Official: Intel Buying Infineon’s Wireless Solutions Unit for $1.4 billion
IntoMobile After months of speculation it’s finally official: Intel is purchasing Infineon’s wireless solutions unit for a cool $1.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2011 and when it’s complete … boy oh boy things are going to be interesting to watch, because Intel has a shotgun aimed straight at ARM’s face. [...]
NTIA: Big Fiber Grants Wind Down
Daily Wireless The well is almost dry for the U.S. Government’s broadband grants. The first 29 Round 2 BTOP awards were announced July 2, 2010 as part of a speech by President Obama. Topics: India, broadband, telecom, telecommunications, Arkansas, USA, California, government, construction, Cablevision
More Detail on Wi-Fi Exploit "Hole196"
Wi-Fi Net News The information I was given was originally under embargo, but the firm and unrelated researchers released essentially all the data except a video of an exploit in action and some of the mitigation information. Hence, the long Ars Technica piece. Topics: exploit, WiMax, wireless, HSPA, Wi-Fi, Google, networking, telecom
Data Cap Twist
Telephony Unfiltered First came Clearwire, almost daring users to tax its WiMax 4G network with a no-data-cap pledge. Now Clearwire partner Sprint is taking a similar approach as it rolls out its 4G services on that WiMax data network, saying it has no plans to put data caps in place. Topics: spectrum, Sprint, CTIA, WiMax, [...]
Gigabit Backhaul: The New Battlefield
Daily Wireless Clearwire is now using wireless backhaul gear from E-Band Communications for WiMax service in the United States. That’s expected to be a boost for the relatively new millimeter band (70-80 GHz), says Light Reading. Topics: backhaul, Clearwire, United States, wireless, WiMax, 4G, 3G, broadband
Two WiMAX Carriers Go Under
Daily Wireless First, Freedom4, one of the two UK WiMAX operators, sold its licensed spectrum and assets to competitor UK Broadband for 12.5 million pounds ($18.40 million) in a cash deal. Secondly, Dutch WiMAX operator, Worldmax, has decided to terminate its WiMAX service in Amsterdam by the end of July, 2010. Topics: wireless, broadband, WiMax, [...]
Say Goodbye to WEP and TKIP
Wi-Fi Net News I picked up the phone (yes, crazy, I know!), and confirmed it: TKIP and WEP won’t be allowed in new devices with the Wi-Fi stamp in a staged elimination over three years starting in 2011. Topics: HSPA, SMS, wireless, telecom, WiMax, encryption, networking, attack, Apple, 802.11n
India’s Broadband Auction: It’s Done
Daily Wieless India’s Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) auction finished today, after 16 days and 117 rounds of bidding, netting the government an estimated INR257 billion (US$5.5 billion). State-owned operators BSNL and MTNL are required to match the auction prices paid for their spectrum, bringing the auction proceeds to more than $8 billion. Topics: Bharti, 3G, [...]
Starbucks Goes All-In: Free, Unlimited Wi-Fi Starting July 1st
Wi-Fi Net News This isn’t surprising, given that Starbucks is now in direct competition with a facet of McDonald’s business. McDonald’s switched from a paid service to free in January 2010, while Starbucks overhauled its free-with-regular-purchase option a month earlier. As with current Wi-Fi, company-owned stores are the ones covered by the announcement; that’s about [...]
Satphones: Can You Hear Me Now?
Daily Wireless Global satphone provider Iridium, today announced new features for its Iridium 9555 satellite handset. The latest firmware release for the handheld satphone includes the ability to directly interface with computers running on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, as well as Mac Version 10.4 or later. Topics: Federal Communications Commission, SMS, cellular, HSPA, [...]
SK Telecom Buys 25% of Packet One
DailyWireless Korean carrier SK Telecom, a pioneer in WiBro, plans to invest US$100 million for a 25 percent stake in Malaysian WiMax operator Packet One Networks (Malaysia), reports Unstrung. If everything goes as planned, SK will emerge as P1’s second-largest shareholder, after its owner, Green Packet. Topics: WiMax, broadband, HSPA, Telekom Malaysia, wireless, 4G, South [...]
Compare “4G” Carriers in the U.S.
Daily Wireless Mike Dano in Fierce Wireless created a chart that breaks down the projected “4G” coverage of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile in the US by the end of the year. Today’s EVDO and HSDPA networks provide real-world speeds of around 500 Kbps to around 1 Mbps on good days, explains Dano. But carriers’ [...]
Sprint Weighs Adding Additional LTE Network
ConnectedPlanet Clearwire’s primary investor and biggest 4G wholesale partner Sprint is investigating a long-term evolution rollout. At the LTE Summit in Amsterdam, Kevin Packingham, SVP of product and technology development for Sprint, said the operator was doing a technology evaluation of its current network and would be weighing the possibility of its own LTE network. [...]
Auctions Winding Down in Germany & India
Daily Wireless The big German spectrum auction heads into week five, reports Light Reading, and the bidding has just passed the €3 billion (US$3.9 billion) mark after 161 rounds. Total bids so far on Monday morning came to €3.09 billion ($4.02 billion), and the bidding is still going on among the four participating German operators [...]
Clearwire Preps For The Possibility Of Moving From WiMax To LTE
MocoNews Clearwire’s paving the way to make switch from WiMax to LTE. During the company’s first-quarter conference call today, it said that it has renegotiated its contract with Intel (NSDQ: INTC), one of its major investors. Previously, the company had committed to WiMax at least until February of 2012. Now it can terminate that agreement [...]
