Tag: clearwire
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Update on Mobile WiMAX- is it really mobile (or only for wireless fixed line access)?
Over one year ago, I wrote an article titled: Will the real mobile WiMAX please stand up: http://www.viodi.com/newsletter/061000/article2.pdf The claim then was that IEEE 802.16e (AKA Mobile WiMAX) would be primarily used for fixed line BWA. Not much has changed in the last 18 months. Recently, there’ve been some encouraging announcements from Clearwire, Digital Bridge…
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What is the market for Carrier Ethernet- metropolitan and/or rural areas?
September 25th Update: Carrier Ethernet Thunder from Light Reading + PBT based Backhaul in SPRINT’s Xohm Undoubtedly, this piece is intended to promote Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo next month in NYC. However, it has some useful market share numbers from the leading vendors, e.g. Cisco’s share has dropped to below 50%, while Alcatel-Lucent is in 2nd place. …
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FCC 700 MHz Auction Postscript: Big loss for US Wireless Network Competition
Abstract: We have previously opined that the highly touted 700 MHz auction was a win for the U.S. government (almost $20B was raised) and Google (open access rules for C block w/o spending a dime). Yet it was a big loss for public safety. Based on a post auction spectrum analysis from a…
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Has the 700 MHz Auction Been a Failure?
Abstract Promoted as the most important FCC auction in decades, it appears that the 700 MHz auction has been a failure on several fronts. We were promised private operator-public safety partnerships (for the D Block) along with a new nationwide wireless broadband network (Frontline Wireless’ initiative), open access for any device and any application (Google’s…
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Are any telecom companies making money?
Huge loss by SPRINT caps plethara of disappointing telecom news We do not think SPRINT has the financial resources to complete their WiMAX buildout plans. Instead, the WiMAX unit will likely be spun off, with INTEL, Clearwire, and private equity firms buying it. Even then, the future of WiMAX in the U.S. is in doubt-…