MuniWireless

Jackson Hole, Wyoming now has mobile WiMAX service thanks to DigitalBridge Communications (DBC). DBC’s WiMAX service uses 2.5 GHz and is available to businesses, homes as well as people on the go. According to my sources you can be in a moving vehicle and still use the service. Price: $40 per month. You still need a WiMAX card for your laptop since few devices have built-in WiMAX. DBC uses Alvarion’s equipment for the network.

Amsterdam has WiMAX service from Worldmax but…

Esme Vos expressed surprise to read in the Wall Street Journal on June 11 that Nortel will focus its R&D and sales efforts on LTE instead of WiMAX. The company claims that demand for LTE equipment outstrips that for WiMAX  and, as a result, they are putting their money into LTE. They are not abandoning the WiMAX market altogether, but instead have entered into a deal with Alvarion to combine their technology with Alvarion’s.  Anyone care to speculate what’s going…

I was surprised to read in the Wall Street Journal today that Nortel will focus its R&D and sales efforts on LTE instead of WiMAX. The company claims that demand for LTE equipment outstrips that for WiMAX as a result, they are putting their money into LTE. They’re not abandoning the WiMAX market altogether, instead they have entered into a deal with Alvarion to combine their technology with Alvarion’s. Anyone care to speculate what’s going on?