Listening to his keynote address at the FierceMarkets WiMAX Strategies conference, Sprint President of 4G Barry West hardly sounded like an executive with a major wireless carrier...
Clearwire Chief Strategy Officer Scott Richardson today laid out Clearwire’s plans to migrate from DSL/cable modem replacement service to a truly mobile service that would support full mobility and multiple consumer devices...
After a gauntlet of 414 test cases, the Metro Ethernet Forum certified three Ceterus Networks products as compliant with MEF 9 and MEF 14: the UTX8212 Multi-Service Cross Connect and the UTS810 and UTS1530 Multi-Service delivery platforms....
PICMG, the industry group focused on peripheral interconnection specifications for communications hardware, will be hosting a PICMG Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm 2007 later this month, the association said today...
Nokia-Siemens Networks will attempt to prove the Mobile WiMAX concept at NXTcomm this year, demonstrating mobile connectivity between its Flexi base station and a souped-up version of Nokia’s N770 Internet tablet...
Backhaul for wireless networks continues to be a top issue heading into NXTcomm, and Ethernet-over-copper vendor Aktino plans to make new announcements related to backhaul, including a major DSLAM backhaul partnership...
In January, Wayne Crawford assumed the position of executive director of NXTcomm, the newly minted annual conference and exhibition of USTelecom and the Telecommunications Industries Association. Crawford brings considerable trade show experience to a considerable challenge--stage a major event that normally takes more than a year to plan in only about six months. He spoke with Editor-at-Large Carol Wilson about what visitors to NXTcomm can expect...
Caribbean broadband wireless operator Onemax has selected softswitch and media gateway vendor Veraz Networks for deployment of an IP multimedia subsystem-over-WiMAX solution...
There will be a new predator prowling the halls of NXTcomm this year: the WiMAX vendor. You already thought you were getting it on all sides from optical, copper, Wi-Fi and satellite equipment makers. Well, now it's WiMAX's turn...
Nokia Siemens Networks has been a surprise player in the WiMAX community. While other vendors looked to WiMAX as a new technology to salvage poorer cellular network sales, Nokia Siemens is one of the largest GSM/UMTS in the world and has a viable interest in promoting its traditional technology. But as Nokia Siemens head of radio access networks Ari Lehtoranta explained in a recent interview, Nokia Siemens sees the two technologies co-existing...
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Strategies will provide attendees with a clear vision of the pros and
cons of deploying WiMAX. Discover whether WiMAX will be an ally or a
competitor to your portfolio of voice and data services. Should operators
incorporate mobile and fixed WiMAX technologies into their businesses? Can
operators make money by deploying this technology? We’ll answer these
questions and more at WiMAX Strategies.
