Recently added articles from Wireless Asia:
Wimax on the ropes but still punching.(THE SIGNAL)
Jan 01, 2009; ... This time last year, Wimax was poised for greatness. The Wimax Forum stormed the Mobile World Congress with commercial gear for 802.16e and 240 live networks, while its closest competitor, LTE, was at least a few years off. One year later ... well, not that much has changed, ...
Enterprise apps increasingly on the run.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Despite the obvious synergy potential between mobile and the enterprise (BlackBerry being the obvious entry-level example), 3G has been primarily a consumer play, But that's changing as enterprises learn to embrace mobile more fully into their IT strategies--which should be a wake-up call ...
China's 3G licenses could spur vendor price war.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) kicked off the year by formally issuing the long-awaited 3G licenses to the country's three mobile carriers. The results themselves weren't surprising. As expected, China Mobile was awarded a license to operate the ...
LTE standard on track for March completion.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The 3GPP has confirmed that it has completed the majority of specifications for LTE technology, meaning the full Release 8 standard is on track for completion for March. Adrian Scrase, vice president of international partnership projects for the European Telecommunications ...
iBurst done in Australia as Telstra buys spectrum.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The fate of Personal Broadband Australia's 1.9-GHz spectrum is now in the hands of Telstra. Whatever happens next, it may spell the beginning of the end for iBurst wireless broadband technology--at least in Australia. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ...
China Mobile Hong Kong, CSL and Genius Brand pay $193m for 90MHz of 2.6GHz spectrum in Hong Kong.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... China Mobile Hong Kong, CSL and Genius Brand pay $193m for 90MHz of 2.6GHz ...
Nokia.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Nokia has ceased production of its only Wimax device, the N810 Wimax ...
NextWave sells off its majority stake in its IPWireless subsidiary for $1 million to IPW Holdings.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... NextWave sells off its majority stake in its IPWireless subsidiary for $1 ...
SmarTone-Vodafone and Ericsson implement what they say is the world's first MIMO pilot.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... SmarTone-Vodafone and Ericsson implement what they say is the world's first ...
NEC and ArrayComm collaborate to develop new Wimax products that include ArrayComm's multi-antenna signal processing software.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... NEC and ArrayComm collaborate to develop new Wimax products that include ...
Okinawa Telemessage launches a Wimax network in Nanjo City.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Okinawa Telemessage launches a Wimax ...
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) says it will allow KT to provide VolP-based mobile phone services over WiBro.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) says it will allow KT to provide ...
Samsung and Alvarion win separate contract with VMAX Telecom.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Samsung and Alvarion win separate contract with VMAX ...
Chunghwa Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent to install Taiwan's first femtocell network.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Chunghwa Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent to install Taiwan's first femtocell network ....
The Auckland City Council, Kordia, and Wi-Fi services provider Tomizone launch Wi-Fi services.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Auckland City Council, Kordia, and Wi-Fi services provider ...
Wi-Fi chipset sales jumped 25% in 2008, fueled by demand for Wi-Fi chips in mobile phones and stationary consumer electronic devices.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Wi-Fi chipset sales jumped 25% in 2008, fueled by demand for Wi-Fi chips in mobile phones ...
Gaming Partners International secures two orders worth $8 million total to supply casino chips and RFID technology to the City of Dreams casino in Macau and Newport City in Manila.(SHORT BURSTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Gaming Partners International secures two orders worth $8 million total to supply casino chips and RFID ...
Android, LTE take center stage in Barcelona.(RESEARCH NOTE)
Jan 01, 2009; ... With the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona looming, even pressurized device makers are determined to look their best, and patterns are emerging for the strongest trends of 2009. While Nokia will spend most of the year getting its open source Symbian platform and ecosystem in place, ...
Waiting for mobile TV: broadcast mobile TV was slated to be the next big thing in 2008, but so far, it's either still in trials or losing money. The good news: users still want mobile video. The bad news: they want it for free.(Cover story)
Jan 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Broadcast video has always been one of the classic no-brainers of mobile content. Can't be home to watch the big game? Watch it on the go. The concept sells itself, right? Well, not exactly. To be sure, there's a lot of appeal in the ...
GPS spoofing threat: GPS receivers are vulnerable to attacks like spoofing, in which they can be tricked into tracking fake GPS signals. Here's how the bad guys do it--and how to stop them.(TECH FOCUS)
Jan 01, 2009; ... All forms of communications networks have security issues, and GPS is no different. A report from the US Transportation Department's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in 2001 identified spoofing as a potential threat to civil GPS receivers, in which a GPS receiver is fooled into ...