Thursday, February 16, 2012
NewNet sees WiMax opportunities in Canada A U.S.-based wireless equipment company that bought the WiMax division of Nokia Siemens Networks believes ISPs and utilities will want the technology
Monday, December 05, 2011
B.C. wireless equipment maker to be delisted by TSX Tranzeo Wireless Technololgies is to be taken off the Toronto Stock Exchange for not meeting its listing requirements
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Manitoba operator races to open new WiMax coverage NetSet, a coalition of fixed wireless providers, is pushing to finish expansion of its network to rural communities that don't have broadband yet
Monday, September 12, 2011
Ottawa’s Eion Networks expands WiMax lineup In buying the WiMax division of Aviat Networks, the Canadian company believes it will expand opportunites for its upgrade solution to LTE
Friday, August 05, 2011
Clearwire plans LTE network, seeks US$600M The U.S. carrier is lining up with the majority of the world's mobile operators that have made Long-Term Evolution a de facto standard for 4G infrastructure
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
New U.S. bill requires mobile carriers to detail 4G speeds The legislation, sponsored by Representative Anna Eshoo, is aimed at giving customers more information about mobile service. The bill would require mobile carriers to offer customers information on pricing, including caps on unlimited data plans
Monday, April 04, 2011
Barrett brings WiMax to Ontario The fixed wireless and satellite carrier has added a second province to its new terrestrial network and plans to keep expanding it this year
Friday, April 01, 2011
IEEE approves next WiMax standard The 802.16m technology is much faster than current WiMax, but will compete against speedy LTE. The standard is designed to provide speeds of about 100M bps to end users
Monday, January 24, 2011
Barrett keeps its options open for switching to LTE In choosing its core network equipment provider, the company that will soon launch a fixed wireless WiMax-based service for parts of rural Canada, leaves option to shift to LTE
Monday, December 20, 2010
ITU softens on the definition of 4G mobile The early version of LTE being deployed by wireless carriers now may be able to carry the treasured 4G designation if a telecom body has its way
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Xplornet’s WiMAX network to go live early next year Fixed broadband wireless network for parts of southern Ontario and Quebec is being tested now for initial download speeds of up to 5 Mbps
Monday, November 29, 2010
4G to cover more than 4 billion people by 2015 The rush to LTE by carriers is about to explode, says an industry analyst as operators realize the importance of speed
Thursday, October 07, 2010
N.B. carrier says it will beat all to 4G wireless BREAKING NEWS - Barrett Xplornet, which provides fixed wireless broadband to businesses and homes across Canada, will launch a WiMAX-based network by the end of the year
Monday, July 19, 2010
Nokia Siemens buys Motorola wireless network unit The Finnish joint venture will acquire manufacturing operations for Motorola's GSM, CDMA, WiMAX and LTE products. About 7,500 Motorola employees will join Nokia Siemens Networks
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Can Sprint afford a WiMAX flop? The U.S. carrier was first with a 4G network, but handset shortages and competition from Verizon may mean it will have to switch to LTE technology
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Wi-Fi, WiMax service for 'Frisco bay You can get Wi-Fi in airports, on buses and on trains. Why not from a sailboat? You can if you cruise the waters of San Francisco Bay. And, for the time being, it's free
Monday, March 29, 2010
Craig Wireless to shift Canadian subscribers to others Drew Craig says it was hard to close its impending mobile WiMax service and abandon Canada after his family had done business here for decades. But he couldn’t resist an offer from Bell and Rogers
Friday, March 26, 2010
Craig Wireless dumps Cdn spectrum, kills WiMax dream The company had said only a month ago that its new Vancouver network would start in the spring and then spread throughout southern B.C. If the sale gets regulatory approval, the spectrum will end up in the hands of a consortium run by Rogers and Bell
Thursday, March 25, 2010
First smartphone for WiMax unveiled With Sprint promising the handset this summer, will Craig Wireless have it for the company's Vancouver service? The smartphone will help Sprint get a jump on new LTE networks set to open at the end of this year
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Will LTE and WiMAX converge? Yes says an industry analyst, who has been told that a multimode chip for handsets will be available by the end of the year. No says Motorola exec, who says operators are using the technologies for different markets
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Intel sees 2012 launch for mobile WiMax Release 2 Intel expects to see the next major release of mobile WiMax technology deployed starting in 2012, an executive said Tuesday. The new 802.16m WiMax standard offers 170M bps download, 90M bps upload speeds
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Craig’s Vancouver WiMAX service to start in spring The country’s first 4G wireless service will initially be data-only, and only available in B.C and Manitoba. However, a company executive believes that it could also be selling WiMAX-enabled handsets before the year is out
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sprint to add 4G handset soon Although its WiMAX data network has been operating in two cities for almost two years, the U.S. carrier hasn't been able to offer handsets. That's about to change
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
YEAR IN REVIEW: September 2009 Skype finally became available to Canadian iPhone users, Avaya won its bid for Nortel Networks’ enterprise business unit, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission began hearings over whether Globalive Wireless could operate in Canada, CA CEO John Swainson retired, and more
Monday, December 21, 2009
OmniGlobe expands rural Ontario wireless Internet The township of North Frontenac, in an isolated area southwest of Ottawa, will get high-speed Internet access this year using both licensed and unlicensed networks. It was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs