RF & Microwave Industry News

BBWF: NSN and Huawei strike IPR licensing deal

Deal aims to ease problem of patent licensing disputes
Nokia announced yesterday at Broadband World Forum that its mobile equipment arm, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), has struck a patent licensing deal with Chinese rival Huawei. The agreement covers the worldwide use of all standards essential patents of all parties, including GSM, WCDMA, CDMA2000, optical networking, datacom and WiMAX...
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Sprint turns up XOHM in Baltimore

First major WiMAX network in U.S. goes live
It’s a milestone of sorts for mobile telecom operators: Sprint closed out Q3 08 with their much-anticipated launch of WiMAX service in Baltimore, Maryland (see Sprint to launch first WiMAX service in Baltimore ). The commercial XOHM network marks the first deployment of a mobile WiMAX network by a...
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Azulstar chooses Alvarion to deliver WiMAX

Will launch broadband service in West Michigan and New Mexico
3.65 GHz wireless provider Azulstar Inc. has selected Alvarion Ltd.'s 802.16e BreezeMAX equipment to deliver mobile WiMAX service to communities in West Michigan and New Mexico. Azulstar's MetraMAX wireless broadband network will be powered by a high-performance Gigabit backbone to deliver a fast, responsive Internet connection. Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3650...
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Runcom Technologies raises US$10M

Secures Series C investment from TLcom Capital
RISHON LEZION, Israel (PRNewswire) -- Runcom Technologies Ltd., a technology company pioneering OFDMA based silicon solutions for user terminals and base stations that comply with the IEEE802.16e-2005 standard for WiBro and Mobile WiMAX applications, announced today that it has secured a US$10 million Series C investment by TLcom Capital...
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Packet One launches WiMAX in Malaysia

P1 W1MAX available now to subscribers
Packet One Networks Sdn. Bhd. (P1), the first Malaysian WiMAX converged telco and a subsidiary of Green Packet Berhad, officially opened its doors Thursday for Malaysians to subscribe to its WiMAX services, branded as P1 W1MAX. “We are indeed proud of the fact that we have put Malaysia on...
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Sprint readies WiMAX location-based services

Assembles broad range of partners to deliver “geobrowsing”
Sprint Nextel has signed nine partners to help it roll out bleeding-edge subscriber location services. Based on XOHM WiMAX technology, Sprint’s high-speed mobile data network will turn up commercial service in Baltimore this September (see Sprint to launch first WiMAX service in Baltimore ), with more cities — likely...
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Agilent Introduces End-to-End Measurement Solution for Mobile Handset Design

New Test Solution Spans Digital and RF Domains to Accelerate Development of LTE and WiMAX(tm) Wireless Devices
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the industry's first Digital Radio Frequency (DigRF) V4 test solution . It enables comprehensive stimulus and analysis for developers of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RF-IC) and baseband ICs (BB-IC) as well as integrators of wireless handsets. DigRF V4, driven by the MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface)...
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Ceragon Boosts Backhaul Capacity for Worldmax in Netherlands

Worldmax , a competitive WiMAX operator in the Netherlands, is utilizing Ceragon Networks’ FibeAir® IP solutions in one of Europe’s first commercial WiMAX networks. With this deployment Worldmax joins more than 40 WiMAX operators and service providers worldwide who are using Ceragon’s solutions for high-capacity backhaul applications. The solution...
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