ECS EliteGroup demonstrates first dual-mode Mobile WiMAX/EDGE device using Comsys baseband processor

ECS EliteGroup Computer Systems and Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd. have announced that Comsys’ ComMAX CM1125 Multimode Mobile WiMAX/EDGE baseband processor will enable ECS EliteGroup’s new line of mobile WiMAX devices.

ECS EliteGroup will be demonstrating a prototype of their S370 Personal Internet Communicator working on both Mobile WiMAX and GSM networks in their suite at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas on January 8-11, 2008, to coincide with CES (Consumer Electronics Show).
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Clearwire introduces Mobile WiMAX “Clear” service to Portland Oregon

Clearwire today officially transformed Portland into the fastest unwired city in the West, and home to one of the first 4G WiMAX wireless broadband services in the world, called Clear. With Clear, consumers and businesses can access the Internet wirelessly, at true broadband speeds ? at home, in the office, around the Portland metro area, and on the go.

“Today is a historic day for the evolution of mobile computing and communications services in Portland, and the U.S.,” said Benjamin G. Wolff, chief executive officer of Clearwire. “Clearwire is reinventing wireless by delivering an unmatched combination of Internet speed and mobility. We’re providing a valuable service designed to improve our customers’ productivity and make their lives more enjoyable, wherever they happen to be in our coverage area.”
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Insprit Introduces Next-Generation Open WiBro Platform

Insprit said that it began to provide KT WiBro with a next-generation open service platform. The platform is Korea’s first open service solution that encourages user participation. Users can freely edit or produce service applications on the Web, push them to a variety of devices real time by using DCD technology, download them and share them with other users.

The platform is incorporated into the W-Station service, Korea’s first personalized wire/wireless open mobile 2.0 service, and provided under the name of “Open Box.” It enables WiBro users to freely produce services they want and share them. Also, even users who are not registered with the WiBro service can produce service applications for WiBro devices through SDK and post them onto the “Open Box gallery” so that any WiBro users could download them.
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YuKyung Technologies launches viliv S5 MID with mobile WiMAX

YuKyung Technologies held a press conference to launch its Atom-based MID ‘viliv S5′ in the market of South Korea.

Powered by Intel’s Menlow platform with an Atom Z520 processor and Windows XP OS, the viliv S5 is equipped with a 4.8-inch LCD screen, DDR2 1GB SDRAM and 30GB/60GB HDD. Offering 6 hours battery life, it also supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, mobile WiMAX, DMB Mobile TV and GPS functions.
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LG Electronics unveils LTE modem chipset

LG Electronics earlier this month unveiled modem chipsets for its fourth-generation mobile platform - Long Term Evolution or LTE - the first among mobile handset makers in South Korea.

Despite some lingering doubts, LTE has been gaining momentum, with mobile makers eager to lock in on operator commitments by marketing 3G gear that can be later upgraded to LTE.
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LG announces wearable 3G touch phone

LG Electronics announced it will unveil a wearable ‘3G Touch Watch Phone’ (model: LG-GD910) at the upcoming CES 2009 held in Las Vegas.

Boasting a thickness of 13.9mm, the 3G Touch Watch Phone delivers functions of a cell phone on a small size device like a watch. In particular, it supports 3G HSDPA at speeds to 7.2Mbps as well as video telephony with a built-in camera.
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Cantab Wireless forecasts 85 million LTE users by the end of 2013

Long Term Evolution (LTE), an upcoming standard for IP mobile telecommunications, will be launched in less than two years’ time in Japan and by 2013 it will have 85 million users worldwide. according to an analysis from Cantab Wireless. LTE system specifications are expected to be finalized in the first half of 2009.

LTE offers remarkable improvements over 3G systems as it focuses on IP data performance rather than circuit-switched voice connections. Test networks have reached data speeds approaching 200 Mbps. LTE achieves such performance figures by employing several techniques found in the competing protocol, mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005), including an OFDM–based air interface, MIMO antennas and channel bandwidths of up to 20 MHz.
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Sprint announces dual 3G/4G aircard from Franklin Wireless

Sprint announced it will make the first 3G/4G dual-mode device, the Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem U300, which operates on both the Sprint 3G and 4G networks, available in US retail stores Dec. 21.

Sprint launched 4G in Baltimore in September and plans to launch in other markets across the country throughout 2009. The device will enable customers to experience high-speed Internet access, greater productivity and enhanced multimedia quality throughout 4G markets, and offer access to the existing Sprint 3G network virtually everywhere else. This is the first product available in the US to offer both 3G and 4G connectivity.
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Novatel Wireless announces EV-DO or HSPA to Wi-Fi mobile router

Novatel Wireless, Inc. today announced MiFi, a line of Intelligent Mobile Hotspots. Unlike existing router solutions that require an external broadband modem and serve only to provide connectivity, the MiFi line creates a personal cloud of Internet access that can be shared between multiple users and Wi-Fi devices. The MiFi products serve as an intelligent, open platform capable of hosting advanced software applications and flexible enough to address the continued evolution of mobile broadband.

Featuring an internal battery providing over forty hours standby and up to four hours of active use on a single charge, the MiFi product line enables users to access the Internet from anywhere there is a cellular connection, including moving vehicles where multiple passengers may need Internet access. The MiFi product line will offer enterprises, SMB and SOHO users a unique solution to secure, control and manage wireless connections. Certain MiFi configurations support applications such as auto VPN, automatic syncing of email and optional remote management capabilities for the enterprise IT manager. The platform is capable of hosting third party applications that extend the reach and control of the enterprise when dealing with remote mobile assets.
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Alvarion to layoff 11% in attempt to maintain 2009 growth

Alvarion Ltd. today announced that it will implement proactive cost reduction initiatives aimed at lowering the company’s breakeven point to help preserve profitability in the slowing global economy, while also maintaining its capability to continue growing if business conditions support growth.

As part of this series of initiatives, the company plans to reduce its global workforce this month by approximately 11%, from a base of about 1000 employees. In addition, Alvarion is implementing company-wide measures including management salary reductions. The combined initiatives are expected to generate annual cost of goods and operating expense savings of about $15 million.
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Comba Introduces New Remote Radio Unit for WiMAX Networks

Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited has introduced its WiMAX-compatible remote radio unit (RRU) to the global market. The RRU is a highly-integrated base station RF unit that can be detached from the BBU (BaseBand Unit) and fed with baseband signals through optical fiber. Its high power efficiency design and flexible configuration dramatically reduces CAPEX and improves deployment time for WiMAX network rollout.

A key feature of Comba’s RRU is that it is designed for easy customization for different BBU suppliers in order to expedite integration. The RRU supports point-to-point, star and daisy-chained connection with the BBU to provide a flexible system topology.
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IIJ Japan to offer HSDPA services

IIJ Group to Start High-Speed Mobile Data Communications Services for Its Consumer Internet Services ‘IIJmio’ and ‘hi-ho’

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), one of Japan’s leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, and hi-ho Inc. (hi-ho, a consolidated subsidiary of IIJ), an Internet service provider for home users, today introduced a high-speed 7.2 Mbps mobile data communications service. This service, which utilizes a 3G/HSDPA(1) network, will be offered for their “IIJmio high-speed mobile/EM Service” and “hi-ho Mobile Course - EM7.2″ services.
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Clearwire and Sprint Nextel complete joint venture transaction and receive $3.2 billion infusion

Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation announced today that they have completed the transaction to combine their next-generation wireless Internet businesses. With the closing, Sprint contributed all of its 2.5 GHz spectrum and its WiMAX-related assets, including its XOHM business, to Clearwire. In addition, Clearwire has received a $3.2 billion cash investment from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks.

The transaction with Sprint and the new cash investment were completed on the terms originally announced on May 7, 2008. The new company retains the name Clearwire and remains headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

Motorola Deploys Its First WiMAX 802.16e Trial Network in Vietnam

Motorola, Inc. announced today that the company has deployed its first WiMAX trial network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), the largest Internet service provider (ISP) in Vietnam. The network allows VDC to test next-generation wireless broadband services in major cities of Vietnam and reinforces Motorola’s leadership in deploying commercial and trial networks for WiMAX 802.16e technology worldwide.

The launch of the WiMAX service follows the signing of an agreement between Motorola and VDC to commence a technical and commercial WiMAX trial in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City last year. Under the agreement, Motorola will install WiMAX Diversity Access Points and more than 100 customer premises equipment (CPE) in the nation’s two largest cities.
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Qualcomm halts UMB project, sees no major job cuts

By Sinead Carew (Reuters)

Qualcomm Inc, seeking to cut costs in the face of slowing demand for cell phones, has stopped developing a next-generation wireless technology called Ultra Mobile Broadband and is making small-scale layoffs.

The wireless chip maker will instead put its resources into a rival high-speed technology called Long Term Evolution, which some of its major customers, such as Verizon Wireless, have backed, said Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs.
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