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WiMAX Needs More Sprints! Or BSNLs?
By Adlane Fellah, CEO |
Lately, there has not been much good news for WiMAX coming from the market. Despite the fact that there are more than 250 trials and deployments worldwide, WiMAX needs the commitment and the heavy CAPEX spending of large operators deploying large networks. In fact, does it really matter how many deployments there are in total? Is it really a measure of success? Yes and No. more…
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How the “Intel (IC) Factor” Impacts Wireless Broadband Convergence
By Robert Syputa, Senior Analyst |
As recently as January, 2008, Intel CEO Paul Otellini says that WiMAX is key to next generation of Internet and an important way forward for the company . Intel has spearheaded development of a large ecosystem comprised of over 500 member companies including component, services and equipment suppliers, operators, consultants and support companies. But growth of the fixed version of WiMAX have not lived up to some of the early expectations and the time frame for certifications of the mobile version have lagged by several months from initial projections. Compared to adoption rates of other major consumer, computing and communications technologies, WiMAX has fared relatively well. The challenge for WiMAX, however, is to grow to a size and momentum that can compete with mainstream mobile communications, consumer electronics, and computing developments for share of mind and sustained R&D and business development dollars. This takes growth to a scale and level of profitability that becomes viable to sustain participation of the members of the supply ecosystem. more…
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Maravedis Interview: Peter Jerry Sorensen, CEO, Danske Telecom, Discusses the WiMAX Licensing Landscape, WiMOSS Optimization and Competition.
By Basharat Hashai, Market Analyst - Asia |
Maravedis: To begin, could you please shed some light on the WiMAX license history in Denmark PJS: There were originally three 3.5GHz licenses offered to the Danish market in a “beauty contest”. We won one of them; Tele 2 and Telenor won the other two. After receiving the license, Tele 2 decided to hand back their license to the regulator. When they decided to do that, we asked the regulator whether we could acquire this license. We were allowed to have this license, but under this license we were not allowed to cover the Copenhagen area. To provide WiMAX services in Copenhagen area, another auction was held. We bid for the license and won the auction.
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