Posted by Avi Telyas on Dec 22, 2008 in
Business,
WiMAX I can only guess that Adaptix has changed their business plan from selling WiMAX equipment to suing other companies over Patent infrigement.Which means, Adaptix has probably filed law suits against other companies as well.
Sprint, Clearwire sued over WiMAX patents
This is yet another example of Patent abuse, as Adapatix was a WiMAX Forum member, and was totally aware of the IP issues WiMAX faces. In all the companies I have worked for, Patents were considered important, but we knew there is a small chance of actually suing other companies.
Posted by Avi Telyas on Dec 22, 2008 in
Japan,
LTE,
WiMAX WiMAX Forum PR
Mobile WiMAX is currently available only for TDD, while Release 1.5 will introduce FDD. Most cellular technologies today are FDD based, while LTE is defined for both. (Did I mention LTE and Mobile WiMAX are not that different?)
Rule Number One of Wireless Communications: No Spectrum -> No Business
(Well, except non-licensed band, but let’s keep it for another Post).
This is an important step taken by the Japanese regulator to push IMT-2000 and Advanced forward, and allowing Japanese Mobile operators the room to grow!
Posted by Avi Telyas on Dec 22, 2008 in
Business,
WiMAX Airspan (NASDAQ: AIRN) just announced 700 MHz WiMAX Product Suite.
700MHz was recently “Hyped” by the media during the 700MHz FCC auction, and possible involvements of Google. But, putting the hype aside, there is a substnatial market for 700MHz products, both in the US and India.
Here is a market analysis for 700MHZ WiMAX.com, and here is a report from the WiMAX Forum about India.
Airspan was always strong in the 700MHz field, where Alvarion was not present. Alvarion did not release publicly any information or plans regarding 700MHz or other “non-standard” frequencies.
Technology aside, I found the press release a bit funny, as it is now “Fashionable” to mention President Elect Obama and his “Change” in many occasions, and Airspan chose to follow.
U.S. President-Elect Obama has been a strong advocate of extending broadband coverage to every U.S. community and has even been quoted as supporting tax and loan incentives to reach rural regions. We share in Obama’s vision and look forward to serving this important market