Articles by Stephen Heiser

AT&T Inc. announced last month an agreement to sell to Clearwire Corporation, a national provider of wireless broadband Internet access, all 2.5 GHz spectrum currently licensed to, or leased by, BellSouth, now the new AT&T. For AT&T, the deal follows through on a commitment of the AT&T-BellSouth merger. The...

The Microwave Journal , the longest running communications technology publication in the industry, and Electromagnetic Careers , a brand new online job network specializing in the placement of wireless communications engineers, have announced that they have entered into an alliance to combine their respective efforts and co-market services. This...

Alcatel-Lucent has selected Agilent as a formal test and measurement (T&M) partner for its IPTV ecosystem. The partnership will enable collaboration to ensure that new IP-based video deployments meet end-to-end service-quality expectations. Agilent test solutions provide a holistic approach to measuring and monitoring video service quality from R&D and...

According to a new study by ABI Research, mobile operators will soon have to come to grips with a tough reality when the conflicting needs of electric power reduction and mobile broadband network deployments collide. Electricity is one of the top three network operating expenses for carriers and should...

This year will see a number of mobile WiMAX deployments and, contrary to many users' expectations, WiMAX does have a number of security vulnerabilities. The need to plug those holes in its defenses creates attractive revenue opportunities for security solutions vendors, which are explored in a new ABI Research...

RF Micro Devices, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, last week announced the introduction and sampling of Gallium Nitride (GaN) wideband power amplifier ICs to Tier 1 WiMAX, cellular base station and Public Mobile Radio...

MobiTV, Inc., a leader in mobile and broadband television and music services, last week announced it will be unveiling the first seamlessly unified multicast and unicast television solution for Mobile WiMAX.  In addition, MobiTV will be demonstrating the integration of critical security and content protection layers through a partnership...

  Motorola,, a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, last week announced that it had been awarded the Chicago market by Sprint Nextel for the build-out of its WiMAX wireless broadband service. Motorola will deploy WiMAX infrastructure to at least 1,000 sites in the greater Chicagoland area, providing select...

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) will exhibit its WiMAX devices, demonstrate its WiMAX solutions and unveil its WiMAX SoC roadmap on Stand 2.1C50 at the 2007 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona next month. The 3GSM World Congress is one of the biggest mobile technology exhibitions in the world attracting over...

RF Component Industry Review: July - September 2006, a new study from Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component service study, finds that nearly 60 percent of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in the third quarter of 2006, up from both the first quarter and the...