South Australian ISP Internode has set up a WiMax service to provide broadband access to the Yorke Peninsula region west of Adelaide, but not before its new infrastructure was almost built over.
WiMax is well on track to becoming an important part of the fixed broadband market, but its future in the mobile space is much less certain, according to a new report from research group Strategy Analytics.
Wireless broadband provider Unwired is preparing a move to new Wi-Max technology from early next year by investing in 802.16e-programmable equipment.
BT's radical plan to upgrade its telecommunications network to cope with the demands of a converged world will rely on the latest wireless technologies.
Broadcaster Seven has secured over 90 percent ownership of WiMAX spectrum holder Unwired, and will now proceed to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares in the company.
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WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.
Much-hyped broadband wireless technology won't get its big break for another five years, analysts say.
With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.
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The emerging broadband wireless standard WiMax will address some of the problems with current technology and take wireless to a whole new level.
Intel has confirmed that it has pulled the plug on all plans to add 3G to its Centrino notebook platform. From now on, says the chipmaker, it's WiMAX all the way.
Intel is picking up the pace on introducing 802.11g technology into its products, as the emerging wireless networking specification gathers customer and standards support.
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