WiMAX set to grow in Taiwan: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research

Taiwan’s WiMAX industry is expected to be generating TWD10 billion (USD305 million) annually by 2009 and TWD110 billion by 2012 according to research from the country’s Industrial and Economics Centre. A Reuters report says firms such as Zyxel, Foxconn Electronics, Accton Technology and MediaTek are already investing in the sector.

RED HERRING | Sprint Commits $4B to WiMAX

Sprint is expected to announce that it will work with Motorola, the world’s second-largest cell phone maker, along with chip maker Intel, one of the major backers of WiMAX.

Sony Ericsson K618i UMTS Phone Introduced - Mobiledia

Developed for those users that want entertainment on the move and a powerful business tool, the K618i 3G device is as light and slim as a typical 2.5G phone, yet delivers high-speed rates for streaming or downloading music and video clips, browsing the web, or gaming. And staying in control of email is made easier with support for push email, allowing messages to be sent directly to the phone without having to download them.

Sprint Chooses WiMAX to Deploy in 2.5 GHz Spectrum

Sprint (News - Alert) Nextel, the nation’s largest holder of radio spectrum in the precious 2.5 GHz band, has chosen to deploy Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access (WiMAX) as the foundation of its technology platform for the carrier’s mobile broadband Next-Generation Network (NGN) build-out.

At a press conference in New York, Sprint President & CEO Gary D. Forsee explained the 4G network selection process came down to a four key criteria: the market, the cost economics, the ecosystem and the ability to build out a viable business model.

Vodafone policy shift evidence of European 3G failure | The Register

Vodafone has made two key changes of policy in its core European territories - reducing handset subsidies to the extent that 3G phone sales have nosedived, and planning to defocus its marketing efforts on advanced video-driven applications like MMS (Multimedia Messaging) in favour of using its more efficient 3G networks to compete on pricing in traditional services.

This latter shift was presaged last year in Germany, where Vodafone launched its Zu Hause homezone offering, which provides low cost, flat rate calls on the cellular network when the user is within a certain distance of the home. This was clearly designed to pre-empt the wave of flat rate VoIP tariffs being offered by start-up and wireline providers, by using the spectral efficiency of the 3G network to deliver very low cost voice and still make a profit.

Can mobile WiMAX repay vendors’ faith? | August 1, 2006 | Telecommunications Magazine

ntel and Motorola have dramatically upped the mobile WiMAX ante. Last month — through their respective venture capital arms — they invested a jaw-dropping total of US$900 m in Clearwire, a US-based wireless broadband provider. Clearwire intends to use the cash to deploy wireless networks based on the 802.16e ‘standard’ — the mobile version of WiMax — in both the US and Europe.

Clearwire Corp. Takes Aim at Mobile WiMax Business

Clearwire Corp. Takes Aim at Mobile WiMax Business: "Less than three years old, Clearwire has struck alliances with Intel, Motorola and Bell Canada to give it a rapidly growing stake in the broadband wireless market, with a determination to be a major player in the mobile-capable WiMax technology that is just around the corner."