Wireless and Network Technology News
What is WiMax?
WiMax is the next step in Wi-Fi’s evolutionary growth – WiMax is the next generation of wireless digital communication systems and can also be known by another name – IEEE 802.16.
WiMax is intended for wireless “metropolitan area networks” and can provide access to the Internet over much greater distances than the current Wi-Fi [...]
The future looks wireless…
Intel are getting ready to announce their plans to turn their future focus towards more refined wireless silicon into tiny devices – and it would seem that they want to stuff more functions on one single chip.
“The trend of using smaller transistors to build larger microprocessor cores with higher operating frequency is [...]
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Over the pond in the USA, Sprint have made the news by coming out with a wireless modem that they claim allows the technology to hop between the old CDMA network and the new 4G WiMax network.
Sprint is obviously proud of its new development, which it claims is a change in direction for any technology [...]
Continue reading " Sprint whip up 4G WiMax delights - but only in Baltimore "
Due to the costs associated with expanding, Clearwire have reported first-quarter losses. The Kirkland, Washington based company posted a loss of $176.4 million, or $1.08 per share. At the same time last year they posted a loss of ‘just’ $92.6 million, or 64 cents per share.
Although losses almost doubled, Clearwire reported revenue rose 76 percent [...]
Continue reading " Clearwire reports loss, iPCS mourns loss "