Archive for the ‘WiMAX’ Category

The Wall Street Journal has filed a preliminary report stating that sources close to the carrier have confirmed that Sprint is considering the sale of the Nextel division into a related spin-off company or a complete sale to outside investors.
The report also mentions Nextel co-founder Morgan O’ Brien is actively seeking outside investors through his [...]

Online retailer Buy.com has listed the as yet unreleased Nokia N810 Internet Tablet for pre-order.
The variant of the Linux-based N800 Internet Tablet features built-in access for Sprint’s currently delayed XOHM WiMax service, as well as a 4.1 inch WVGA display, 2GB of internal storage, miniSDHC expansion slot, Wi-Fi access, built-in GPS transceiver, slide out QWERTY [...]

After Sprint’s announcement that the commercial launch of XOHM WiMax services would be delayed at CTIA, recent comments made by Sprint’s CTO may provide some crucial answers. Read More for complete details.

Wireless equipment provider and solutions developer NexWave Wireless has announced in a press release that it has retained the services of banking firms UBS and Deutsche Bank to explore possible scenarios for selling its sizeable wireless spectrum holdings in the AWS band (1700/2100Mhz), Wireless Connection Service band (2.3Ghz), and the Broadband Radio Spectrum/Educational Broadband Serices [...]

The WiMAX Forum put its presence this year right in front of CTIA attendees… literally. The official WiMAX association was camped out right in front of the entry way to the exhibit floor. Sprint, Intel, Motorola, and Samsung among other companies all touted their latest WiMAX offerings. Read more to see them in live action.

CTIA was a manic depressive event for Sprint. On one hand, Sprint had QChat Direct Connect and XOHM to show off. On the other hand, XOMH isn’t coming out as soon as Sprint had anticipated. Read more to see all-things-Sprint at CTIA.

We’re trying a new, booth-by-booth gallery approach to covering CTIA Wireless Expo. Please let us know what you think in the comments.
Nokia has one of the largest booths at the show, but in terms of showing new technology… Nokia did not have much of substance to show in terms of new products for the GSM/UMTS [...]

Rumors and speculation are swirling around the mobile media about the possible launch of a WiMax equipped version of the Linux powered Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.

Internet Tablet Talk, a site dedicated to the discussion of Nokia’s Tablet series of devices has discovered the first images of the Nokia N810 WiMax edition taken from Nokia’s [...]

PhoneNews.com has previously, and comprehensively covered Sprint’s intentions to partner with several companies for its XOHM WiMAX network. Now other news sources have re-reported this information, brining it back to the front page of the mass media.
We originally broke the news on Sprint’s intentions to use WiMAX, as well as their partnerships with Fiber and [...]

In a report filed by IDG/Yahoo, Sprint Vice-President of Core Technologies Ben Vos has announced intentions to build a unified core network that will converge the CDMA, iDEN, and nascent WiMax networks onto one platform during the VON.x conference on Tuesday.
The platform will be an all IP based network on a common optical backbone and [...]