Comments on: WiMAX grows 85% in 2007

By: Nokia – Qualcomm fight slows down 3G progress | blackberry phone reviews

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:49:36 +0000

[...] by admin While Nokia is fighting tooth and nail for GSM rights, they’re admitting more legally unfettered technologies might have time to make progress while Nokia and Qualcomm’s 3G efforts are stunted. In [...]

By: BlackBerryCool » Mobile WiMAX to have 8% market share by 2012

BlackBerryCool » Mobile WiMAX to have 8% market share by 2012 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:15:02 +0000

[...] Perceptive readers of BlackBerry Cool will notice that we’ve been all aboard the WiMAX train lately, even though BlackBerry Wi-Fi is still very nascent. That’s why we’re excited by news coming from Parks Associates, who have forecasted that Mobile WiMAX will connect 8% of the world’s 1.1 billion mobile broadband subscribers by 2012. That’s about 88 million subscribers worldwide, for the folks keeping score at home. Parks Associates also reported that 52% of these subscribers will derive from Asia, with the Americas accounting for another 28%. “Today, most existing WiMAX deployments are the province of aspiring start-up service providers or incumbent telecom carriers looking to fill coverage gaps,” said Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director of Broadband and Gaming, Parks Associates. “The imminent availability of commercial products and increasing availability of spectrum around the world will change the market for mobile WiMAX and make it viable among major service providers. Taiwan alone will have eight million mobile WiMAX subscribers by 2012.” [...]

By: BlackBerryCool » Sprint building up WiMax, PTT

BlackBerryCool » Sprint building up WiMax, PTT — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:02:49 +0000

[...] So long as weâ€™re talking about WiMax, Sprint is going to be ramping up their WiMax network in the near future, Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh claiming ten times cost performance, which means they can build and maintain the network for hella cheap. Bottom line? Lower data rates for us end-users, or at least those of us rolling with Sprint. Also coming through the tubes is push to talk on Sprint. The carrier wasn’t doing so hot earlier, but between PTT, unlimited data and WiMax, Sprint’s definitely still in the game. [...]

By: BlackBerryCool » Nokia - Qualcomm fight slows down 3G progress

BlackBerryCool » Nokia - Qualcomm fight slows down 3G progress — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:26:35 +0000

[...] While Nokia is fighting tooth and nail for GSM rights, they’re admitting more legally unfettered technologies might have time to make progress while Nokia and Qualcomm’s 3G efforts are stunted. In response to a recent competition among manufacturers to produce 3G handhelds in the $100 price range, which was won by LG, Nokia’s Chief Technology Officer Tero Ojanpera said: “3G is not about cheap price but about new capabilities, … It’s not the first priority to have a cheap phone.” [...]