Tag: wimax
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Reality Check: WiMAX on Track to Cover One Billion by EOY 2011
The WiMAX Forum claims that “WiMAX service providers around the globe today have networks covering more than 823 million people (or POPs) in approximately 149 countries and are on track to reach one billion POPs by the end of 2011. This estimate is a growth of 215 million POPs since December 2009 and surpasses the…
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Viodi View – 12/08/10
The holiday season is upon us and, fortunately, things will soon start to slow down for the rest of the year. That is, unless you are the FCC, Comcast, Level 3 or just about anyone else involved in the telecom business. With a vote slated for December 21st, the result of the FCC's meeting on…
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Sprinting to LTE
Alan Weissberger connects the dots regarding several different announcements from Sprint and Ericsson and infers that Sprint is building an LTE network. This is big news, as, to date, Sprint has relied on Clearwire and its WiMAX infrastructure for its next generation network build. Alan suggests, we may see a Sprint offering of an LTE Network…
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LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?
LTE vs WiMAX? Will consumers care about these TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) as they decide on a next generation wireless access plan. If today is any indication, the battle among next generation wireless networks for consumer mind share is heating up and we may find out the answer to this question in 2011. …
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LTE Market Forecasts Up as Operators Announce Deployment Plans
Introduction There's no doubt that LTE (3GPP Release-8) is gaining traction among many wireless network operators. Two market research firms increased their LTE forecasts this week, while U.S. Cellular announced its LTE roll out plans. This December, Telia Sonera will turn on LTE data service in Finland, while NTT DoComo will make its LTE data…
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Viodi View – 11/09/10
It is back to where it all started for the Viodi View at this week’s TelcoTV conference. Innovation was a common theme at the first TelcoTV event eight years ago and, if the press releases that are flying around cyberspace are accurate, then innovation will be a good descriptor for this year’s event. A couple…