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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...

According to Strategy Analytics’ recent report, “Beyond 3G: Looking for True Mobile Broadband,” new alternative technologies will contribute just 6 percent of the forecast 500 million mobile broadband users globally by 2010. Despite all the hype surrounding alternative technologies like WiMAX, it is iterations of existing technologies which will...

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...

Following speculation amongst various industry insiders, Sprint Nextel made it official late last week that Nokia will be the new supplier for its 4G mobile WiMAX network rollout. Set to be part of Sprint Nextel’s mobile WiMAX roll out later this year, Nokia, will provide both network access devices...

Since video is increasingly taking to the airwaves – literally – it’s opening a demand for content protection and security over mobile and portable wireless devices. NDS, best known for its digital rights management (DRM) and conditional access (CA) software, is stepping into the fray and will be demonstrating...

Convergence, surely, must be the most oft-used word in the CEO’s lexicon of industry terms. Ample proof of this was to be found today at the CEO roundtable discussion at the ITU Telecom World 2006 event. “Everything will be converged into the mobile industry,” said Ki-Tae Lee, president of...

The growing ubiquity of Wi-Fi in hotspots and consumer devices is enough to even sway Alvarion, perhaps the staunchest proponent of WiMAX, which has introduced dual- mode products to integrate the QoS of wide area WiMAX network with Wi-Fi’s end user functionality. “Our vision for WiMAX – especially as...