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It's Official! Sprint and Clearwire Complete Major WiMAX Deal - With the help of several blue chip investors Sprint and
Clearwire announce a planned nationwide WiMAX company.
What
Questions to Ask When
Choosing a 3.65 GHz Vendor - Now that 3.65 GHz radio gear is available what questions do carriers need to ask to find the right
vendor?
Maravedis Interview with
Lee Sparkman, President, Enforta - A great Q & A regarding WiMAX and its deployment in Russia
WiMAX Forum
Announces Second
Applications Lab - U.S. facility at University of Maryland complements Taiwan proving grounds for application development and
testing.
US Broadband Speeds
are on the
Increase - Not only has the US lagged behind much of the world in terms of broadband adoption but in speed options as well---but that
seems to be changing.
Increasing US
Broadband Wireless Speeds Magnify Backhaul Issues - As the growth in US broadband speeds push wireless carriers to faster services
adequate backhaul to cell sites becomes a major issue.
A Sprint
Clearwire Deal is
Rumored to be Very Close - Early reports indicate that Sprint and Clearwire could announce a WiMAX deal as early as Wednesday of this
week.
Deployments
Northern Italy and
Island of Fiji to Receive WiMAX Networks - US$12 million order for 802.16-2004 base stations propels Newport Digital Technologies and
Gil
Technologies into new markets.
Equipment
Solectek
Prepares WiMAX
Solution for US 3.65 GHz Band - Base station and subscriber terminals submitted to FCC for approval of new WISP solution.
WiMax.com Buyer's Guide (2008 1st Ed)
The 2008 WiMAX Buyer's Guide is a FREE online publication that contains detailed company profiles
listed in 13 business categories created to assist professionals in the purchasing process.
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WiMAX Events
SofNET April
28-May 1 London, England
WiMAX World EMEA
May
19-21 Munich, Germany
Vietnam
Telecoms International Summit June 11-13, 2008 Hanoi, Vietnam
The WiMAX
Forum
Global Congress June 17-18, 2008 Amsterdam, Holland
IEC
Communications Forums (@ NXTcomm08) June 17-18, 2008 Las Vegas Nevada
Broadband
World Forum Asia July 15-18, 2008 Hong Kong, China
14th
Annual India Telecoms International Summit September
23-25, 2008 New Delhi, India
WiMAX World
2008
September 30-October 2, 2008 Chicago, Illinois
Mobility
World
Congress October 13-16, 2008 Bangkok, Thailand
WiMAX
Forum Congress Latin America December 3-4, 2008 Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil
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RF Network Designer Certification Boot
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A series of
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of the radio-frequency and IP-network design skills necessary to pass the WiMAX
Network DesignerTM exam and includes the classes listed below:
(1) Overview
of RF Design
(2) RF
Design for WiMax
(3) WiMax
Core Networks.
WiMAX & 802.16e: Broadband Wireless Access (NEW)
This course is designed for students who are working on WiMAX and
802.16 products and services, or expect to be working on those projects
soon. This
course will provide the student with broad knowledge on current WiMAX
and 802.16 standards, trends, issues and technologies. We have included
content
that is emerging from recent IEEE 802.16 working group meetings and
letter ballots.
Wi-Fi Mesh RF Designer Boot CampTM (NEW)
This course is a
three-day Boot Camp event, which covers all of the necessary skills to
prepare a
technical student to design a municipal mesh network. The three-day
event is comprised of two modular courses in RF Design: Overview of RF
Design
Principles, and RF Design for Mesh Networks. This course is targeted at
engineers who are planning a municipal, public safety, or campus mesh
deployment, and who need the RF design skills, balancing the
requirements of service quality (including throughput and performance)
with minimum
capital and operations cost.
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WiMAX, LTE and Broadband Wireless (Sub -11GHz) Worldwide Market Trends 2008-2014
- 5th Edition -
Maravedis is proud to
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wireless worldwide trends. We have been part of this emerging industry
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India Broadband Wireless and WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecast 2007-2014 - 2nd Edition
- An in-depth
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including WiMAX, this report covers the telecom and wireless regulatory
situation, provides profile of WiMAX license holders and main telecom
players in the country. It also features detailed market WiMAX
forecasts.
Opportunities
and risks for embedding WiMAX in Consumer Electronics - This report
includes analysis of interviews with more than 35 leading consumer electronics
vendors and WiMAX manufacturers. Findings from these interviews include
opportunities and risks for embedding WiMAX in consumer electronics
devices.
China WiMAX
- China is an increasingly active test bed and emerging market for new
technologies such as IPTV and WiMAX. With its large population (1.3 billion),
high rate of GDP growth (9% per year) and increasing mobile user base, China
would appear to offer a wealth of opportunities for WiMAX.
WiMAX,
2nd Edition: Analyzing End User Demand Trends - As regulatory
issues, technical challenges and certification processes begin to be addressed,
WiMAX ecosystems are steadily being built, leading to deployments that are
slowly but surely being realized in both developed and developing country
markets.
3G
Versus WiMAX Spectrum Analysis - The Critical Factor in BWA/WiMAX
versus 3G - In January 2006, we published the first ever spectrum comparison
analysis between WiMAX and 3 G in 55 countries. Maravedis is pleased to provide
its customers with this 2nd edition expanded white paper comparing WiMAX and 3G
spectrum in 100 nations.
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BWA/WiMAX Worldwide Licensing & Technical Databases - The only
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