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Any reader who believed all the recent headlines would feel confident that the WiMAX market is being crushed by LTE. Nortel has left the WiMAX market and Alcatel-Lucent has “backed off” from WiMAX; and these developments supposedly dealt a blow to Clearwire, which had so far chosen neither as...

LTE is continuing to gain momentum, and for some operators it cannot come soon enough, states the latest report from Analysys Mason entitled Operator strategies for network evolution: the road to LTE, which details how wireless data traffic will increase tenfold in developed markets in the period to 2015....

At the end of 2008, only 11 percent of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G and 4G subscriptions will reach 30 percent, reports In-Stat. This trend is reflected in fourth quarter 2008 wireless infrastructure contract awards. Looking forward, WiMAX will have...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress was not only eagerly awaited for the technology and evolutionary clues that it would divulge, but also as a barometer of the impact of the global downturn on an industry that has...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of SystemVue 2008.12, a new platform for electronic system-level (ESL) design. The new platform delivers modeling, design-flow improvements and baseband IP libraries that can cut months from physical layer (PHY) design time for high performance communications algorithms and system architectures in both wireless...

Harris Stratex Networks Inc. , a specialist in backhaul solutions for mobility and broadband networks, introduced an enhanced Eclipse™ Packet Node wireless backhaul solution to enable North American mobile operators to support next-generation mobile broadband services. The enhanced Eclipse Packet Node, which includes the new IRU600 all-indoor radio unit,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. demonstrated a comprehensive set of test and measurement solutions for the mobile communications market at CTIA Wireless 2009, Booth 7518, Las Vegas, NV, April 1-3. Agilent's test solutions enable engineers in R&D and manufacturing, deployment and maintenance to develop and deliver innovative products for current and...

LG Electronics has selected EB as the company to deliver the industry’s first multi-antenna Over-the-Air (OTA) performance testing solution for its mobile devices. The solution will enable the company to test full mobile device functionality and performance in realistic radio channel environments without any compromises to the performance verification....

In a contract valued at $1.9 M, Africell Holding, a subsidiary of Lintel Holding, has selected Harris Stratex Networks to expand its GSM networks in Africa. Via the contract Harris Stratex Eclipse™ radios will provide backhaul for next-generation, IP-enabled mobile base stations to support increased reach and capacity for...

Eutelsat's W2A satellite has been launched by International Launch Services (ILS) from the Baïkonour Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor of the spacecraft, which will deliver services at the 10° East longitude orbital position. Based on the Thales Alenia Space powerful Spacebus 4000 C4 design,...