Is there a place for 5.8 GHz WiMAX?

Fujitsu recently announced that they’re now shipping a 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband SoC (system-on-a chip) to partners and customers worldwide. The chip can support base station designs and subscriber unit implementations. This is another sign that license-free WiMAX is moving forward. Fujitsu recently announced that they’re now shipping a 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband SoC (system-on-a chip) to […]

FCC approves Clearwire WiMAX laptop card

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved the first WiMAX laptop card that will connect to the Clearwire network. Now all we need is the Clearwire network in enough places to make it worthwhile to get this card.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved the first WiMAX laptop card that will connect to the Clearwire […]

Clearwire ups its ante for mobile WiMAX

Craig McCaw, who in 1994 sold his McCaw Cellular phone service to AT&T for more than $13 billion, now is buying spectrum from them‚Äö?Ñ?Æin the mobile WiMAX space.Clearwire is upping its ante in the mobile WiMAX space. This week the company agreed to purchase all of the former BellSouth’s leased and licensed 2.5 GHz spectrum […]