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News:
Digifriends M3 Mobile Internet Device to be powered by NextWave Wireless WiMAX chipsetMobile WiMAX handheld to focus on video streaming and bandwidth-intensive Internet applications. Digifriends Co. Ltd. and
NextWave Wireless Inc. announced the development of
a WiMAX-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID), called
the Model M3, powered by NextWave's NW2000 WiMAX
chipset. Expected to debut during the second half
of 2009, the MID will bring new mobile multimedia
features to a range of users by delivering
higher-speed access to next-generation content and
services.
Venite a trovarci al WiMAX Forum di Amsterdam e potrete vedere come Fujitsu aiuta a superare il ‘Digital Divide’ i nuovi dispositivi e prodotti Mobile WiMAX Silicon! Visitate FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS EUROPE allo stand 3.22 Pad. 3 Gentili colleghi,
A seguito delle demo e le presentazioni molto apprezzate tenute da Fujitsu in occasione del Mobile World Congress di Barcelona all’inizio di quest’anno, gli showcase di Amsterdam includeranno i nuovi prodotti basati sulla seconda generazione dei dispositivi Mobile WiMAX silicon.
La società mostrerà gli ultimi dispositivi su silicio, chipset e nuovi prodotti sviluppati con i partner come ad esempio dual-band, half-size PCI Express mini card che permettono la creazione di sistemi di abbonamento mobile WiMAX come CPE, telefoni VoIP e portatili.
Il team è a disposizione per presentarvi la nuovissima gamma di prodotti dai terminali VoIP, i dispositivi Mobile Internet, moduli di video sorveglianza WiMAX e router Wi-Fi / WiMAX fino ai dispositivi embedded M2M.
Questa gamma di prodotti posiziona Fujitsu come player all’avanguardia nelle soluzioni WiMAX Silicon ed ecco perché si può affermare che ‘Fujitsu aiuta a superare il Digital Divide’.
Per fissare un appuntamento con un esperto WiMAX contattate Simona Labianca via mail, simona@shincommunication o via telefono 340 0571 697.
Vi aspettiamo ad Amsterdam.
Il Team WiMAX Silicon Fujitsu
Electricity Network Uses WiMAX to Monitor Smart-Meters in Homes14th April 2009 Canadian electricity network, Hydro One has contracted with Redline Communications to trial Redline's RedMAX 4C WiMAX solutions to enable communications to smart meters and other advanced electricity distribution technologies. In keeping with the direction of the Province of Ontario, Hydro One Networks and Hydro One Brampton are working to install smart meters in the homes and small businesses of their combined 1.3 million customers by 2010. To date, the Company has installed almost 900,000 meters. Smart meters, when teamed with time-of-use-pricing, are a key part of building a culture of conservation across the province and achieving significant reductions in peak electricity demand through load shifting. The Redline WiMAX solution is designed to enable remote meter reading as well as outage monitoring and will ultimately help operationalize a number of additional applications, including power distribution automation, power station/security monitoring, smart home applications, and remote work dispatch for field staff; increasing customer service and providing opportunity to reduce Hydro One's operational and maintenance costs. Redline and Hydro One have completed testing of Redline's WiMAX solutions for the enablement of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in rural areas of the province near Barrie, Ontario. Markham-based Redline employs more than 80 engineers focused on the delivery of WiMAX and broadband wireless solutions. The broadband wireless network connecting the Hydro One Smart Meters is the first phase of the project consisting of a series of Redline WiMAX base stations that connect wirelessly to outdoor customer premise equipment (CPE). Data generated by the Smart Meters are backhauled over the network to Hydro One's Operations Centre. "The demand for WiMAX technologies goes well beyond that of major telecommunications carriers," said Kevin Suitor, Vice President of Marketing, Redline Communications Inc. "With the advances we have made in our RedMAX products, we can provide the bandwidth, reliability and price points required for deployment in a range of vertical applications including smart metering and video surveillance." "Smart Grid initiatives have been a prime focus for utility companies around the world as these organizations have been mandated to implement better ways to control, monitor and reduce energy consumption in their networks," added Suitor. "The Smart Metering is an important component of an effective Smart Grid project."
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Redline is Putting WiMAX in Motion
At Gulfcomms and Gitex Technology
Week
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Redline will be attending this year’s Gulfcomms event at Gitex Technology Week, the leading International technology event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia taking place from Oct 19-23, 2008 in Dubai.
Redline will feature its award winning RedMAX 4C™ Mobile WiMAX solutions which includes a range of base stations from chassis-based to pico designs to suit a variety of business and deployment models. Redline will also feature its RedMAX™ family of WiMAX Forum Certified® products, which have been deployed by more than 160 carriers worldwide.
Visit us at the Redline Booth located in the Dubai International Convention Centre in Hall 1, C1-46 to learn more about Redline’s WiMAX family of widely deployed solutions and new industry leading products for fixed and mobile communications.
With the highest number of commercial networks based on true WiMAX Forum Certified technologies, Redline is recognized for enabling carriers to establish carrier class networks that can generate a return on investment today, and evolve to offer the mobile voice video and data services that carriers need to stay competitive.
For information on Redline’s award winning RedMAX 4C ™ Mobile WiMAX and industry-leading RedMAX™ families of WiMAX Forum Certified® products, stop by the Redline Booth # C1-46 during the show, or contact Adam Sampson today at asampson@redlinecommunications.com.
See you in Dubai!
To schedule a meeting with Redline for any 2008 Events, contact:
Adam Sampson
Marketing Specialist
Office: +1.905.479.8344 x 2356
Email:
asampson@redlinecommunications.com
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ALVR:
BreezeACCESS and BreezeNET Products Deployed by NGI
in Italy
Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR) announced that NGI has deployed
its BreezeACCESS(R) VL and BreezeNET(R) B to offer
high speed broadband wireless services in Northern
Italy. With Alvarion's solution, NGI is able to
maintain the continuous expansion of the network,
covering close to 1100 municipalities to date.
Brings High Speed Services to Residents and Businesses with
BreezeACCESS(R) VL and BreezeNET(R) B
TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 29,
2008--
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX(TM) and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that NGI, one of the main ISPs in Italy, has deployed its BreezeACCESS(R) VL and BreezeNET(R) B to offer high speed broadband wireless services in Northern Italy. The new network provides extended voice and data services to Lombardia, Veneto and Piemonte regions, covering approximately 15,000 km2.
This deployment project increases broadband service availability to both business and residential users, while offering the benefits of extended coverage, especially in regions where xDSL and cable broadband services are inadequate. With Alvarion's solution, NGI is able to maintain the continuous expansion of the network, covering close to 1100 municipalities to date.
"We selected Alvarion as the best vendor for answering the increasing demand for broadband wireless," said Luca Spada, CEO of NGI. "Alvarion's mature solution includes a wide range of services, providing immediate connectivity and extended broadband at affordable rates. Demonstrating constant innovation in practice, Alvarion offers a full range of supported frequency bands and applications, enabling us to successfully achieve our goal of increasing broadband opportunities throughout the country."
"Broadband wireless has increased significantly in Italy and together with leading local partners and ISPs such as NGI, deployments in the region have been very successful," said Tzvika Friedman, CEO and President of Alvarion. "We expect the broadband wireless market to expand, while our solutions for both license and license-exempt frequencies are being further deployed throughout the entire region."
About NGI
NGI has been operating as Internet Service Provider since 1994, offering services at national level. NGI today is a flexible and innovative ISP with 100,000 active customers and maintaining its leading position in the telecommunications market. The services provided by NGI include the dial-up, access to broadband Internet, VoIP and value-added services, such as a dedicated server virtual, domains, hosting and mailbox.
About Alvarion
With more than 3 million units deployed in over 150 countries, Alvarion (www.alvarion.com) is the world's leading provider of innovative wireless broadband network solutions enabling Personal Broadband to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP, video and other services.
Alvarion is leading the market to Open WiMAX architecture with the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile solutions. Alvarion's products enable the delivery of personal mobile broadband, business and residential broadband access, corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection, public safety communications, and mobile voice and data.
As a wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been driving and delivering innovations for over 10 years from core technology developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum is focused on increasing the widespread adoption of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry to Open WiMAX solutions.
You may request Alvarion's future press releases or a complete Investor Kit by contacting Kika Stayerman, kika.stayerman@alvarion.com or +972.3.767.4159.
Enforta Moves Russian WiMAX Forward With Additional Investment and Plans to Enter Another 40 Cities During 2008. Company Release
Moscow – Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - Enforta today announced that it will be expanding its operating footprint to 65 of Russia’s largest cities by the end of 2008. The company now provides high speed Internet, telephony, and VPN services in 25 of Russia’s regional capital cities using WiMAX and other technologies.
The announcement of its expansion follows Enforta’s completion of an additional $40M investment from its existing shareholder group and a new investor, Bessemer Venture Partners. Founded in 1911, Bessemer is the oldest venture capital practice in the United States with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Shanghai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Tel Aviv. “This is Bessemer’s first direct investment in Russia, and we are pleased to have them join in both Russia’s and Enforta’s growth”, said Lee Sparkman, Enforta’s President.
“The WiMAX business proposition takes on a whole new dimension when used to provide basic infrastructure in emerging economies”, said Ron Elwell, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners who joins the Enforta Board of Directors. “We find Enforta one of the most interesting WiMAX opportunities in the world”. Also participating in the investment were Enforta’s existing investors: Baring Vostok Capital Partners, Sumitomo Corporation, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The first eight of Enforta’s new cities, expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of the year, include: Izhevsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Lipetsk, Tomsk, Komsomolsk-na-Amur, Nakhodka, and Ussuriysk. “By year’s end, Enforta will serve communities with an aggregate population of 55 million people” said Victor Ratnikov, Enforta’s General Director. “It is still early in the development of the Russian wireless broadband market, but Enforta plans to be amongst the leaders.”
About Enforta
Enforta was formed in October, 2003 with the objective to provide broadband services using WiMAX and other advanced technologies in Russia’s regional capitals. Together with its ‘ART Communications’ subsidiary in Moscow, Enforta’s service area will extend to 65 cities by the end of 2008.
Enforta is a member of the WiMAX Forum®. For more information on Enforta’s current operations and planned expansion see www.enforta.com or contact Oleg Taynov pr@enforta.com.
December 20, 2007
POSDATA and KT Deploy Mobile WiMAX Commercial
Network
By Anuradha Shukla
TMCnet Contributing Editor
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Mobile WiMAX will be expanded to Pohang, a thriving city of 500,000 people in the south of the Korean peninsula. Both POSDATA and KT intend to establish a “Mobile WiMAX Town” in Pohang City, where the demand for Mobile WiMAX services is fairly high in all income classes due to a concentration of industrial, research, academic, and residential complexes
The companies will provide Internet access services as well as develop a wide array of specialized Mobile WiMAX service models.
Under the agreement between the two companies, POSDATA will provide Mobile WiMAX base stations, ASN-gateways, network management systems, as well as terminals for service subscribers.
The ASN-gateways will support WiMAX standard compatibility. The base stations will be the latest models with Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 technologies such as the Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) to enhance the data processing capacity of Mobile WiMAX services. The commercial launching has been scheduled for Q3, 2008.
POSDATA recently launched a USB terminal that is connected to a notebook to receive Mobile WiMAX services. The company also concluded a contract with KT on the supply of terminal, creating an opportunity to fully establish itself as a total solution provider of Mobile WiMAX.
Shin Joon-il, senior vice president of POSDATA’s Mobile WiMAX Division, said in a statement that POSDATA’s participation in this project to establish a Mobile WiMAX town is going to be a solid reference that will drive out global expansion of Mobile WiMAX business.
POSDATA is a total IT solutions provider and a subsidiary of POSCO, the global steel company.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
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Kong's PCCW Plans to Trial WiMax Wireless Service in
U.K.
By Mark
Lee
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- PCCW Ltd., Hong Kong's largest telephone company, said it plans to trial wireless services based on WiMax technology in the U.K. next year.
The planned network has capacity for ``a few thousand'' users, Group Managing Director Alex Arena told reporters in Hong Kong today. The company plans to start network construction in the first quarter, before making a decision midyear on extending the service, he said.
PCCW, controlled by billionaire chairman Richard Li, is seeking expansion outside its home market to accelerate growth. The Hong Kong phone company is part of a group bidding to build a new fixed-line phone network in Saudi Arabia, and is planning to extend its pay-television service overseas.
UK Broadband, PCCW's U.K. unit, started a wireless broadband service in the country in 2004 using an older technology. WiMax, which stands for World Interoperability for Microwave Access, can allow users to download data five times faster than so-called third-generation mobile phone services.
PCCW is in talks with companies in Taiwan and other markets to provide pay-TV services, Arena said, without disclosing details.
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Taiwan's largest telephone company, plans to offer pay-TV content from PCCW ``as early as possible'' in 2008, Chairman Ho-chen Tan said on Dec. 5. The Taiwan phone carrier is also in talks with other content providers, Ho-chen said, without identifying them.
Now Broadband, which vies with Hong Kong rival I-Cable Communications Ltd. as the city's biggest pay-TV operator, had more than 850,000 subscribers, Arena said in August.
A group including PCCW is among three bidders shortlisted to build Saudi Arabia's second fixed-line network, the kingdom's Communications and Information Technology Commission said in April. The other bids are headed by the U.S.'s Verizon Communications Inc. and Bahrain Telecommunications Co.
Intel
to follow 'Santa Rosa' Centrino with 'Montevina'
Intel has yet to ship 'Santa Rosa', the next major
update to its Centrino laptop and small form-factor
PC platform, but already it's working on the
follow-up, codenamed 'Montevina', due to ship in
2008, it has been claimed.
Montevina will support 'Penryn', Intel's 45nm
die-shrink of its current generation of 65nm Core 2
processors. The chip giant has said Penryn will
debut in late 2007 and mark the company's shift to
45nm. A year later, Intel will introduce 'Nehalem',
its 45nm-specific next major architecture revision.
Just as Santa Rosa hasn't followed hot on the heels
of 'Merom', the Core 2 Duo mobile processor, so it
seems likely Montevina will debut some months after
Penryn. The 45nm chip is said to consume no more
than 29W, compared to Merom's 35W TDP.
Montevina comprises the 'Cantiga' chipset,
Japanese-language website PCWatch claims, along with
a new wireless module, 'Shiloh'. The LAN
controller's codenamed 'Boaz'.
Cantiga ups the frontside bus speed to 1,067MHz and
looks set to support 800MHz DDR 3 in preference to
the less power-efficient 800MHz DDR 2, the report
suggests. The chipset family will include an
integrated part containing ten pixel shaders, up
from the GMA 3000's eight. Expect the graphics core
to be clocked to 475MHz, we're told.
10/31/2007
Alvarion Turns To Profit In Q3 As BreezeMAX Revenue
Almost Doubles; Sees FY07 Revenue Growth Of 25% -
30%
(RTTNews)
- Wednesday, Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR) announced third
quarter financial results, reporting a profit,
reversing a year-ago loss, helped by revenue growth
of 39%.
On a GAAP basis, the Israel-based broadband wireless systems manufacturer reported net income of $621 thousand or $0.01 per share, reversing a year-ago loss of $1.98 million or $0.03 per share. The GAAP net income for the recent third quarter included income from discontinued operations of $750 thousand.
The company's loss from continuing operations for the quarter narrowed to $129 thousand or $0.00 per share from $2.44 million or $0.04 per share in the same period last year.
Excluding the results of the discontinued operations, amortization of acquired intangibles and deferred stock compensation, on a non-GAAP basis, Alvarion's net profit soared to $2.4 million or $0.04 per share, from $68 thousand or $0.00 per share in the same period last year. On average, 14 analysts polled by Thomson FirstCall expected the company to earn $0.04 per share.
The company's quarterly sales rose to $60.6 million from $43.69 million in the comparable quarter last year and came in slightly above analysts' revenue consensus estimate of $60.51 million.
In the recent third quarter, Alvarion's BreezeMAX WiMAX platform recorded $35 million in revenue, almost double than the year-ago quarter. In the first nine months of 2007, BreezeMAX shipments exceeded $100 million.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 the company posted a net income of $134 thousand or $0.00 per share, in sharp contrast to a net loss of $34.52 million or $0.57 per share in the year-ago period.
The company's loss from continuing operations for nine months narrowed to $1.67 million or $0.03 per share from $4.32 million or $0.07 per share in the comparable period prior year.
Income from discontinued operations for the nine month period totaled $1.8 million or $0.03 per share, compared to a loss from discontinued operations of $30.21 million or $0.50 per share in the year-ago period.
Alvarion's sales for the nine month period climbed to $170.2 million from $131.3 million in the year-ago period.
Looking ahead to the fourth quarter, the company expects non-GAAP per share earnings from continuing operations to range between $0.02 and $0.05. Analysts expect the company to earn $0.04 per share. On a GAAP basis, the company expects its fourth quarter bottom line to range between a loss of $0.01 per share and profit of $0.02 per share.
The company forecast its fourth quarter revenue in the range of $61 to $65 million and analysts have a revenue consensus estimate of $62.88 million.
Commenting on the results, Tzvika Friedman, President and CEO of Alvarion said, "We are pleased to report another quarter of record revenues and we are on track to achieve our 25-30% growth objective for 2007. BreezeMAX revenue was more than double the level of a year ago. WiMAX shipments remained at a high level and we ended the quarter with over 200 commercial deployments, up from about 170 at the end of Q2. Many of these deployments are still in the early stages, and represent significant opportunities for future expansion."
ALVR shares have gained 65% since late February and have been trading in the range of $6.03 to $15.21 for the past 52 weeks. The stock is currently down 8.36% or $1.15 trading at $12.59 on a volume of 1.10 million shares.
Nortel’s WiMAX 802.16e solution will enable a new
generation of Internet-savvy consumers to take their
broadband connection with them as they go about
their day, making the laptop of tomorrow as
connected and mobile as the cellular phone of today.
WiMAX also extends the mobile broadband access to a
variety of consumer devices – USB devices, Home
gateway/Router, PDAs, Smartphones, PCMCIA, Compact
Flash Cards, MP3 players and many more to come.
From an operator's perspective, WiMAX brings
unprecedented spectral efficiency, conserving and
extending scarce radio resources to the benefit of
regulators and licensees. WiMAX utilizes Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), the most
efficient technology available for wireless access
and the key enabler of all future wireless systems
including 4G and WLAN. WiMAX is the first 4G Mobile
Broadband Access technology to go commercial. With
the addition of Nortel’s patented Multiple Input
Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology, upon
which the IEEE 802.16-2005 standard is based, WiMAX
provides an order of magnitude improvement in
performance enabling connectivity for a number of
devices for every subscriber while reducing cost –
as little as 1/10 the cost-per-bit of 3G
technologies.
Nortel’s
WiMAX Ecosystem Solution Brief:
Nortel is driving an open, multi-vendor, MIMO-based
ecosystem working with leading chipset and device
manufacturers by offering devices that are
pre-integrated and bundled with its overall solution,
as well as promoting IOT among leading WiMAX vendors.
Nortel’s
Mobile WiMAX Solution Brief:
This brief focuses on the Nortel's Mobile WiMAX
solution, enabling operators and service providers
to cost-effectively reach millions of new broadband
access customers to take the Internet with them and
receive data wirelessly wherever they go.
Arialink
Samsung Mobile Wimax
Samsung will be the exclusive provider of Mobile
WiMAX services for Arialink in the Muskegon County
region and plans to commercially launch Mobile WiMAX
in Muskegon County, Mich., in early 2007.
The Muskegon County network is a public/private
partnership funded by a $2.2 million federal grant
from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
along with a $4.5 million loan from the state of
Michigan's Economic Development Corporation.
Arialink will also invest $6 million of its own
funds to build the network, says CEO Jason Schreiber.
The company has committed to providing high-speed
Internet access at speeds of 3 Mbit/s at a cost of
$18.99 a month.
Samsung has plans for similar Mobile WiMAX
deployment in Europe and Asia.
Clearwire Wins Best of WiMAX World USA Award in Service Provider Category
WiMAX World 2007
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) is the recipient of the Best of WiMAX World USA 2007 Award for its high-speed wireless Internet service in the Service Provider Deployment category. The annual awards, announced by xchange magazine, recognize leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies.
“xchange is pleased to acknowledge Clearwire’s contributions to the development and promotion of WiMAX technology and services,” said Mike Saxby, publisher of xchange. “WiMAX success is dependent upon sustained innovation of companies like Clearwire that will no doubt be rewarded in the marketplace but also deserve recognition by the community it supports.”
Clearwire received the service provider award at a ceremony last night at the WiMAX World USA conference in Chicago. Clearwire’s award win will be featured in the November issue of xchange, as well as on the WiMAX World and xchange Web sites.
Clearwire’s next-generation, non-line-of-sight wireless broadband network solution connects customers through licensed or secured spectrum. Radio signals are transmitted from a tower to a small, wireless modem, which easily connects a user’s computer to the Internet. With its simple plug-and-play installation customers can be on the Internet within minutes of set up.
The winners in seven different categories were selected by an independent judging panel, including Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward Concepts; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder, Maravedis Inc.; Caroline Gabriel, lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Philip Marshall, vice president of enabling technologies, Yankee Group; James Farstadt, founder and president, rClient LLC; Michael Khalilian, chairman and president, IMS Forum; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.
For a complete list of winners, visit www.xchangemag.com/wimaxusa2007.
About xchange
Founded in 1996, xchange is a monthly magazine for facilities-based service providers offering voice, data, wireless, IP, WiMAX and content. Its seasoned editors do more than simply report on industry news; they dig beneath the surface to provide analysis on what new equipment, new services, new regulatory activities and other new developments mean to xchange’s readers. The publication has a quarterly IPTV supplement called On the Tube; an annual print and online buyer’s guide; a companion Web site, www.xchangemag.com; a weekly newsletter, xchange xtra; and it hosts Webinars and publishes eBooks on special topics on a periodic basis.
About WiMAX World Conference & Expo
WiMAX World Conference & Expo is the largest event series in the world focused on WiMAX and mobile broadband. WiMAX World Conference & Expo is dedicated to providing a balanced view of where WiMAX stands today and what role it will play in the future of one of the fastest-growing market segments in the world – wireless and mobile broadband. WiMAX World incorporates all of today's converging and diverging issues surrounding WiMAX and mobile broadband. WiMAX World provides a comprehensive view of all the related technologies, as well as regulatory and spectrum challenges, and the business opportunities and risks as they relate to all the key constituencies involved in this critical marketplace. In 2008, WiMAX World will be produced in Asia, Europe and the United States. For more information, visit www.wimaxworld.com.
About Clearwire Corporation
Clearwire, founded in October 2003 by telecom pioneer Craig O. McCaw, is a provider of simple, fast, portable and reliable wireless high-speed Internet service. Clearwire customers connect to the Internet using licensed spectrum, thus eliminating the confines of traditional cable or phone lines. Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., the company launched its first market in August 2004 and now offers service in 16 states across the U.S. as well as in Europe and Mexico. For more information, visit www.clearwire.com.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
LitePoint Introduces WiMAX Wave2 Test System
System Platform Includes MIMO; New Software Generates Waveforms
SUNNYVALE,
CALIFORNIA - September 11, 2007
- LitePoint Corporation, a provider of wireless test
system solutions, unveiled its new IQmax MIMO system
aimed at WiMAX devices with Wave 2 functionality.
The mobility adjuncts to the current WiMAX standard
(IEEE standard 802.16e-2005) require capabilities
beyond those of earlier versions, and LitePoint's
new system provides those capabilities. The current
WiMAX mobile radio interface uses scalable
orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (SOFDMA)
and supports multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
communications technology. The upshot is greater
coverage, lower power consumption, and more
efficient spectrum and bandwidth utilization.
"As ODMs and OEMs race to provide wireless device
companies with the latest WiMAX capabilities, they
need test solutions that give them a development
edge, and solutions that provide product-quality
advantages," said Onno Harms, LitePoint's WiMAX
product manager. "With the new IQmax MIMO system,
they have both."
Common Platform
As it has with previous test solutions, LitePoint's
new system uses a common-platform approach that
covers product development through product QA. The
IQmax MIMO solution combines multiple IQmax-500
hardware units with the latest version of IQsignal
software. Both have been updated to include the new
MIMO requirements.
A basic system includes a pair of IQmax-500s plus a
new synchronizing unit along with IQsignal, creating
a 2x2 configuration. It can be expanded with up to
two more IQmax-500s to implement a 4x4 set up.
New Waveform
Software
Along with the introduction of IQmax MIMO, LitePoint
is also introducing IQwave for WiMAX software. Used
in conjunction with IQmax, IQwave can create
arbitrary WiMAX waveforms which in turn generate
actual baseband or RF signals after being loaded
into the IQmax's vector signal generator (VSG).
IQwave can generate fixed or mobile WiMAX waveforms
for both single input/single output (SISO) and MIMO
testing.
Availability
The new IQmax MIMO system and IQwave software will
be available in November, 2007. It can be optioned
to cover Wi-Fi MIMO, too. The IQmax MIMO system
basic configuration consisting of two IQmax-500s,
the synchronizing unit, and IQsignal software will
sell for $150,000. LitePoint's IQwave software is
price tagged at $8,995.
About LitePoint Corporation
LitePoint Corporation, based in Sunnyvale
California, designs, develops, markets, and supports
advanced wireless test solutions for: developers and
marketers of branded wireless products; consumer
electronics and contract manufacturers; and wireless
IC designers. Through its in-house expertise in the
design of wireless systems and ICs, LitePoint has
developed innovative test solutions to assure
products conform to specifications, interoperate
with other compliant products, and perform as
described. LitePoint's test products address both
development and high-volume production, providing
its customers with superior return on investment,
accelerated time-to-market, improved manufacturing
yields, improved product quality, and increased
profitability. For more information, visit LitePoint
www.litepoint.com.
LitePoint Corporation
575 Maude Court
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Editorial Contact:
LitePoint Corporation
Rob Brownstein
VP Market Relation & Communications
Tel: +1 (408) 456-5000 Ext. 1131
rob.brownstein@litepoint.com
WiBro-WiMAX
TV SPOT
WiMAX Research Project
We are pleased to invite you to attend the Lehman Brothers Worldwide Wireless and Wireline Conference to be held at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel in New York City on May 30 – June 1, 2007. We are hosting over 100 wireless and wireline leaders across the global telecom value chain including carriers, equipment vendors, semiconductor suppliers and application providers. Speakers from the United States, Asia and Europe should provide investors a truly global view of the industry. We expect approximately 1,000 investors to attend the conference, in line with prior years.
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Best of WiMAX World Europe Awards
Sponsored by xchange in association with
Trendsmedia
xchange magazine has allied with Trendsmedia to
present the Best of WiMAX World Europe Awards at the
WiMAX World
Europe trade show, May. 29-31, Vienna, Austria.
The Best of WiMAX World Europe Awards will recognize companies leading the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies.
WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA)
http://www.wisoa.net/site/
Over
100 Million S60 Devices Shipped
Volume Market Attracts Mobile Innovation
S60 SUMMIT 2007, MADRID, Spain, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that over 100 million S60 devices have cumulatively been shipped by S60 licensees to date. S60 software built on Symbian OS is the world's leading smartphone software, developed by Nokia and licensed by some of the industry's top mobile device manufacturers.
With this announcement, S60 further demonstrates its strong lead in the volume market. Handset vendors, operators, developers as well as internet service providers are increasingly recognizing the potential offered by multi-vendor platforms, such as S60.
"This announcement represents a significant landmark for S60. We believe it inspires further innovation on S60. The open platform gives mobile users more choice and provides a platform upon which new applications and services can be built", said Matti Vanska, Vice President, Mobile Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia.
Speaking at the event press conference, Matti Vanska said: "We see three key trends affecting the requirements for software platforms. The mobile device is becoming the hub for personal experiences, whether focused on imaging, business, music, navigation or video. People are accessing Web 2.0 services and content with their mobile device. Thirdly, simplicity and intuitiveness of user experience are increasingly important."
S60 has made application development considerably easier with the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. The introduction of Open C brings the standard C function libraries to S60 software, supporting increased productivity and improved time-to-market of applications. With Open C, developers can reuse existing code and focus on the mobility aspects of their applications.
As announced last week, S60 will the first mobile software platform with integrated widget support, bringing the power of Web technologies to the mobile. Widgets enrich the mobile experience as they create a personal Web experience for a personal device. S60 makes it easy to create and bring Web services to S60 devices using standards-based Web technologies, such as Ajax, JavaScript, CSS and HTML.
S60 supports a wide selection of device segments. S60 licensees have launched devices that provide uncompromised imaging, music and video functionalities and support for the needs of business users as well as other targeted segments.
In the event, Samsung showcased their latest S60 devices, the new SGH-i400, a compact slim slider with EDGE for mainstream market, and the SGH-i520 that was launched recently. To date, 57 devices based on S60 and Symbian OS have been launched, 28 of which are based on the latest S60 3rd Edition.
The S60 Summit was held in April in Madrid and hosted a comprehensive expo that showcased over 60 demonstrations of the latest and most innovative features and solutions for S60.
About S60
S60 software built on Symbian OS is the world's leading smartphone software, and is licensed by some of the industry's foremost mobile device manufacturers. The flexibility of the S60 software allows for various hardware designs and software configurations, as evidenced by the multitude of S60 devices already available on the market. Through its award-winning user interface, extensive support for new mobile services and the innovation potential for partner solutions, S60 provides an open and scalable business opportunity for mobile operators and 3rd party developers. For further information and news about S60 and the S60 community, please visit www.s60.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.
www.nokia.com
SOURCE Nokia
Alvarion's 4Motion
Solution Being Showcased at the Intel Developer
Forum (IDF), Beijing, P.R. China
Intel and Alvarion Continue Collaboration for 802.16e-based Mobile WiMAX
BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that Mobile WiMAX services based on Alvarion's 4Motion(TM) solution will be showcased at Intel's renowned Developer's Forum in Beijing. The two companies are also cooperating on WiMAX interoperability testing for mobile WiMAX with Alvarion's 16e-based radio access network (RAN).
Alvarion's OPEN(TM) WiMAX 4Motion solution using MIMO Matrix B technology is expected to almost double the bandwidth capacity, reducing wireless infrastructure expenditures for operators.
MIMO Matrix B is a key feature in the WiMAX Forum(TM) Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 specifications and essential for supporting video and other bandwidth demanding applications. Alvarion's IEEE 802.16 compliant BreezeMAX(TM) system together with Intel-based chipset mobile WiMAX Express Card for 2.5 GHz can provide a compelling offering for operators.
Designed as open, standard, and interoperable, OPEN WiMAX is a complete ecosystem that encompasses network equipment, consumer electronics, service offerings, and even the end-users' experience. OPEN WiMAX is the ecosystem of partners behind Alvarion's highly scalable 4Motion solution, which combines BreezeMAX and best of breed systems to create an operator-centric network solution for WiMAX.
"The demonstration of enhanced MIMO and the available capacity for high performance personal broadband services further proves Alvarion's leadership in WiMAX," said Tzvika Friedman president and CEO of Alvarion. "We are proud of our long-standing role with Intel in promoting the WiMAX revolution and believe that it will enable operators to offer innovative WiMAX services."
"The mobile WiMAX services based on Alvarion's 4Motion solution with enhanced MIMO technology, coupled with Intel's WiMAX technology showcased today, is proof of the performance and bandwidth capacity of mobile WiMAX," said Sriram Viswanathan VP, Intel Capital and General Manager of WiMAX Program Office. "Our strong and ongoing relationship with Alvarion is helping to broadly demonstrate performance of WiMAX technology to the industry."
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The WiMAX World Conference and Expo series are the world's largest events showcasing next generation mobile broadband and WiMAX technology solutions. Now in its fourth year, WiMAX World takes place on three continents and offers unrivaled business development, branding, sales, educational and networking opportunities.
Last year over 7,000 professionals registered for WiMAX World in the USA and Europe. In 2007, the WiMAX World conference series will draw over 10,000 people, 230+ exhibitors, and will be sponsored by 300+ leading telecommunications and mobile broadband solution providers, analyst firms, media channels and associations around the globe.
Whether you are an operator, service provider, enterprise executive, equipment or radio manufacturer, systems integrator, content provider or a player in an adjunct technology market like Wi-Fi or VOIP, or an analyst or investor, you will find the answers you are looking for at WiMAX World Conference & Expo.
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Alvarion Addressing
Widespread Demand for 802.16e-Based Solutions
Extensively Tested with Carriers Around the World and Currently Shipping, BreezeMAX is the Cornerstone of Company's 4Motion Mobile WiMAX Solution
TEL AVIV, IsraelTEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 03/21/2007
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that its new BreezeMAX(TM) system, designed to comply with 802.16e, is available to address widespread demand for solutions based on the latest version of the WiMAX standard. After successful network trials and extensive testing now taking place in different regions around the world with customers in Angola, Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, United States and other countries, Alvarion's new BreezeMAX system is designed to enable broadband anytime, anywhere as part of its 4Motion(TM) comprehensive network solution for mobile WiMAX.
One example is DigitalBridge Communications (DBC), a provider of broadband services to underserved communities using WiMAX technology, which has selected Alvarion as its solutions partner.
"WiMAX allows us to bring broadband services to many smaller communities that were previously too costly to serve with older technologies," said Kelley Dunne, CEO of DigitalBridge Communications. "DigitalBridge Communications has developed a highly scalable network deployment and back office platform that will enable us to take advantage of WiMAX economics to bring broadband to communities nationwide. We needed a solutions partner who brought market scalability and comprehensive engineering support to aid our growth. With a proven track record of leadership in the WiMAX industry, Alvarion was the natural choice."
Using Alvarion's award-winning BreezeMAX as its radio access network (RAN), 4Motion operates at 2.3, 2.5, and 3.5 GHz and is already being used by more than 15 customers to provide fixed, nomadic and portable broadband services in urban, suburban and rural areas alike. BreezeMAX and 4Motion are the foundation of Alvarion's OPEN(TM) WiMAX, an operator-centric, all-IP ecosystem that will enable service providers to choose network equipment and consumer electronics equipment from any combination of vendors and partners to best fit their specific mobile network requirements.
"After working for the past few months with several core customers to fully test its capabilities, our new BreezeMAX system is ready for use by anyone planning to deploy an 802.16e WiMAX network," said Tzvika Friedman president and CEO of Alvarion. "With its nomadic and self install capabilities, operators can begin offering a variety of data and voice services over WiMAX. As a result, service providers will benefit from immediate revenues by offering end users any service, anytime, anywhere."
According to independent analyst firm, Maravedis, 56% of today's WiMAX networks are built using Alvarion equipment.
The company's 4Motion solution is designed to offer service providers greater coverage, capacity and flexibility in their fixed, nomadic and mobile WiMAX deployments along with improved economics. BreezeMAX complies with IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service, enabling carriers to offer triple play broadband services to thousands of subscribers via a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX is the most popular WiMAX system in the world having been successfully deployed in over 300 installations, in more than 100 countries worldwide.
About Alvarion
With more than 3 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion (www.alvarion.com) is the world's leading provider of innovative wireless broadband network solutions enabling Personal Broadband to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP, video and other services.
Leading the market with the most widely deployed WiMAX system in the world, Alvarion is leading the market to Open WiMAX solutions with the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile solutions. Alvarion's products enable the delivery of personal mobile broadband, business and residential broadband access, corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection, public safety communications, and mobile voice and data.
As a wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been driving and delivering innovations for over 10 years from core technology developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum is focused on increasing the widespread adoption of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry to Open WiMAX solutions.
Source: Alvarion Ltd.
Wind Telecom Chooses Nortel to Deploy WiMAX Network in Dominican Republic
MARCH 27, 2007
SANTO DOMINGO – Wind Telecom, a new network operator in the Dominican Republic, and Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] have signed a Letter of Agreement expressing their firm commitment to deploy a wireless broadband network based on Nortel WiMAX technology. Wind Telecom intends to offer high-speed broadband services to urban and rural customers across the country.
The network is expected to be commercially available in September 2007 in the initial launch cities of Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata and Bavaro/Punta Cana, with other areas such as La Romana, projected for the near future. Nationwide coverage will be reached incrementally over the next few years. The award of the contract is subject to the execution of a final, legally binding agreement.
Wind Telecom will use Nortel’s MIMO-powered WiMAX innovations to deliver services such as VoIP, video-streaming and mobile broadband, which are expected to help bridge the digital divide in the Dominican Republic where broadband services have been limited. Subscribers will be able to benefit from the wealth of information and economic advantages such as e-commerce that are accessible through the use of advanced technologies.
“Wind Telecom is striving to make affordable broadband services available to the mass market in the Dominican Republic, where the adoption of these services has been slow due to high prices, limited availability and insufficient competition. We will be a full service provider of voice, data, and video services,” said Manuel Bonilla, CEO, Wind Telecom. “Nortel’s WiMAX solution allows us to achieve the goal of affordable broadband for both business and individual consumers, without the complexities of building a wired network. This makes it especially well suited to historical cities like Santo Domingo where the inner-city is dense with buildings, as well as for sub-urban and rural services.”
“Wind Telecom firmly believes in the future of the Dominican Republic. The investment environment favors competition and innovation, allowing a greenfield operator with leading-edge disruptive technology to enter the market and become a prime competitor,” said Jose Clase, chairman of the board of Wind Telecom. “Our company has the unique opportunity of significantly contributing to the development of the Dominican Republic while at the same time creating a prosperous telecom business.”
“With this end-to-end solution, Wind Telecom will become one of the first wireless broadband operators in the Dominican Republic to support fixed, portable, and mobile services,” said Peter MacKinnon, general manager of WiMAX, Nortel. “With its high-bandwidth capabilities, minimal infrastructure requirements and one of the lowest costs per megabit in the industry, Nortel’s WiMAX solution will help Wind Telecom position itself as a premium network operator.”
The network will be an end-to-end solution for Wind Telecom, including consumer devices, mobile WiMAX base stations, ASN gateway, business support system (BSS) and operational support system (OSS) platforms as well as professional services such as training. All proposed base stations will be operating in the 2.5GHz frequency band. As well as supplying the equipment, Nortel is to be responsible for the deployment, support and maintenance of Wind Telecom’s entire network.
Nortel’s 4G WiMAX solution (standard 802.16e) delivers one of the highest performances in the smallest footprint with one of the most competitive costs per megabit in the industry. It is built on a foundation of OFDM-MIMO, a combination of innovative transmission and antenna technologies that maximizes spectrum to deliver the lightning-fast speeds and high bandwidth essential to high-quality mobile video and TV.
About Wind Telecom, S.A.
Wind Telecom is a company headquartered in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic, and it is fully funded
by a group of Dominican and international investors.
The company will deploy broadband networks to
complement and compete in the telecommunications
market of the Dominican Republic, with the
technological support of Nortel. Wind Telecom owns
200 Mhz of spectrum in the 2.5 Ghz band and
therefore has the capability to deploy a nationwide
WiMAX network and become a significant contributor
to the Dominican telecommunications community.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering
communications capabilities that make the promise of
Business Made Simple a reality for our customers.
Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia
and business-critical applications. Nortel’s
technologies are designed to help eliminate today’s
barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by
simplifying networks and connecting people to the
information they need, when they need it. Nortel
does business in more than 150 countries around the
world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web
at www.nortel.com.
For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
Enforta
Selects Alvarion's Solution to Expand Wireless
Broadband Services in Russia
Carrier Deploying Alvarion's 5.2 GHz System Covering Six Cities
TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
03/20/2007
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that Enforta, the largest broadband wireless service provider in Russia, has chosen its broadband wireless access solution to expand its national broadband network to the six cities of Voronezh, Lipetsk, Penza, Samara, Tula, and Yaroslavl.
Covering 4.5 million residents upon full deployment, the network will operate at 5.2 GHz and provide feature-rich broadband services at reasonable prices. Alvarion's local award-winning partner and authorized distributor, Cedicom, is deploying the network for Enforta. Upon completion of this network expansion, Enforta networks will cover twenty four regional capital cities in the country.
"Building on our past successes, Enforta is bringing modern broadband services to additional Russian cities using the world's most popular wireless broadband system," said Vladimir Shkvarin, Technical Vice President of Enforta. "Alvarion's field-proven solution enables us to offer high speed data to our corporate and small business customers, while giving them quality of service and extended coverage. This new project leverages our more than four year partnership with Alvarion, and we look forward to mutual opportunities for expanding our broadband service area."
"As the leading wireless broadband service provider, we are proud to be selected again by Enforta to play an important role in extending wireless broadband throughout Russia," said Rudy Leser, Alvarion's corporate vice president of strategy and marketing. "The growing demand for broadband in Russia together with Enforta's plans to deploy additional cities later this year, entail extensive future potential there for both companies."
About Enforta
Enforta (www.enforta.com) was founded In October 2003 by a group of telecommunication industry executives with the objective to provide broadband telecommunication solutions based upon wireless and other state-of-the-art technologies in Russia's regional capitals. Enforta provides the modern small office, home office, or business with all the telecommunication services that they require including: high speed Internet, local and national telephony, email, website hosting, and even dedicated (VPN) service for secure communication to branch offices.
About Cedicom Company
Cedicom Company (http://www.cedicom.ru) is an authorized distributor of Alvarion in Russia and the CIS. The activities of Cedicom distributors are combined with Alvarion's Service Centre activities within the framework of the certificated training Center and certificated repair Center. In 2006 Cedicom Joint-Stock Company has become the first of the Russian design distributors entered in the WiMAX Forum International Consortium.
NTT West Deploys Broadband Networks
in Okinawa Using Alvarion's Market Leading
BreezeACCESS VL Japanese Incumbent Adopts VL to
Answer Its Tier 1 Carrier Requirements for Offering
Broadband throughout Region
TEL AVIV, Israel 12 march 2007 (BUSINESS
WIRE)
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading
provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions,
today announced that NTT West Corporation Okinawa
Branch Group has successfully deployed the multiple
broadband networks in Okinawa using its market
leading BreezeACCESS(R) VL system. The deployment
came after the request by the Okinawa Prefecture to
the NTT West Okinawa Branch Group.
Building on the ongoing and long term relationship
between the two parties, NTT WEST Okinawa Branch
Group adopted the VL at 4.9 GHz to answer its Tier 1
carrier requirements for offering wireless broadband
services and fast Internet access to residences and
municipalities on the Okinawa islands of Tokashiki,
Zamami and Aka.
"Okinawa's hundreds of hilly and spread out islands
make using wired infrastructure for broadband
extremely expensive and impractical, so instead we
turned to Alvarion's easy to install BreezeACCESS VL,"
said leader of NTT West Okinawa Branch Group. "After
long and comprehensive field trials in severe
weather conditions including typhoons, we verified
that the VL is the most reliable and cost effective
broadband system available today. The VL and
Alvarion's flexibility, dedication and strict
timetable have enabled us to overcome the digital
divide throughout our region, and we look forward to
expanding broadband availability across Okinawa
using the VL."
BreezeACCESS VL's advanced features such as NLOS
operation resulting from long experience of OFDM
technology implementation, extended reach of more
than 30 kilometers, high capacity of up to 54 Mbps,
encryption, and quality of service (QoS), enable
carriers, mobile operators, ISPs, enterprises and
other service providers to offer triple play
services to both business and residential
subscribers. Operating in the 5 GHz bands, VL
supports great flexibility in frequency planning
with its 20 MHz channel spacing, automatic clear
channel selection (ACCS) and built-in spectrum
analyzer, which monitors and avoids noise on any
given channel.
The BreezeACCESS VL is supported by AlvariSTAR(TM),
a comprehensive network management solution for
managing broadband wireless and WiMAX networks and
related equipment.
"Alvarion, supplying broadband wireless systems to
one of the largest incumbent carriers in the world
to bring broadband throughout their region, is
testament to the quality of our products and
people," said Tzvika Friedman president and CEO of
Alvarion. "The BreezeACCESS VL is the best solution
for Okinawa where wire line networks are too costly
to deploy for broadband. And the success of this
milestone project in Okinawa is a catalyst for
additional and larger deployment projects in Okinawa
and throughout Japan, which will further strengthen
our relationship with NTT West Group."
About NTT West-Okinawa Corporation
NTT West-Okinawa Corporation is part of NTT West
Group Companies, which is part of NTT Group the
incumbent operator in Japan. NTT West provides
Regional Telecommunication Services in the west area
of Japan. Such Telecommunication services include:
Telephone services, Integrated Digital services,
Leased Line service and so on. For more information
visit NTT West website:
www.ntt-west.co.jp/index_e2.html
Source: Alvarion Ltd.
BIEL-BIENNE (WiMAX Day). The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) in Switzerland yesterday announced a tender offer for two national Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences.
According to a statement made by OFCOM yesterday, the licences are for spectrum in the 3.4 ~ 3.6 GHz frequency range. One licence will be awarded with bandwidth of 2 x 21 MHz and the second license will have 2 x 17.5 MHz
The licenses will enable the provision of national services, and are technology neutral but understood to be aimed for use with WiMAX. The licenses will provide for fixed point-to-multipoint services, and allow roaming from a terminal at any location. In the medium term OFCOM also plan that the licenses will allow for mobile services as well.
The minimum price of the licences has been set at CHF 5.8 million for the 21MHz licence and CHF 4.85 million for the 17.5 MHz licence. By comparison, Swisscom paid CHF 6 million for a 2 x 21 MHz license it was awarded in June 2006
The only other license holder for 3.5 GHz spectrum in Switzerland is Cablecom, owned by Liberty Group, which acquired 2 x 28 MHz in 2000 in a WLL auction. Both Cablecom and Swisscom are excluded from submitting bids in the next auction.
Swisscom is the leading provider of telecommunications services in Switzerland. It is the dominant provider of fixed and mobile communications, and the leading provider of DSL services.
For Swisscom, WiMAX may present a unique opportunity to comply with the recent directive of the Swiss government in September that broadband services must be included in the Universal Service Obligation (USO) as of 2008. The USO is a European Community directive that ensures basic fixed line services are available to all citizens at an affordable price. Switzerland is the only country thus far that includes broadband access as part of USO.
With the onus of USO requirements, WiMAX may be an ideal technology for Swisscom in remote locations. According to Jürg Ruprecht, Head of Wireless Technologies at Swisscom Fixnet, WiMAX is certainly a candidate for last mile solutions, yet no final decision has been made.
Swisscom has thus far performed limited testing of WiMAX and under the terms of its license agreement, it must deploy 30 base stations by the end of 2007, with a total of 120 by the end of 2009. However, as Swisscom has decided to deploy systems compatible with the mobile WiMAX standard 802.16e-2005, there may not be enough certified equipment available over the next year. If this problem persists, Ruprecht noted that Swisscom may need to throttle back their deployment.
The decision to deploy equipment compatible with 802.16e-2005 indicates that Swisscom is likely most interested in the future potential of WiMAX as a mobile technology. Ruprecht previously stated at a conference in September that for Swisscom, “WiMAX is a catalyst for fixed and mobile convergence services,” thus as with most GSM operators, Swisscom may eventually include WiMAX in its portfolio of 4G technologies.
Agilent's free WiMAX test tool kit CD-ROM provides
the information needed to efficiently and
effectively simulate, troubleshoot and verify
designs for 802.16-2004 and 802.16 OFDMA
applications. It includes application notes,
presentations, product information, instrument
set-up files and more.
The recently introduced E6651A mobile WiMAX test set
incorporates flexible base station emulation and RF
parametric tests into one integrated unit.
It is claimed to allow 802.16e-2005 subscriber
station designers and manufacturers to move from
development to volume production, and to improve the
integrity and quality of their products while
reducing cost.
The E6651A provides RF signal generation and signal
analysis capability up to 6 GHz and includes a full
suite of high-speed, precision-accuracy RF
measurements for characterisation, calibration and
verification purposes.
Certification profile 1 A is currently supported and
profile 3 A planned.
The test set can be extended to enable protocol
interoperability and application testing. With
realistic base station emulation, the test set
offers a controlled environment, with flexibility to
configure a wide range of network parameters in
which to test, stress and debug the protocol and
data handling capabilities of a design
http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/industry.jspx?nid=-35762.0.00&lc=eng&cc=US
by Ed Hardy on Saturday, March 10, 2007
Palm,
Inc. is going to release a smartphone late this year
with some cutting-edge features.
Supposedly, this will be the first "ultra thin" Treo.
This could be in response to the growing number of
very thin smartphones made by Palm's competitors.
Its latest models, the Treo 680 and Treo 750 are
thinner than this company's earlier ones, but are
still much thicker than devices like the T-Mobile
Dash, Samsung BlackJack, and Nokia E62.
What's drawing the most attention to this device,
though, is the assertion that it will have support
for WiMAX. Sprint expects to begin offering this 4G
cellular-wireless networking standard before the end
of this year, and Engadget's source says that one of
the first devices to support this new network will
be this Treo.
At this point, these few details are that's known
about this supposedly upcoming smartphone. The
source didn't even reveal whether this device will
run Windows Mobile or Garnet OS.
Agilent and Beceem jointly to develop high-speed manufacturing test solutions
6 March 2007
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Beceem Communications
have signed an agreement to develop high-speed
manufacturing test solutions for mobile WiMAX
devices based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard.
Agilent will initially develop a new test system
based on the MXA signal analyser and MXG signal
generator for WiMAX and Agilent's test executive and
control software.
This test system will be optimised to directly
control Beceem's MS120 baseband and RF chipset and
the WiMAX modem software, thus enabling high
possible measurement throughput.
Beceem will certify Agilent's test systems for use
by manufacturers that are developing mobile WiMAX
products based on the MS120 chipset.
Agilent is truly excited to be working so closely
with Beceem.
Beceem is a leading chipset vendor in mobile WiMAX
and is in a mover market position with shipping
well-qualified chipsets and reference designs for
this rapidly growing industry.
According to Beceem, Agilent is a leader in test
equipment for CDMA, GSM and WCDMA, and it’s a
pleasure to work with Agilent to accelerate the
mobile WiMAX market.
Solutions like Agilent's are critical for enabling
OEMs and ODMs to develop and test their WiMAX
products, both in their labs and in production.
Telecom Namibia Deploys WiMAX Network
Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX(TM)
Incumbent Upgrading Wireless Local Loop with WiMAX
for Primary Voice Services and Broadband Data
TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)-
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's leading
provider of wireless broadband and WiMAX solutions,
today announced that incumbent carrier Telecom
Namibia has selected its BreezeMAX to upgrade
wireless local loop systems with WiMAX, in order to
provide primary telecommunication voice services,
broadband data and high speed Internet access,
throughout the country. In addition, Telecom Namibia
will offer primary voice and data services to
residential and business subscribers; Rampoint
Communications is Alvarion's local partner for the
project.
"As a customer-driven company, we have strategically
chosen Alvarion and its BreezeMAX platform as
infrastructure, in order to provide the highest
quality of broadband data and voice services to our
population," said Frans Ndoroma, Managing Director
of Telecom Namibia. "In addition to its high quality
of service, we are impressed with the fast
deployment timetable of BreezeMAX and the long
distances already reached, which enables us to
generate revenues immediately, while continuing to
expand the network. We believe that this extensive
project will revolutionize our huge country's
telecommunications, especially the long distance
coverage without significant loss of data speed."
Alvarion's feature rich BreezeMAX platform, based on
extensive field experience, enables supporting
primary voice with high quality, as well as smooth
integration with existing Telecom Namibia core
networks. Consequently, customers benefit from a
fast and cost effective integration process into
their already existing infrastructures, via open
interfaces.
BreezeMAX, Alvarion's award winning WiMAX platform,
complies with IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM
technology for advanced non-line-of-sight
functionality. Its carrier-class design supports
broadband speeds and quality of service, enabling
carriers to offer triple play broadband services to
thousands of subscribers via a single base station.
Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been
successfully deployed in over 300 installations, in
more than 100 countries around the world.
"We are pleased to provide strategic infrastructure
among incumbent carriers as the provider of
countrywide, comprehensive broadband networks," said
Tzvika Friedman, CEO and president of Alvarion. "BreezeMAX
will allow our longtime customer Telecom Namibia to
cover the local population segments with next
generation broadband services. Building on the
award-winning success of our cooperative
relationship, we expect our joint efforts with
Rampoint to contribute to the country at an even
higher level in the future."
About Telecom Namibia
Telecom Namibia Ltd. (www.telecom.na) is the
national telecommunications operator, established in
August 1992 and wholly owned by the Government of
the Republic of Namibia. Telecom Namibia functions
as a commercialized company and subsidiary of its
parent company - Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings
Ltd. As a customer-driven company, Telecom Namibia
changes telecommunication products and services
according to customer demands, answering their
requirements for fast, reliable and advance services.
Running the largest Digital Telecommunication
Network in Namibia, the company is a leading
supplier of voice, text, data and video solutions.
About Rampoint Communications
Rampoint is a Namibian based Communications
Corporation formed by a group of highly Experienced
Telecommunications Engineers and Technicians with a
presence in multiple Southern African Countries. The
Corporation was formed in 2000 with its aim and
primary focus being researching, identifying and
providing a young and growing Namibia with high
quality, fast and cost effective Operator based
Wireless Broadband Networking solutions. Rampoint
Communications' experience is primarily in wireless
communications and ranges from terrestrial systems,
including fixed Line and Radio to Satellite based
solutions. With our background and partners we have
access to the leading edge of international
developments in the wireless communications field
and can provide our clients with the most
appropriate technology equipment, software,
accessories and services including training and 24/7
customer and technical support.
Information set forth in this press release
pertaining to third parties has not been
independently verified by Alvarion and is based
solely on publicly available information or on
information provided to Alvarion by such third
parties for inclusion in this press release. The web
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Alcatel-Lucent invests in WiMAX semiconductor supplier SEQUANS
PARIS &
CUPERTINO, Calif. February 21, 2007
Alcatel-Lucent today announced it has invested in
SEQUANS Communications, a leading supplier and
developer of fixed and mobile WiMAX semiconductor
solutions. The investment is an extension of
Sequans'
recent round of funding announced in July 2006.
Terms of the investment agreement were not disclosed.
"Our investment in Sequans shows our commitment to
WiMAX and our interest in supporting the development
of the leading WiMAX technologies," said Karim El
Naggar, vice president of Alcatel-Lucent WiMAX
Business Unit. "Sequans' high-performance chips are
an important element helping to ensure
Alcatel-Lucent's leading position in this industry."
"Alcatel-Lucent is a key WiMAX player and the
worldwide leader in broadband deployment," said
Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. "By strengthening our
cooperation, we will be able to better benefit from
Alcatel-Lucent's vast experience in addressing the
needs of broadband fixed and mobile markets."
Sequans has been heavily involved with the
development of IEEE 802.16 d/e standards and WiMAX
Forum activities, including all PlugFests, where
interoperability is tested, and certification
procedures. Sequans will soon be releasing a mobile
WiMAX chip for client devices designed to exceed
WiMAX Forum Wave 2 certification requirements..
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
provides solutions that enable service providers,
enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver
voice, data and video communication services to
end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and
converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers
the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling
communications services for people at home, at work
and on the move. With operations in more than 130
countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with
global reach. The company has the most experienced
global services team in the industry, and one of the
largest research, technology and innovation
organizations in the telecommunications industry.
Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues
of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in
France, with executive offices located in Paris. [All
figures exclude impact of activities to be
transferred to Thales]. For more information, visit
Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
About Sequans
SEQUANS Communications is a leading supplier of
fixed and mobile WiMAX silicon and software based on
802.16 standards. Offering both base station and
subscriber station system-on-chips (SoCs) for both
fixed and mobile WiMAX, Sequans offers equipment
manufacturers an all-in-one solution with full MAC
and PHY functionality, enabling them to build a
complete range of WiMAX network components: high-end
and pico base stations, outdoor and indoor
subscriber terminals, home gateways, and all types
of mobile devices. Sequans, along with its RF
partners, provide the most complete WiMAX solution
available to system manufacturers today. Sequans'
fixed WiMAX products are WiMAX Forum CertifiedT and
its mobile WiMAX products will be readily certified
when the certification process begins. Sequans is
based in Paris, France with offices in USA, Israel
and Singapore. Please visit
www.sequans.com
Alvarion Expands Its OPEN WiMAX(TM)
Ecosystem Increasing Multi-Vendor Interoperability
4Motion(TM) Achieves Successful Interoperability in Preparation of Wave 1 & 2 802.16e-2005 Certification
TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, announced the expansion of its OPEN WiMAX ecosystem through successful initial interoperability testing with an increasing number of 3rd party mobile devices. The company's 4Motion solution has achieved successful initial interoperability with numerous devices, using embedded chipsets from top vendors such as Beceem Communications, GCT Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Runcom Technologies and Sequans Communications, all in preparation of Wave 1 and 2 802.16e-2005 certification.
Providing high quality radio performance and answering to the strict security measures incorporated into the WiMAX and 802.16e-2005 specifications, Alvarion has completed yet another significant technology milestone in its interoperability testing program. The successful testing of WiMAX security features with other vendors includes authentication and data encryption methods, as well as radio resource management features, automatic power control and channel quality management.
With this extensive portfolio of compatible Mobile WiMAX chipsets, the 4Motion solution will have the ability to support a wide range of end-user devices such as laptops, PDAs, handsets and WiMAX PC cards. Compliant with WiMAX Forum(TM) 802.16e-2005 specifications and following a recent and advanced series of interoperability tests, 4Motion has demonstrated support for rich media centric content services such as Mobile TV, VoIP, VOD, and interactive gaming.
Designed as open, standard, and interoperable, OPEN WiMAX is a complete ecosystem that encompasses network equipment, consumer electronics, service offerings, and even the end-users' experience. Referring to Open Personal Broadband Networks, OPEN WiMAX is the ecosystem behind Alvarion's highly scalable 4Motion solution, which combines the BreezeMAX(TM) and best of breed systems from various partners to create an operator-centric network solution for WiMAX.
"4Motion offers extensive capabilities for Mobile WiMAX networks and devices, and is designed to support next generation WiMAX solutions," said Rudy Leser, Alvarion's corporate vice president of strategy and marketing. "Alvarion positions itself as market leader by demonstrating interoperability with leading vendors and presenting an integrated solution. Service providers prefer to choose best of breed systems from a variety of vendors, as well as create an interoperable network for widely available handsets and consumer electronic devices, thus meeting their specific network requirements and subscribers' needs."
Today's WiMAX technology demands full interoperability among vendors, forming a new market approach and placing the operators and consumers in the center. With the vast potential in WiMAX networks, more and more leading vendors are taking an active role in WiMAX Forum activities to further reinforce the OPEN WiMAX ecosystem.
Source: Alvarion Ltd.
02/14/2007 9:48AM - Business Wire
Catalonian Government Plans to Test
Mobile WiMAX Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX(TM)
Hosting 3GSM Government Plans to Build Future Mobile Broadband Services on Proven WiMAX Successes Alvarion Demonstrates its OPEN WiMAX(TM) at Show
BARCELONA, SpainBARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that the Catalonian government is using its BreezeMAX system to extend advanced broadband services throughout the state. Building on its prior WiMAX deployments, the 3GSM host successes to ensure that all citizens of Catalonia receive equal broadband services, and some of them receive it using wireless access infrastructure. This project will be carried out by the Center for Information and Communication Technologies (CTTI), which has joined the WiMAX Forum(TM).
Previously local operator Iberbanda--awarded its first broadband contract by the Catalonia government in 2004--had used Alvarion's BreezeMAX system to bring broadband to the Catalonian lands of Tarragona and Lleida. And with that project exceeding all expectations, Iberbanda is now extending broadband services to both rural and suburban areas in the two additional Catalonian lands - Girona and Barcelona country areas.
"The Catalonian government is a highly satisfied WiMAX user and believes in promoting the WiMAX advantage," said Jordi Bosch, Secretary for Telecommunications and Information Society. "Alvarion, the WiMAX worldwide proven leader, has earned the government's trust during these two years of intensive commercial deployment throughout the region. We are adopting Alvarion's OPEN WiMAX, Best of Breed strategy, since we believe in this operator-centric approach, and now look forward to test Mobile WiMAX solutions."
"Iberbanda is completely committed to the deployment of this new access network bringing broadband services to a large number of Catalonia citizens, who were unable to receive these kind of services until now," said Luis Miguel Garcia, CEO of Iberbanda.
BreezeMAX is Alvarion's award-winning, WiMAX Certified(TM) platform designed from the ground up according to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and QoS to enable carriers to offer triple play broadband services to thousands of subscribers in a single base station. Interested parties can view showcases and demonstrations of Alvarion's OPEN WiMAX strategy in Hall 2, Booth 225C at the 3GSM show being held in Barcelona, Spain on February 12-15.
"Once again we are taking a leading role in helping to bring broadband to Catalonia, a region already benefiting from WiMAX services provided by our BreezeMAX system," said Tzvika Friedman president and CEO of Alvarion. "We value the government's confidence in WiMAX and look forward to continued cooperation in Catalonia and with Iberbanda overall as we begin to promote our OPEN WiMAX solutions worldwide."
About Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous state in Spain, defined as a nation with its laws. Its territory corresponds to most of the historic territory of the former Principality of Catalonia, dating back to more than 1000 years of history - one of the oldest people in Europe and Barcelona as its capital city.
About Iberbanda
Iberbanda (www.iberbanda.es) is an innovative broadband communications provider utilizing wireless local loop technology in its own access network deployed in Spain. The company offers managed bandwidth services plus a new generation of telephony, Internet access, hosting, data transmission and online IT solutions. Iberbanda is a member of WiMAX Forum.
Source: Alvarion Ltd.
Cable &
Wireless International Selects Alvarion's BreezeMAX(TM)
for Deployment of WiMAX Services
BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--
Cable & Wireless International (CWI) and Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, announced the signing of a global frame agreement in which CWI has selected Alvarion's BreezeMAX system for fixed and mobile (802.16e) deployments. Alvarion's award-winning BreezeMAX is the most deployed WiMAX system in the world with over 300 installations in more than 100 countries.
CWI has already deployed the first network in Antigua offering service beginning in December 2006. The WiMAX network deployment provides broadband to business and residence customers, using the BreezeMAX Pro and BreezeMAX Si customer premises equipment.
"Alvarion's WiMAX strategy enables us to optimize all aspects of our WiMAX network deployments using the best systems from multiple companies. This further enhances the WiMAX ecosystem while deepening the business partnership between our companies," said Frank Mount, CWI Chief Technology Officer. "Alvarion's high capacity deployed network supports voice and broadband and is capable of meeting the mobility required by our customers, meeting a significant differentiator for CWI."
BreezeMAX, Alvarion's mature and field proven WiMAX platform, has been deployed in over 300 networks over the past 2.5 years. It is a complete offering, addressing all deployment types - fixed, nomadic and mobile - in rural, suburban and urban environments.
"We are proud to be selected by an innovative and international operator as CWI," said Tzvika Friedman, CEO of Alvarion. "Working together on advanced solutions and services will further assist Alvarion as market leaders. OPEN WiMAX(TM) combines our market-leading BreezeMAX system with complementary network systems from best of breed partners to serve as the future global standard for delivering Personal Broadband services over WiMAX."
About Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless (www.cw.com) is one of the world's leading international communications companies. It operates through two standalone business units - International and UK. The International business unit operates integrated telecommunications companies in 33 countries offering mobile, broadband, domestic and international fixed line services to residential and business customers, with principal operations in the Caribbean, Panama, Macau, Monaco and the Channel Islands. The UK business unit provides enterprise and carrier solutions to the largest users of telecom services across Europe, Asia and USA and wholesale broadband services in the UK.
http://www.letsnetwork.com/flexichallenge/
Nokia
Flexi WiMAX Base Station: Making the personal mobile
internet a reality
Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station and Nokia ASN Gateway
completes Nokia’s mobile WiMAX solution for radio
access technologies.
WiMAX technology offers broadband wireless for
operators with no WCDMA 3G license or spectrum.
The choice of radio technology is led by each
operator’s current network, spectrum assets, and
voice strategy. The Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station
and Nokia ASN Gateway will be available at the end
of 2007, while Nokia WiMAX devices are expected in
2008.
Install base stations practically anywhere
Using weatherproof modules that can be installed
indoors or outdoors even without a cabinet, the
Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station revolutionizes how
sites are acquired and deployed. Many new
installation options are possible, such as
billboards and street kiosk roofs.
Compact size, low-power consumption and light weight
mean fast site acquisition, easy site build-outs and
low site rental costs. Not only is network rollout
rapid, but the base station’s modular design and
OBSAI (Open Base Station Architecture Initiative)
compliance make capacity upgrades easy. Operators
can enhance their WiMAX capacity to match their
growing business.
Services for deploying mobile WiMAX
Mobile WiMAX will appeal most to operators without
cellular spectrum allocations, but who want to offer
mobile broadband. With limited experience of wide
area mobile networks, they will need a technology
partner that understands the demands that mobile
access makes on WiMAX networks.
With more than 15 years experience, Nokia knows how
to roll out and support large, commercial, single
vendor and multivendor networks. Nokia is the
technology partner of choice for many operators and
can handle every aspect of a network, even managing
services on behalf of the operator.
Ready for the mobile broadband future
Offering mobile WiMAX underlines Nokia’s support for
a multiradio future, giving operators the
flexibility to choose different technologies as they
evolve. Nokia plans to evolve network technologies
to give users access to the same volumes of data as
found on today’s fixed networks.
Support for fixed and mobile broadband users
The Nokia WiMAX solution supports both fixed and
mobile broadband users by enabling WiMAX to be
deployed as an alternative to fixed access, bringing
broadband service to areas without DSL and by making
DSL services mobile.
02/05/2007 6:52AM
Chunghwa Telecom Selects Alvarion's Wimax Solution
Industry-leading WiMAX
Platform Enables Top Taiwanese Operator to Deliver
Broadband Data Services in Central Taiwan
TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading
provider of wireless broadband and WiMAX solutions,
announced today that the leading Taiwanese telecom
service provider Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has selected
its WiMAX solution to offer broadband services in
the center of the country. Using BreezeMAX(TM), the
industry's most widely deployed WiMAX platform, CHT
will deliver a range of data services including
Internet access, VoIP and support for mobile medical,
business and education applications to underserved
residents in Nantou County, a rugged mountainous
region of central Taiwan. The project is part of the
M-Taiwan initiative, which aims to transform Taiwan
into one of the most advanced e-nations in Asia by
2008.
Alvarion is working with TECOM, a local partner and
leading Taiwanese manufacturer of telecommunications
equipment, to implement the use of WiMAX to backhaul
a number of Wi-Fi access points with the network set
to go live later this month. Following completion of
the project's first phase, CHT intends to extend
WiMAX coverage throughout the county and beyond.
"We chose BreezeMAX due to its advanced technology
and proven field success," said Jay Wu, Manager,
Chunghwa Telecom. "Alvarion's strong team has
successfully deployed WiMAX solutions throughout the
world. We look forward to working with Alvarion on
the M-Taiwan initiative of bringing economic growth
throughout the country."
The award-winning BreezeMAX platform is designed
from the ground up according to the IEEE 802.16
standards, and uses OFDM technology for advanced
non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Comprised of
macro and micro base stations and customer premises
equipment, BreezeMAX features a carrier-class design
that supports broadband speeds and quality of
service. This enables carriers to offer triple-play
broadband services to thousands of subscribers in a
single base station. Since its mid-2004 launch,
BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 200
installations in more than 80 countries worldwide.
"We are excited to be teaming up with a large
incumbent provider such as CHT and help in offering
OPENTM WiMAX services in such an important country,"
said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion.
"The deployment of BreezeMAX in central Taiwan is
planned to significantly advance broadband
communications in the country, while extending CHT's
core service offerings. After completing the
project's initial phase, we plan to help CHT use
OPEN WiMAX to expand broadband services to other
regions of Taiwan."
About Chunghwa Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX 2412, NYSE: CHT) is the
leading telecom service provider in Taiwan
(www.cht.com.tw). Chunghwa Telecom provides fixed
line, mobile and Internet and data services to
residential and business customers in Taiwan.
About TECOM
TECOM Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of
telecommunications equipment was established in 1980
(www.tecomproduct.com). TECOM has become one of
Taiwan's most successful high-tech companies and is
a role model for startup companies. TECOM's product
lines include business communication systems,
wireless communication systems, infrastructure
transmission systems, and Broadband/IP communication
systems. TECOM is also involved in
telecommunications service, such as providing GSM
and Fixed Network services in Taiwan, Broadband
Internet access for building complexes, as well as
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) in rural communities and
developing countries.
About Alvarion
With more than 2 million units deployed in 150
countries, Alvarion (www.alvarion.com) is the
world's leading provider of innovative wireless
network solutions, enabling personal broadband
services to improve lifestyles and productivity with
portable and mobile data, VoIP, video and other
applications.
Leading the Open WiMAX market with the most widely
deployed WiMAX system in the world, Alvarion has the
most extensive network deployments and proven
product portfolio in the industry, covering the full
range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile
solutions. Alvarion's products enable the delivery
of business and residential broadband access,
corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base
station feeding, hotspot coverage extension,
community interconnection, public safety
communications, and mobile voice and data. Alvarion
works with several global OEM providers and more
than 200 local partners to support its diverse
global customer base in solving their last-mile
challenges.
As a wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been
driving and delivering innovations for over 10 years
from core technology developments to creating and
promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key
roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees
and experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the
Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum(TM) is
focused on increasing the widespread adoption of
standards-based products in the wireless broadband
market and leading the entire industry to mobile
Open WiMAX solutions.
This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on
the current expectations or beliefs of Alvarion's
management and are subject to a number of factors
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements. The following factors,
among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements: inability to further
identify, develop and achieve success for new
products, services and technologies; increased
competition and its effect on pricing, spending,
third-party relationships and revenues; as well as
the in ability to establish and maintain
relationships with commerce, advertising, marketing,
and technology providers and other risks detailed
from time to time in filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Information set forth in this press release
pertaining to third parties has not been
independently verified by Alvarion and is based
solely on publicly available information or on
information provided to Alvarion by such third
parties for inclusion in this press release. The web
sites appearing in this press release are not and
will not be included or incorporated by reference in
any filing made by Alvarion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, which this press release will
be a part of.
You may request Alvarion's future press releases or
a complete Investor Kit by contacting Carmen
Deville, Investor Relations:
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Source: Alvarion Ltd.
8/01/2007 Alvarion Ltd. NASDAQ-GM
ALVR: Forms Wireless Broadband Alliance in Taiwan w/Accton
Technology
By Fain Hughes
Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR) and Accton Technology
Corporation, the Asian provider of networking and
communications equipment, announced that together
they have formed Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB)--a
new company based in Taiwan--to develop mass market
WiMAX consumer electronic devices in order to
complement Alvarion's WiMAX offerings while
facilitating the transition of WiMAX and Personal
Broadband services to worldwide availability.
AWB will design and develop high volume customer
premises equipments (CPEs) and other end user
devices based on the 802.16e-2005 WiMAX
specifications, or what is commonly referred to as
mobile WiMAX. AWB will sell its devices to Alvarion
to be part of its Open WiMAX solution 4Motion which
uses Best of Breed systems, as well as other
broadband wireless systems and solutions to be
delivered as part of their offerings to carriers,
service providers, and end-users worldwide.
NDS Partners With MobiTV To Demonstrate First Mobile WiMAX TV
January 03, 2007
DS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, announced today that it has partnered with MobiTV to demonstrate the first-ever secure delivery of Mobile WiMAX TV to Ultra Mobile PCs. The integration of NDS VideoGuard with the MobiTV® service enables Mobile WiMAX operators to offer premium mobile television over a two-way IEEE 802.16e network while maintaining content rights and protecting service revenues. The new technology will be demonstrated at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.
The solution integrates the NDS VideoGuard DRM and Conditional Access (CA) Server with MobiTV’s backend system to support the encryption of content and management of subscribers. On the client side, the two companies have integrated the NDS VideoGuard DRM and CA client into MobiTV’s mobile TV client which runs on an Ultra Mobile PC. An Ultra Mobile PC is a new category of mobile devices optimized for specific usage such as Internet-to-go, Entertainment-to-go, and Education-to-go, while providing full PC capability and versatility.
The MobiTV client connects to the video sent over the WiMAX network and displays it only after verifying subscriber rights for the service. This type of integration enables operators to protect the revenues generated from the MobiTV service, ensuring that only paying subscribers can gain access to the available channels.
The integration of the MobiTV service with NDS VideoGuard demonstrates an end-to-end pay-TV platform for WiMAX service providers. The service includes an efficient delivery mechanism for video, an electronic service guide (ESG) with channel and program information, and a TV client application. The integrated DRM offering allows operators to enforce content rights and to apply various business models to the content that is being delivered, including subscription, pay-per-view, pay-per-time, and others, appealing to different subscriber profiles.
“MobiTV offers the leading platform for delivery of TV to mobile devices and PCs. Our demonstration at CES shows how Mobile WiMAX operators can generate revenues from mobile video by supporting multiple business models and protecting their content at the same time,” said Joseph Deutsch, Vice President of Product Marketing for NDS.
Kay Johansson, CTO for MobiTV remarked: “Video and television delivery will obviously be one of the key applications for Mobile WiMAX, and a well thought out, mobile television solution providing multicast and unicast streaming is crucial for WiMAX operators trying to maximize ARPU. By integrating our solution with a key DRM player like NDS, we are showcasing how such an offering works and could be implemented with ease.”
German WiMAX License Auction Details
December 2006, the bidding for WiMAX licenses in Germany will finally commence. Updates throughout the bidding process will be published life on the Internet at the Website of the Bundesnetzagentur. Here are some facts behind the auction:
Technology Neutrality
The licenses being auctioned are not reserved for a special technology. Thus, the title of this entry is not quite correct. However, it is expected that WiMAX will be the technology used by companies interested in this spectrum to provide broadband wireless access.
Bidders
It's not quite clear yet who is going to bid for the licenses, it seems to be a well kept secret by the Bundesnetzagentur until Tuesday morning. The Deutsche Breitband Dienste GmbH, also known as DSLonAir, has publicly stated that they will participate, so at least one contender is known. They've also publicly stated that they are interested in getting a nationwide license.
Regional
Licenses and Coverage Commitments
In total, four
licenses will be auctioned for 28 regions.
In order to provide nationwide service a
company needs to get a license in all
regions. The starting price for a region
depends on the population density and prices
vary from 300.000 euros to about 1.8 million
euros per region. To get a license for all
regions the starting price of the auction is
about 16 million euros. As there are four
licenses per region, the minimal revenue for
the state, should all licenses in all
regions be taken, is 64 million euros.
Licensees are required to cover at least 15%
of the towns in each region by the end of
2009 and 25% of the towns at the end of
2012.
Frequency Bands Being Auctioned
Each license covers a paired 21 MHz channel, i.e. two 21 MHz channels with a duplex distance of 100 MHz between 3410 - 3494 MHz and 3510 - 3594 MHz. It is left to the digression of the company using the frequencies to use frequency division duplexing (FDD) systems which requires paired spectrum or if time division duplexing (TDD) is used which does not require paired channels. According to a recent Intel Whitepaper (page 8), WiMAX 802.16e will use TDD in this frequency band. The white paper also states that in this frequency band channel bandwidths of 5 and 10 MHz are specified. This means that a licensee can operate four independent channels with one license.
Auction Result Depends on Competition
As except for one company the names of the bidders are not yet known it remains to be seen how many of the interested parties will go for a full nationwide coverage and which are only interested to cover certain regions. As there are four licenses per region at least five of the six companies would have to bid in each region in order to significantly increase the minimal price. So what would be a price for the licenses which would still be realistic? Well, let's make a quick and dirty calculation here: Let's assume all four licenses are awarded in all regions and the companies are able to get 10% of the population of Germany, which would be 8 million people, to subscribe to services over a period of 15 years. Let's further say that licenses should cost no more than 1 euro per subscriber per month. Let's also leave all other complicated stuff like interest, network ramp up, etc. out of the equation for the moment. Thus, the maximum sum bidders would be prepared to pay equals 8 million subscribers * 1 euro * 12 months * 15 years = 1.4 billion euros. This would be 360 million euros per licensee. Sounds like a huge sum, but compared to the 50 billion euros spent for UMTS licenses it would still be a bargain.
Of course the three big unknowns in the equation are if there is enough competition to get such a sum, if companies are willing to shed such a lot of money up front and of course if WiMAX networks will be attractive enough to get a penetration of 10% of the population. Much depends on how these networks will offer their services. For more on this, take a look on my entry on "WiMAX Culture: Hotspot or 3G".
Italians
welcome WiMax sell-off
By Philip Willan, IDG
News Service, 12/29/06
Italian politicians and businesses welcomed the
announcement that the government would begin selling
WiMax-capable frequencies next June, saying it was
an important step toward the technological
modernization of the country
The government announced Wednesday that the defense
and communications ministries had reached an
agreement to free up radio frequencies in the 3.4 -
3.6 GHz wavebands for use in Wi-Max (Wordlwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access) Internet
services. The technology uses radio frequencies to
beam data to laptops and mobile gadgets. Unlike
existing technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth,
it can send large quantities of data over relatively
long distances.
The first licenses to use the frequencies,
previously occupied by military radar systems, will
go on sale in June, Italy's communications ministry
said in a statement. “The Wi-Max service can now be
created for a more rapid development and diffusion
of broadband around the country, particularly in
those areas where the creation of new infrastructure
is most problematic,” the statement said.
Regional Affairs Minister Linda Lanzillotta welcomed
the news, saying in a statement that the technology
would be particularly beneficial to isolated
communities. Remote mountain communities in
particular have suffered from the unwillingness of
telecom providers to make the necessary investment
to connect them to their ADSL (Asymmetric Digital
Subscriber Line) networks.
Internet Service Providers Tiscali SpA and Fastweb
SpA both responded favorably to the announcement,
noting that they had already successfully tested
Wi-Max technology.
The communications ministry said the new technology
would provide broadband wireless access at distances
of tens of kilometers (1 km= 0.62 miles), as opposed
to current Wi-Fi services which can only cope with
distances of a few hundred meters (1m = 1.1 yards).
In ideal conditions the service could attain speeds
of up to 74 Mbps, it said.
The exact details of the license sale have yet to be
worked out and the Communications Authority has
begun a process of public consultation, which is due
to be concluded in February, a communications
ministry spokeswoman said Friday.
Wi-Max licenses are being sold in other European
countries such as France, Germany and Greece. The
sale is not expected to produce more than €200
million (US$263 million) for the government,
analysts said. This is a far cry from the figures
earned in the auctions of Europe’s 3G cellular
licenses.
(ANSA) - ROMA, 28/12/2006
Tlc: Lanzillotta, successo liberalizzazione licenze Wi-Max
- La decisione di liberalizzare le frequenze Wi-Max ''ci mette al passo con il resto d'Europa''. Lo afferma il ministro Linda Lanzillotta. Nei prossimi mesi il ministro per gli Affari Regionali e le Autonomie Locali, anche componente del Comitato dei Ministri per la banda larga, sara' al lavoro per individuare le linee di azione per la diffusione su tutto il territorio di servizi in rete ad alto valore aggiunto veicolati attraverso il Wi-Max.
TEL AVIV, Israel, 27/12/2006
Aircel using Alvarion's BREEZEMAX™ to deploy WiMAx Networks accross Northern and Eastern India
Offering Broadband Data and Voice Services, Aircel is Overlaying and Expanding its Current Network, Planning to Serve SMEs in 50 Cities
lvarion
Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world’s leading provider of
wireless broadband solutions today announced that
Aircel Business Solutions (ABS), a subsidiary of
leading Indian cellular service provider Aircel, is
expanding its current network and planning to use
BreezeMAX 3300 to deploy WiMAX networks across 50
cities in northern and eastern India.
Aircel currently has deployments in eight cities and
is using BreezeMAX to overlay and expand its current
broadband and cellular network infrastructure to
quickly offer affordable broadband data services to
small and medium enterprise (SME) customers.
Alvarion’s BreezeMAX 3300 is an extension of its
market leading WiMAX platform operating in 3.3GHz,
the frequency band specifically licensed for WiMAX
services in India.
"We conducted extensive technological, commercial
and operational research before selecting Alvarion’s
BreezeMAX as the best WiMAX system for providing
broadband services," said Mr. Jagdish Kini, Group
Chief Executive Officer, Aircel. “We have pioneered
India’s wireless revolution by offering WiMAX along
with a host of innovative enterprise services using
BreezeMAX’s built-in support for service level
agreements (SLAs). We look forward to continuing to
work with Alvarion as we expand our WiMAX offerings
across India."
BreezeMAX is Alvarion’s award-winning WiMAX
Certified™ platform designed from the ground up
according to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM
technology for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS)
functionality. Its carrier-class design supports
broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS)
enabling carriers to offer triple play broadband
services to thousands of subscribers in a single
base station.
" Aircel is one of several WiMAX customers we have
in APAC, a region identified long ago as having
great potential for WiMAX due to its insatiable
demand for broadband and general lack of
infrastructure," said Tzvika Friedman, president and
CEO of Alvarion. "Leveraging our widely deployed
BreezeMAX system and deep technical capabilities, we
were able to quickly and cost-effectively offer a
WiMAX product in the specific spectrum available in
India. We are very excited to help close the
digital divide in such a large and important
emerging market.”
Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been
successfully deployed in over 200 installations in
more than 80 countries around the world.
About Aircel
Aircel Business Solutions (ABS), a part of Aircel,
is headquartered in Chennai, India and is an ISO
9000 certified company. ABS is a registered member
of WiMAX forum – both in the Indian and
International Chapters. ABS’ product range includes
a host of cutting-edge enterprise solutions such as
Multi Protocol Label Switching Virtual Private
Networks (MPLS VPNs), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
and Managed Video Services on wireless platform
including WiMAX.
About Alvarion
With more than 2 million units deployed in 150
countries, Alvarion is the world’s leading provider
of innovative wireless network solutions enabling
personal broadband services to improve lifestyles
and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP,
video and other applications. Providing systems to
carriers, ISPs and private network operators, the
company supplies solutions in both developed and
developing countries.
Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most
extensive deployments and proven product portfolio
in the industry covering the full range of frequency
bands with both fixed and mobile solutions.
Alvarion’s products enable the delivery of business
and residential broadband access, corporate VPNs,
toll quality telephony, mobile base station feeding,
hotspot coverage extension, community
interconnection, public safety communications, and
mobile voice and data. Alvarion works with several
global OEM providers and more than 200 local
partners to support its diverse global customer base
in solving their last-mile challenges.
As a wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been
driving and delivering innovations for more than 10
years from core technology developments to creating
and promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key
roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees
and experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the
Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum™ is
focused on increasing the widespread adoption of
standards-based products in the wireless broadband
market and leading the entire industry to mobile
WiMAX solutions. For more information, visit
Alvarion’s World Wide Web site at
www.alvarion.com
WiMax IPOs on the Horizon
December 25, 2006
By Olga Kharif - Business Week Online
On Dec. 18 and 19, two wireless upstarts -- NextWave and Clearwire -- filed to go public with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Based on their S-1 forms, both companies hope to make their fortunes on WiMax, a broadband-wireless technology expected to start making significant inroads in the telecom market next year.
Market researcher Gartner (NYSE: IT) Dataquest expects the North American WiMax services market to swell from 30,000 connections in 2006 to 21.2 million by 2011.
What's the appeal of WiMax? The wireless technology could provide consumers with a new source of high-speed broadband services, threatening to displace digital subscriber lines (DSL), cable modems, and today's slower cellular and WiFi services.
For WiMax operators, product suppliers, and software vendors, the technology represents a huge opportunity to shake up the telecom market -- one that Clearwire and NextWave are hoping investors will be quick to appreciate.
Strong Investor Appetite
Will investors snap up Clearwire and NextWave's offerings? The answer could differ by company, even though, at first glance, the two outfits appear to be very similar: Both are swimming in operating losses and both hope eventually to make their money, at least in part, from building out WiMax networks.
The two companies also expect to go public in early 2007, capitalizing on a revival of the tech initial public offering market -- the strongest it's been since 2000, says IPO expert Tom Taulli. On Sept. 21, wireless broadband gear maker Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) priced above its expected range, and the company's shares have rallied 210 percent since, to US$30.19, indicating strong investor appetite for wireless broadband-related stocks.
Yet Clearwire's shares might receive a different reception, and attract very different investors, than NextWave.
One reason: Clearwire has A-list investors: chipmaker Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and cell phone manufacturer Motorola (NYSE: MOT) . It also has legendary telecom executive Craig McCaw at the helm.
"There's a natural comfort that comes with the fact that Intel and Motorola are interested, and McCaw runs it," says Michael Mahoney, managing director at EGM Capital hedge funds in San Francisco. Years ago, McCaw cobbled together the first nationwide cellular empire in the U.S., which he sold to old AT&T (NYSE: T) for $11.5 billion in 1994.
Spectrum Speculators?
How much Clearwire could raise in an IPO is yet unclear. Some estimates suggest the figure could be around $400 million.
Clearwire, which originally planned to go public earlier this year but withdrew its application due to adverse IPO market conditions, already has 188,000 subscribers, up from 1,000 users in 2004. Its network is deployed in 34 markets in the U.S. and in certain locales abroad. It also has $1.25 billion in cash, equivalents, and short-term investments, according to documents filed with the SEC. Clearwire officials did not respond to requests for an interview.
NextWave is famed in its own right, but for different reasons.
WiMAX Subscribers in
Asia Pacific to Represent 45% of
Global Base
Market by
2009
by Anton Shilov
Asia
Pacific region may account for 45%
of WiMAX market by 2009, if only the
countries would be able to solve
the issues that slow down the
adoption of the wireless broadband
technology, according to research
firm In-Stat.“Issues that may hamper
the adoption of WiMAX networks in
the region include spectrum
regulation that varies
significantly across countries and
competition on mobility from other
technologies,” says Bryan Wang, an
In-Stat content manager based
in
Subscriber base in Asia Pacific will grow from over 80 000 in 2005 to over 3.8 million by 2009, reports In-Stat. In 2009, Asia Pacific WiMAX subscribers will account for 45% of the world total, the high-tech market research firm says.
“Meanwhile, fixed wireless operators are not very enthusiastic about WiMAX after having been burned by last-mile
promises
in the past. Vendors need to recruit
a few high-profile operators to
build real-world success stories
early on, ” Mr. Wang added.
According to a recent report by
By 2009, Asia/Pacific WiMAX equipment spending will account for $1.988 billion, according to the research firm.
