Taiwan-based network equipment suppliers are expected to see their shipments of WiMAX CPE products grow substantially in the second and third quarters of 2009 due to strong demand from emerging markets as well as the launch of commercial WiMAX services by a number of operators worldwide, including Japan's UQ Communications and Malaysia's Packet One Networks, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) cited data from Taiwan's Market Intelligence Center (MIC) as indicating.

­There is a dispute amongst Taiwan's mobile network operators over the fate of the existing GSM licenses which are due to expire in 2012. The incumbent holders want them renewed, while the 3G and WiMAX license holders want the licenses terminated and the radio spectrum refarmed to all the companies.

The Open Patent Alliance, set up last year to create an IPR framework for WiMAX, will publish its recommended tools, favouring a patent pool approach, "imminently", and hopes to create a blueprint for the whole 4G world.

One big-ticket exercise of the new government in the next two months could be auctions of spectrum for 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA). The exercise could fetch the government at least Rs 30,000 crore and help it narrow the widening fiscal deficit.

MANAMA: Bahrain-based Menatelecom has recently broadened its reach in the kingdom as it has witnessed great success with its subscriber base exceeding expectations since it was launched over five months ago.

Motorola's networks division is working to clarify comments from co-CEO Greg Brown during Motorola's first-quarter conference call that indicated the vendor would reduce its investments in WiMAX and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology as it looks to cut costs.

Last weekend, I had the chance to take part in an offsite press event organized by Smart Communications, the topdog in the mobile telecom space here in the Philippines. I was surprised to hear that they, too, have plans to roll out WiMax, as its rival Globe Telecom had done recently.

Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its revenues to grow more robustly in the second half of 2009 thanks to increasing shipments of IP set-top boxes (STBs), WiMAX devices, and integrated WLAN/WiMAX modules, according to company managing director Kevin Yang.

Acer has become a member of the WiMAX Open Patent Alliance (OPA), making it the first among the leading branded PC vendors to join the OPA. Acer's move will help advance the development of the WiMAX industry, according to market sources.

According to Nigerian online newspaper The Guardian, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cleared four companies to receive spectrum in the 2.3GHz frequency range, commonly used to deploy WiMAX services. Local telecoms companies Mobitel Limited, Galaxy Wireless and Spectranet Limited, plus a fourth, undisclosed company met the deadline to individually pay the licence fee of NGN1.368 billion (USD 9.36 million) for one slot of 20MHz each.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has turned Kabul, Afghanistan, into a high-speed city thanks to a new WiMAX deployment. Take that, Baltimore and Portland, Ore. (the two U.S. cities where WiMAX is available).

Japanese WiMAX start-up UQ Communications has selected NEC Corp to supply it with 802.16e base stations in the country. NEC did not disclose the value of the deal, nor the number of base stations it is deploying in UQ's network; however, the deal is a major boost for the Japanese vendor's recently developed PasoWings BS202 mobile WiMAX base station product.

Islamabad: Pakistan is safe for investment and its growth in telecom is highly impressive, a world's leading telecom solutions provider said on Thursday.

Taiwan-based network equipment makers such as Gemtek Technology, Arcadyan Technology and Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), are expected to benefit from the launch of more notebooks with built-in WiMAX modules by brand vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to sources within Taiwan's network equipment industry.

Tramzeo Wireless Technologies has announced that it is partnering with Teknologi Riset Global (TRG) Research Center, an affiliate company of the Indonesian Tower group, to supply WiMAX  subscriber units starting next month, to Indonesia, in a deal that is initially worth $840,000. 

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan is seeking amendments to current telecommunications law that will restrict the number of antennas installed in a base station - a move that will make it more difficult for Taiwan's WiMAX licensees to set up their WiMAX base stations, according to market watchers in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based carrier First International Telecom (Fitel) is at risk of losing its WiMAX license as the company may not be able to inaugurate its WiMAX services before a deadline set on March 31, 2010, according to market sources.

"Things are not off to a great start for Alcatel-Lucent," RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue wrote after the vendor's first-quarter earnings report today. "Challenged segments remain carrier and enterprise, although there were some bright spots in IP and WCDMA. Application software grew in the mid-single-digit rate (at constant currency), while services continue to chug along, growing in the high teens. North America saw the biggest rate of revenue decline, down 28% year over year."

To many, wireless standards are an important part of creating networks that can easily communicate and be built on the cheap. To others, it's more like a religion. Take Ray Bell, the entrepreneur, former Cisco networking exec and, most recently, founder of San Francisco smart meter software company Grid Net. To Bell, the clear answer to building out the smart grid rests with the wireless standard WiMAX - a nascent, high-speed wireless technology that has morphed into an alternative wireless option for cell phone companies' next-generation networks. As Bell, with the conviction of both a lifelong network engineer and the founder of multiple startups, put it to me: "Why would the smart grid not use WiMAX?"

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest operators of mobile communication service in Taiwan, on April 29 signed with China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, for a strategic alliance and the latter's investment in FET for a 12% stake.

The Institute for Information Industry Taiwan and the Industrial Technology Research Institute, both of which are Taiwan quasi-government Research & Development organizations under the Ministry of Economic Affairs office, today announced an agreement with Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:IFDG) to distribute the World's smallest EPC Gen 2 Class 1 Passive Reader Module, which is the first of its kind in the industry.

China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL) has agreed to acquire a 12 percent holding in Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. , Taiwan's third-largest operator, through a new share issue valued at NT$17.77 billion ($530 million) in total or NT$40.00 ($1.2) per share.

The need of the hour is to get data from one point to another as fast as possible. The availability of internet on the move has become necessity for many. The global WiMAX network has been growing significantly over the past years, with the advancements in telecommunication technology. According to a latest report published by WiMAX Forum, there have 13 new WiMAX network deployments in the month of April.

Green Packet Berhad, a leading developer of next generation mobile broadband and networking solutions, sealed an agreement with Taiwan-based Tatung Infocomm Company to enhance the connectivity capabilities of Tatung's wireless broadband services.

COMSTAR - United TeleSystems" JSC ("Comstar" or "the Group") (LSE. CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 69 Russian cities, today announced that the test phase of its mobile WiMAX network project has been completed, and the network will be fully launched from May 1, 2009.

Amman, Jordan, 04/28/2009 - Kulacom Jordan, (MetroBeam Wireless Telecommunications Company), the first Jordanian integrated communications operator, announced the launch of the very first wireless end-to-end Wave II network in the world.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of Mobile WiMAX technology, today unveiled its latest Mobile WiMAX indoor solution as well as various system equipments and devices at WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2009, Singapore, continuing active campaign to expand Mobile WiMAX market in Asia.

The price of WiMax CPEs (customer premise equipment) must fall to a cost-effective level for operators before the masses in rural areas of the Philippines can access the wireless broadband standard.

Accton Wireless Broadband Corp. today announced that the company has joined the Alcatel-Lucent Seal of Interoperability Acceptance for Commercial Services (SIACS) program. Under the Alcatel-Lucent SIACS, the company makes available to service providers a range of key performance indicator data, giving complete visibility into what the devices can do through a more than 180 test items for completing the highest level of interoperability testing.

The number of Android mobile phones launched this year seems to be growing exponentially, with more and more handset makers and wireless operators intent on adopting the platform, which is now sported on two devices coming from the Taiwanese company HTC, the Dream (the first Android phone) and Magic (just made available with Vodafone Spain), and which will also come on a handset from Samsung, the I7500.

The panic induced by the financial crisis will hopefully see signs of mitigation in the second half of 2009, Acer Chairman Wang Jen-tang pointed out yesterday at a WiMAX event in Penghu sponsored by Tatung Co.

The Taiwan government-operated National Development Fund and Intel may jointly announce the formation of a long-awaited WiMAX joint venture during or around Computex Taipei in June, according to market sources.

Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, today announced that Tatung Infocomm, 
a provider of mobile WiMAX services in Taiwan, is deploying the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller 

and Policy Controller, both anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker(TM), to deliver high 

speed mobile Internet services to consumers and enterprises.

MSI's X-Slim X340 notebook is listed on MSI's website as "coming soon"; it is based on the new Intel Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) platform. CULV notebooks represent the middle ground between netbooks and higher-priced ultraportables. The X340's specifications include a 13.4" 16:9 widescreen display with LED backlighting, Intel Core 2 Solo processor (1.4GHz), Windows Vista Home Premium, and an HDMI port. Other specifications include 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. Some models are expected to come with WiMAX built-in.

Tatung InfoComm has announced that it will become the first operator to formally launch mobile WiMAX services in Taiwan, commencing operations on the Penghu islands on 27 April 2009. On Monday Tatung launched an experimental WiMAX network covering Tatung University in the capital Taipei, aimed at fostering research into wireless broadband technologies. Tatung plans to expand coverage to Kaohsiung County, Pingdong County and Hualien County in the second half of 2009.

Taipei, April 24 (CNA) Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile Corp. announced Friday it has signed a cooperative agreement with U.S.-based Clearwire Corp. to strengthen the WiMAX network it is preparing to install in the Hsinchu area in northern Taiwan.

Taiwan-based IT company Tatung has stepped into the development of Android-based smartphones, although the company has yet to finalize its product roadmap, according to company chairman WS Lin.

Intel currently has no plans to step into the development of chipset solutions for WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products, but will focus on solutions for WiMAX modules used in notebooks and netbooks, Lil Mohan, managing director of Intel's WiMAX program, said during a recent 4G mobile technology forum held in Taipei.

US-based WiMAX operator Clearwire is expected to sign cooperation pacts with two Taiwan WiMAX licensees, Vastar Cable TV System and Global Mobile, according to market sources in Taiwan. Details of the respective cooperation agreements are not yet available.

April 24, 2009, Clearwire International, LLC and Vee Telecom & Multimedia Co., Ltd. is proceeding the Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding between two parties' alliance. This alliance is intended to be an expression of the mutual confirmed interest of the Parties in pursuing a transaction for the provision of consulting services. Clearwire will help Vee Telecom becomes an outstanding WiMAX provider in Taiwan.

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co, the nation's third-largest telecoms service provider, yesterday said it would offer high-speed WiMAX for free during a pilot run in central Taiwan starting next month.

MSI today announces U120 Series in Wind Netbook. The first two models in U120 Series are U120 and U120H. Though major notebook branders around the world have recently launched a blizzard of "high-end" 10" sub-notebooks, MSI, the creator of the 10" notebook genre, is ready. Its newest innovation is the U120 Series slated for release in early December.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Tatung University today announced the launch of Taiwan's first WiMAX 16e campus network to foster research and innovations in wireless broadband technologies. The University's Center of WiMAX Wireless Broadband Technology features Alcatel-Lucent's advanced, world-leading WiMAX solutions. Tatung University's community of professors and students (more than 4000 people) can utilize the new WiMAX 16e network to delve deeper into wireless technology research, while WiMAX developers can also benefit from Tatung University's research outcome for compatible hardware and innovative software. Alcatel-Lucent today signed a memorandum of cooperation with Tatung University to strengthen the telecommunication research and development of innovative WiMAX application by coordinating resources from both parties, marking it an important milestone in the WiMAX industry in Taiwan.

Americans participating in the discussion about a national broadband plan can look to the North for an example. In Canada, the country's largest cable and wireless operator, Rogers Communications, partnered with the nation's largest phone company, Bell Canada, to create a Canada-wide wireless broadband network.

Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has awarded Motorola additional contracts to expand its WiMAX network in Taichung, Taiwan. The projects will boost network performance and provide new management features, preparing FET for the commercial launch of mobile broadband services by the end of 2009.

Penghu County is expected to lead off WiMAX service in Taiwan on April 27, 2009, Chinese-language Economic Daily News reported. The WiMAX network in Penghu County is deployed and run by Tatung Telecom, which has announced a promotional tariff plan of NT$499 (US$14.7; US$1=NT$33.9) per month with 30-hour gratuitous connection.

­Worldwide, approximately 1.45 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added during 2008, while the WCDMA subscriber base increased by more than 90 million. The average quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate in 2008 was 21.5%, according to the 7th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis.

An article in the French newspaper, Le Monde, asks whether WiMAX is on its deathbed in France. It cites data from ARCEP, the French telecoms regulator, which shows that out of the 3562 locations that should have been covered with WiMAX service by 30 June 2008, only 657 were connected as of 31 December 2008. Moreover, Bolloré Télécom, the largest WiMAX provider, has only completed 13% of its planned installations; its competitor, Altitude, has finished only 15%.

While considering organizational restructuring, Alcatel-Lucent, a globally leading supplier of network and communication devices, is likely to outsource the production of high-end CPE (customer premise equipment) to Taiwanese makers in the future, according to industry sources.

Gigabyte has had their T1028 TouchNote tablet/netbook hybrid waiting in the wings for a few weeks since it was first seen back at CeBIT and has now landed with the FCC and shows up officially on the companies' website.

For all those who do not know anything about Asus, this will make it clear. WiMax has been quite impressive. There has been news that the ClearWire had to delay the expansion if an arrangement of $2 billion is not made, but the ASUS that is WiMax capable came out with the Eee PC that has finally managed to turn the tables. Apart from the nuvifone offerings that the laptop PC contains, ASUS has also shown off a lot of other net books at the Mobile World Congress that held in Barcelona. Even there, the display happened only through WiMax.

ASTRI said that its ASN-GW offers end-to-end IP connectivity between WiMAX mobile subscriber and IP core service networks, helping mobile users enjoy various service applications, such as Web browsing, file transfer and media streaming.

Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile will purchase 100 WiMAX base stations from Nokia Siemens Networks, with plans to roll out of its WiMAX network infrastructure in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan in May, according to company sources.

In the awake of financial troubles started in 2008 had swept across the globe like tsunami, pushing almost every economy in every country into its knees, greatly affected many people around the world become very constraint when it's come to buy something and holding on to what they have to survive. Mr. J.T.Wang, the chairman of Taipei Computer Association (TCA) is aware of with the current situation and deeply concern so initiated two important missions for TCA to accomplish: Mission to promote WiMAX Industry and Mission to make COMPUTEX TAIPEI, the number 1 ICT exhibition in the world. Wang believes that there is something TCA can do and everybody needs to stands up and work together in order to "MOVE Forward", which MOVE has power and becomes the slogan for COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2009.

Rohde & Schwarz is extending the frontiers of wireless communications test equipment with its R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester. "The R&S CMW500 is the first all-in-one solution on the market for every phase of development and production," says Anton Messmer, Director of the Mobile Radio Testers Subdivision. The tester opens the door to measurements in production by supporting all relevant cellular and non-cellular standards and by achieving alignment times up to ten times faster than with conventional solutions. To enable cutting-edge development of HSPA+ and UMTS LTE, a broad range of test capabilities are already available. All functional layers of a wireless device - RF parameters, protocols and applications - can be tested with a single platform. "We offer an absolutely safe investment for network operators and manufacturers of chipsets and wireless devices," states Messmer.

SAI Technology Inc., a leading supplier of advanced wireless products to the WiMAX, LTE, WiFi and GPS markets, announced today that it has selected Comsys Mobile's ComMAX^TM CM1125 baseband processor to enable its line of mobile WiMAX handsets. 

Huawei Technologies, a provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has successfully deployed Southeast Asia largest 2.5GHz WiMAX commercial network in terms of the coverage area for Globe Telecom, the first operator in the Philippines to commercially launch WiMAX broadband services nationwide.

Munich, March 31, 2009 - The new R&S TS8977 test system from Rohde & Schwarz handles standard-compliant measurements on terminal equipment that supports WiMAX and other broadband wireless access (BWA) standards. The R&S TS8977 makes it possible for the first time to run test cases stipulated by the new ETSI R&TTE directive. Manufacturers and test houses will enjoy multiple benefits from the only all‑in-one solution available on the market. Automated test sequences ensure high efficiency because they make user control unnecessary during the time-consuming measurements of conducted spurious emissions. In addition, automatic system calibration yields high measurement reproducibility and accuracy.

Chinese vendor Huawei has been looking to make some major inroads in the U.S. market and may do so via a major WiMAX contract with Clearwire. The Wall Street Journal is reporting Huawei is a finalist for an infrastructure contract with the WiMAX operator, competing against Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks and Samsung Electronics. Clearwire, however, is anticipated to grant more than one contract.

Samsung revealed information regarding its first handheld WiMAX device slated to operate over Clearwire's network. The vendor plans to introduce the SWD-M100 Mondi soon, but it's unclear when. The Mondi is expected to be the first handheld WiMAX device in the U.S., and will feature a touch screen with a QWERTY keyboard that is visible when the screen slides up. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera, WiFi, microSD slot, TV out and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

Taipei, March 29 (CNA) The government will work with Taiwan's communications equipment manufacturers to develop the next generation technology, the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Sunday.

PORTLAND, Ore. - (Business Wire) Today the WiMAX Forum^® announced the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors: Ali Tabassi, senior vice president of global ecosystem and standards for Clearwire Corporation, Dave Williams, senior vice president of wireless technology at Comcast Cable, Thomas Lee, vice director of industry standards department for Huawei Technologies, and Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, vice president and general director of the Information and Communications Research Laboratories at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd. has announced the launch of their latest ComMAX^TM reference design platform, the CM1125RD - an optimized multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM‑EDGE smartphone reference design platform.   Based on the ComMAX CM1125 baseband processor and integrating market-leading solutions from Comsys Mobile's Ecosystem partners, it incorporates all the features and functionalities required of smartphones, from antennae up to application processor.  OEM/ODMs can now receive a complete pre-integrated form-factor solution enabling maximum optimization and reduced time to market.

Giga Solution, a test service corporation focusing on RFIC/SiP/SoC test area, and Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC and SoC design service provider, have announced the jointly developed test service solution for RF SiP of mobile TV tuner has successfully achieved mass production.

Radio access network equipment expenditure is expected to contract by 6% as wireless infrastructure vendors brace for a stormy year. The latest market data from ABI Research pegs infrastructure spending at about US$49 billion in 2009.

The number of mobile broadband subscribers (including W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO) worldwide jumped 125% in 2008 over 2007, hitting 210.5 million, and are expected to top 1 billion by 2013, according to Infonetics Research. Sales of mobile broadband PC cards and embedded mobile broadband cards topped US$4.1 billion worldwide in 2008, and are expected to continue gathering momentum in 2009.

Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM), announced that Beceem Communications, a provider of Mobile WiMAX chips, has chosen Red Bend's vDirect Mobile device management (DM) client software for Beceem's family of WiMAX chipsets. Beceem and Red Bend are integrating vDirect Mobile into Beceem's carrier-proven software stack to provide Beceem's customers with the option to leverage the proven performance of Red Bend's OMA-DM client. vDirect Mobile is the industry's leading independent DM client that is interoperable with any DM server supporting standards from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), including the WiMAX Management Object used by the WiMAX Forum and adopted by leading WiMAX operators worldwide.

China-based telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies plans to set up an interoperability testing (IOT) center for WiMAX products in Taiwan in June, marking the beginning of cooperation between Taiwan and China telecom equipment makers in the WiMAX industry, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Pure-play WiMAX semiconductor company Beceem utilizes innovative technologies to squeeze increased performance out of Mobile WiMAX networks - including 3.5GHz deemed by many suitable only for fixed applications. Interview with Lars Johnsson, VP Marketing & Business Development for Beceem.

KUALA LUMPUR: Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd is appointing a second WiMax technology partner in ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunication equipments and network solutions to telecom operators all over the world, in addition to its existing partner Alcatel-Lucent.

IRVINE, Calif. -- ChinaTel Group, Inc. (ChinaTel) (OTCBB:CHTL), a leader in high speed wireless broadband and telecommunications infrastructure engineering and construction services announced today, along with its partnership structure with wireless technology provider CECT-Chinacomm Communications Co., Ltd. (ChinaComm) and its joint venture through Yungi Communications Technology Co. Ltd., and Chinacomm Limited, it is continuing to move forward with its aggressive plan to deploy a high speed wireless broadband telecommunications network across 29 cities in the People's Republic of China.

Everyone has become accustomed to the idea of wireless broadband technology, allowing you to connect any PC or laptop with wireless capabilities to a wireless router in your home or to a wireless hotspot when you`re on the move. However, the typical range of these technologies is limited to one house or one building, and you can't take your wireless enabled laptop with you and expect to be able to connect to a wireless internet connection anywhere in the world.

Worldwide total mobile infrastructure market revenues grew 5% in 2008, driven by the nearly doubling and quadrupling of revenues of the WCDMA and WiMAX markets, respectively, according to Dell'Oro Group.

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Mototech is expected to begin shipping satellite set-top boxes (STBs) to Scientific-Atlanta (SA) , an affiliate of Cisco Systems, as well as new IP STBs to other clients this year, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers approaching the 4G space are coming to a fork in the road. One path leads to WiMAX where a close look reveals the first foundations of Best Buys and Fry's hawking 4G devices. The other path is LTE where the foundations, frankly, are still being dug.

As Indian state-owned operator BSNL prepares to select vendors for its massive Mobile WiMAX project, the WiMAX Forum expects 100 operators to launch new services this year based on the technology.

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), on February 25, issued a green light for WiMAX licensee Vmax Telecom to begin installation of its WiMAX base stations and related infrastructure.

ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), today launched the AWM6424, a new worldwide WiMAX 4G power amplifier (PA) that provides exceptional linearity and efficiency across the 2.3-2.7 GHz frequency range. Adopting the same package footprint and pin out as ANADIGICS' existing AWM6422 and AWM6423 WiMAX PAs, the new device's wideband capability significantly simplifies the design of broadband mobile wireless equipment intended to operate in multiple international destinations.

dmedia System Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of customer premises equipment (CPE), proudly announces the release of its stylish 4.3-inch touch-responsive Mobile Internet Device (MID).  The innovative-M0- is based on the Fujitsu WiMax SoC and works with Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX infrastructure technology. Unlike other MIDs, M0 is powered by the Fujitsu WiMAX power core, FDK AC001 along with the Fujitsu #2A chipset, which not only provides ultra-high speed data transmission but also supplies performance-rich computing.

When the Taiwan government issued six regional WiMAX licenses in the second half of 2007, it hoped the licensees could set up infrastructure and kick off operations in two years. The government was then looking to issue at least one nationwide license in the second half of 2009.

While some of Intel's Taiwan partners in Taiwan have quietly raised concerns about Intel's future commitment to Moorestown and WiMAX, Intel has reiterated its long-term support for both its second-generation mobile Internet device (MID) platform platform and the next-generation wireless communication technology.

ECS EliteGroup Computer Systems and Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd. today announced the launch of a second ECS mobile device featuring Comsys Mobile's ComMAX chipset.  ECS EliteGroup is launching its U170 eMAX model, a WiMAX USB modem dongle also functioning as a cellphone that, like the S370 Personal Internet Communicator introduced to the market last month, integrates the Comsys Mobile ComMAX CM1125 single-chip multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE baseband processor. 

Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd., leader in wireless baseband solutions, announced today that they will be demonstrating multimode data handover between Mobile WiMAX and cellular networks as well as a customer commercial handset running their Mobile WiMAX/EDGE solution at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 16 - 19 February 2009.  The demonstrations will take place at the Comsys Mobile booth - #2B73, Hall 2 - and all industry stakeholders are invited.  To schedule a meeting please contact us.

Tatung InfoComm, a WiMAX licensee in Taiwan, is likely to become the first-mover to bring WiMAX services to Taiwan when the company kicks off its commercial WiMAX operations in Penghu Islands at the end of the first quarter at the earliest, according to company president Peter Yen.

MSI is showcasing its latest 10-inch netbook Wind Notebook U120 featuring Intel's Atom processor at CES 2009.

The U120 also features the capacity for WiMAX connectivity and MSI's exclusive face recognition software for security.

Toshiba is showcasing its latest business-based products including the Toshiba Portege Satellite Pro, and Tecra product lines at CES 2009.

Toshiba recently announced cooperation with Sun Microsystems to deliver notebooks pre-configured with OpenSolaris OS which are targeted for availability in early 2009.

Sprint Wireless Broadband Co, the US WiMAX service carrier, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the government to join existing laboratories in Taiwan in providing testing and qualification services for local WiMAX device manufacturers.

The Taiwan government and Sprint Nextel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which the US WiMAX operator will set up an interoperability testing (IOT) lab in Taiwan to facilitate testing and certification of WiMAX products.

Since the majority of the global WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products come from Taiwan makers, the establishment of the IOT lab will help Taiwan makers reduce their related testing costs, said Teresa Kellett, director of global development, Sprint Nextel.

Taiwan's government should coordinate efforts to establish a WiMAX industry chain on the island as the WiMAX industry is moving into a new era in 2009, Acer chairman JT Wang has urged in his capacity as chairman of the Taipei Computer Association (TCA).

The US, Japan, Taiwan and a number of emerging nations are going to officially launch commercial WiMAX services in 2009, which is expected to result in significant impact on the global telecom industry, Wang stated.

Micron Technology has introduced a serial NAND flash memory technology for embedded applications. With chip density starting at one gigabit (Gb), Micron claims its serial NAND flash allows customers to cost-effectively extend their storage capacity beyond what is currently available with serial NOR flash.

High Tech Computer (HTC) and Russia-based Scartel (Yota brand) have announced the launch of the HTC MAX 4G, the world's first integrated GSM/WiMAX handset.

The HTC MAX 4G was created to take full advantage of Yota's high-speed Mobile WiMAX network. The device includes a 3.8-inch, 800×480 WVGA touch screen display. The HTC MAX 4G also integrates a 3.5mm headphone jack and runs Windows Mobile 6.1, while incorporating HTC's proprietary Touch FLO 3D user interface to allow intuitive navigation to key applications such as dialing calls, listening to music and taking pictures.

  Intel has announced agreements with government and industry in Taiwan intended to extend Taiwan's position as a leading center for developing and deploying the world's next generation of connected devices and related technologies.

Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini announced that Intel has signed an agreement with the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to jointly establish an enabling center for Moblin, open source software and applications optimized for Intel Atom processor-based devices. New software and applications are needed to deliver a richer, on-the-go Internet experience on the next generation of connected devices including Atom-based mobile Internet devices, netbooks, nettops and in-vehicle-infotainment systems.

WiMAX World 2008 - The new, attractively priced R&S SMBV100A vector signal generator from Rohde & Schwarz offers performance that until now has been available only in considerably more expensive instruments. It provides an output level of typ. +24 dBm up to 6 GHz and a maximum RF bandwidth of 528 MHz. Digital standards such as WiMAX, 3GPP FDD, HSPA and LTE can be configured directly on the instrument using its intuitive user interface. An integrated modulation generator generates the baseband signals internally, eliminating the need for a PC. Since users can perform on-site service themselves, downtime and cost of ownership are reduced to a minimum.

Acer Leads the Industry with the Introduction of the First Wireless 4G WiMAX-Enabled Notebooks for the U.S. Market

ZyXEL Communications will debut its WiMAX MAX-206M2 WiMAX MIMO residential gateway with the launch of Sprint's Xohm service this week in Baltimore and the company is showcasing its complete line of WiMAX solutions this week during WiMAX World in Chicago.