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April 23, 2008

Sprint WiMax Head Says His Tech Here, Now, Works

By Glenn Fleishman

Sprint’s Xohm division head Barry West tells the Wireless Communications Association that WiMax is real: He points out that critics that are adopting LTE (Long Term Evolution) are signing on to a standard that won’t be deployed for some time (2 to 4 years, depending on the firm and what you believe).

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April 10, 2008

Mobile WiMax Profile for Korean Frequencies First for Certification

By Glenn Fleishman

The WiMax Forum certifies first mobile WiMax products: However, they’re all for the 2.3 GHz profile, used in South Korea, not the 2.5 GHz profile which will be used by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire in the US, nor the 3.5 GHz profile used in Europe and beyond. Eight devices were certified. Certification for devices using 2.5 GHz is coming later this year.

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April 4, 2008

Sprint Xohm Network Delayed; Backhaul the Issue

By Glenn Fleishman

Sprint pushes back its WiMax network launch: The production version of the network, currently in trials, won’t launch until the summer at earliest in their first markets. Unstrung is saying that backhaul to WiMax base station sites is the issue, not the underlying technology. Which I have to say makes sense, given that a fair amount of the technology is actively in production.

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April 2, 2008

Nokia Offers N810 Tablet with WiMax

By Glenn Fleishman

Nokia demoed its N810 tablet with embedded WiMax: The latest version of their N800-series tablets will ship when Sprint Nextel’s Xohm service launches later this quarter. The current similar tablet runs $440, IDG News Service notes, but pricing for this model hasn’t been set. Nokia provided an interesting detail: they expect 2 to 4 Mbps of average speed from Xohm, with 10 Mbps peaks. Those numbers haven’t been talked about much pre-launch.

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