Finnet Group Operators Building WiMAX Network Using Alvarion

Finnet Group operators have begun deployment of a WiMAX network using Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3500.

Netia Picks Alcatel for WiMax - Wireless Networking News Wire

Under the agreement Alcatel will supply, install and integrate an end-to-end WiMAX solution enabling Netia to carry out testing WiMAX in the Lublin area by providing a representative panel of users with broadband wireless access to the Internet and data transmissions with a guaranteed level of quality.

Airspan Delivers First Commercial WiMAX Network to Be Built in Russia

Airspan Networks provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks and carrier class Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions, today announced that it has deployed the first-ever Russian WiMAX network for MetroMAX.

Azaire Networks Joins WiMAX Forum, Demonstrates Support for New Access Technologies

Azaire Networks Inc., the leading provider of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions with the largest number of installed platforms worldwide, announced today it has joined the WiMAX Forum(TM), an industry-led organization that promotes the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products for the delivery of faster, more affordable data, voice and video services.

TGlobeTel wins WiMAX deals in Russian Federation

GlobeTel Wireless has entered into an agreement with LLC Internafta of Moscow, whereby Internafta will pay to GlobeTel Wireless a series of four construction payments totaling USD 600 million for the installation of an array of proprietary networks to be installed in Russia's 30 largest cities, starting with Moscow and St. Petersburg. GlobeTel Wireless' WiMAX networks are to provide broadband, VOIP and DECt technologies. GlobeTel Wireless will both manage the completed network and will retain an ongoing 50 percent shareholding in the operations of the network. GlobeTel plans to roll out the network in three stages, comprising ten cities each, over the next 27 months.

Orbitel to launch WiMAX services in Q2

Colombian long distance operator Orbitel aims to launch a public WiMAX service in Q2, Orbitel president Alejandro Ceballos told BNamericas. Orbitel plans to offer not just connectivity but applications such as VoIP and access to music and video content as well. Orbitel is still selecting equipment providers and has not disclosed how much the company is investing in the launch of WiMAX services but the company expects that the greatest expense will be the spectrum licensing fees

WiMAX & 3G: Friends or Foes? - 1/1/2006 - Wireless Week - CA6293821

As the WiMAX IEEE standard 802.16e prepares to conquer certification, technology innovators and operators alike are igniting a widespread commitment to bringing the promise of wireless broadband to life. In the midst of this fast race for deployment, however, the question lingers on how WiMAX will co-exist with other mobile technologies. Because the true promise of WiMAX is the fast, seamless and mobile delivery of large data, voice and video streams to a full array of end-user devices, you might believe its benefits sound familiar to 3G and question its necessity or its ability to succeed. The primary difference is, where 3G technology has struggled – such as with benchmark services and applications, backhaul and convergence – WiMAX can provide the necessary support to help augment 3G so it can overcome those challenges.