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Thursday 4 March 2010
Taiwan market: NCC issues WiMAX operating license to Vee Telecom
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a WiMAX operating license to Vee Telecom Multimedia. Vee is expected to kick off WiMAX commercial operations in Kinmen...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
LTE and WiMAX deployments go head-to-head as the 4G technology battle begins, says ABI Research
As LTE deployments begin to pick up pace, WiMAX continues its steady progress. according to ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Huawei expanding WiMAX equipment market share in Asia
China-based Huawei Technologies continues to expand its share in the Asia Pacific WiMAX market alongside the fast deployment of WiMAX networks in the region, according to industry...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Taiwan market: Motorola bidding on Global Mobile WiMAX project, sources say
Motorola is bidding on a contract for the supply of WiMAX equipment to Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile, and the bid results will be announced at the end of February, according...
Friday 12 February 2010
Taiwan market: Acer launches WiMAX notebook
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.
Wednesday 10 February 2010
ITRI and Alvarion to jointly set up WiMAX testing center in Taiwan
The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has signed a cooperation agreement with Israel-based Alvarion to set up a WiMAX interoperability testing...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
STB maker PESI sees January 2010 revenues down on month, up on year
Taiwan-based STB (set-top box) and LNB (low-noise block) maker Prime Electronics & Satellitics (PESI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$854 million (US$26.7 million) for...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Taiwan WiMAX operator Global Mobile to procure more than 1,000 base stations
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile plans to purchase more than 1,000 base stations to add to its WiMAX infrastructure in the northern region of Taiwan, according to the comp...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Clearwire slows purchases of WiMAX equipment as it turns to wholesale business
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...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Taiwan market: FET to not offer WiMAX voice services
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), which started its WiMAX operations in Taichung, central Taiwan at the end of 2009, has stressed that it will not provide voice communication...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Taiwan WiMAX licensee Vmax kicks off operation
Vmax Telecom, a WiMAX licensee in northern Taiwan, on January 25 started operations in Taipei City with a network of over 200 base stations to cover more than 85% of the city's population,...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Taiwan shipments of WLAN and WiMAX modules to increase significantly in 2010, say sources
Shipments of built-in WLAN modules for handsets and WLAN/WiMAX modules for notebooks by Taiwan makers are expected to grow sharply in 2010 due to increasing global demand, according...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
HTC to ship WiMAX handsets to Sprint Nextel and Global Mobile, say sources
Having shipped a WiMAX handset to Russia-based WiMAX operator Yota, HTC is reportedly to begin shipping another WiMAX-enabled smartphone to US-based Sprint Nextel in the first half...
Monday 18 January 2010
IEEE expected to finalize 802.16m standard in mid-2010, say sources
The IEEE is expected to finalize the 802.16m standard in mid-2010, making the technology the first international 4G standard, according to sources from Taiwan's networking device...
Thursday 14 January 2010
WiMAX modems and gateways to be 50% of WiMAX chipset market, says In-Stat
WiMAX modems and gateways will dominate the WiMAX chipset market, representing nearly 50% of the market in 2013, according to In-Stat. Other key equipment segments for WiMAX chipsets...