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Welcome to WiMAX Review
WiMAX Review provides broadband wireless access technology related news and resources
to industry professionals and wireless decision makers.
WiMAX is defined as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access by the WiMAX Forum,
formed in June 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the IEEE 802.16 standard,
officially known as WirelessMAN. The Forum describes WiMAX as "a standards-based technology
enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL".
WiMAX is the term used to describe the IEEE 802.16 standard,
in a similar way that the term Wi-Fi describes the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN standard.
However, WiMAX is very different from Wi-Fi in the way it works.
The WiMAX specification provides symmetrical bandwidth over many miles and range with stronger encryption
(TDES or AES) and typically less interference. Wi-Fi is short range (hundreds of feet) has WEP or WPA encryption
and suffers from interference as in metropolitan areas where there are many users.
Wi-Fi Hotspots are typically backhauled over ADSL in most coffee shops therefore Wi-Fi access is typically
highly contended and has poor upload speeds between the router and the internet.
It provides connectivity between network endpoints without the need for direct line of sight.
WiMAX Review provides continuously updated WiMAX related news articles, WiMAX event and
conference information, as well as access to numerous WiMAX resources including books,
research papers, and reports.
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WiMAX SoCs suit CPEs, handhelds, and other mobile devices.
June 12, 2009 - Series MT7110 IEEE 802.16e WiMAX chips have 2 transmitters and 2 receivers with support for uplink/downlink MIMO and beamforming with sounding. Intended for handsets, USB dongles, and embedded devices, MT7118 employs power saving technology ...
WiMax Amplifier is available for Sprint's 4G network.
Cellphone-Mate is now the only cellular amplifier manufacturer supplying 4G Signal Boosters for all four major carriers: Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint. FREMONT, Calif. -- Cellphone-Mate (www.Cellphone-Mate.com) a leading manufacturer of cell phone ...
Alvarion may ditch WiMAX due to plummeting revenues
Alvarion, one of WiMAX's biggest champions over the years, looks ready to exit the business, potentially stamping a black mark on the entire ecosystem. In disclosing Alvarion's first-quarter 2012 financial results, Hezi Lapid, president and CEO ...
NewNet banking on WiMAX resurgence
NewNet Communications Technologies is bullish about the WiMAX business that it acquired earlier this year from Nokia Siemens Networks and appears committed to making a stand for the technology, whose message has been drowned out in recent years ...
Clearwire to announce LTE vendors in Q3 timeframe
The buildout will occur mainly in dense urban areas in top markets where Clearwire already offers WiMAX service (New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle are the markets Clearwire has named for LTE). Clearwire's current WiMAX ...
Sprint Tri-Fi hotspot boasts LTE, WiMAX and 3G connectivity, set to ship on May 18th
If you've been on the hunt for Sprint LTE devices that won't yet function on the carrier's latest 4G network (that, ahem, isn't even scheduled to go live until this summer), May 18th seems to be the day to call in sick. The company's first LTE ...
Virgin Mobile now offering 4G WiMax service with no contract required
Virgin Mobile is now offering a 4G WiMax service without a contract. This crazy scheme will be set into motion at the end of the month. The star of the show is HTC's Evo V 4G, a mid-range Android smartphone which the carrier is selling for $ ...
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