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Agilent Technologies Inc. showcased its newest test and measurement solutions for fixed (IEEE 802.16-2004) and mobile (IEEE 802.16-2005) WiMAX at WiMAX World USA 2006, Boston, MA, October 10-12, 2006. Spanning the entire WiMAX lifecycle -- from R&D and design verification to manufacturing, conformance and interoperability test -- these solutions...

Trendsmedia announced that WiMAX World, the world’s largest tradeshow for the wireless/mobile broadband and WiMAX industry, exceeded all attendee and exhibitor expectations. WiMAX World has grown from 600 attendees and 14 exhibitors in 2004, making it one of the fastest growing technology tradeshows in the world. WiMAX World ran...

The need for broadband wireless access (BWA) has long been acknowledged as the next step in the evolution of Internet access. Unfortunately, the lack of robust technology at a competitive price has been a barrier to its implementation. Today, though, momentum to cross the chasm is gathering—early adopters have...

New wireless networking standards commonly present design challenges in the physical layer, which in turn present circuit simulation and testing challenges. The WiMedia MB-OFDM UWB signal with its low power, hopped, 528 MHz wide OFDM format is a current example, which will have broad impact as the base technology...

Barry West, CTO and newly appointed president of Sprint Nextel’s 4G Business Group, has never shied from the challenge of paving new roads for emerging wireless technologies. As the former CTO of Nextel, West led the drive for push-to-talk communications over Nextel’s iDEN-based wireless network. And despite the air...

The launch of a pre-WiMAX service in Macedonia has driven the cost of broadband connectivity down by around 50 percent in a period of just nine months. That was the assertion of Paul Budgen, the sales director for EMEA with Motorola, speaking at the Broadband World Forum in Paris...

Despite what’s being said by some carriers and vendors, mobile WiMAX seems to be moving at a quickstep pace. The WiMAX Forum will certify the first interoperable mobile broadband fixed wireless products by the end of this year and first products — some of which are being touted as...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its WiMAX-specific design validation and production solutions have been successfully delivered and accepted by several customers. With a level of performance and functionality not available from competitors, these solutions give engineers R&D and conformance-type measurement capabilities for testing fixed 802.16-2004 and mobile 802.16e-2005 WiMAX...

Wavesat , a supplier of WiMAX chipsets and software, announced it has completed a significant round of funding led by SK Telecom, a global leader in providing mobile voice and data services. The financing round, which also included participation from existing investors, will be used to accelerate the introduction...

The latest Strategy Analytics reports on the WiMAX and WLAN markets, "GaAs Device Demand from WLAN Market: 2005-2010" and "WiMAX Market Forecast: 2005-2010," demonstrate that GaAs device demand from these two applications will show significant growth, with overall demand approaching $1 B by 2010, second only to demand from...