Wimax news from FierceWireless:Europe

With LTE being seen as a major boost to the future success of femtocells, the joint testing of a reference design against the proposed LTE standard should help with its chances. The joint testing has Read more...

Strenuous denials have come from all those said to be involved in deploying a nationwide WiMAX network in France. The suggested joint venture, which would involve funding from Google, was reported by Read more...

Having collected together a number of heavyweight backers for its US WiMAX deployment, Clearwire has revealed that it is considering partnering with European firms to help it deploy mobile WiMAX. The Read more...

The launch of commercial LTE services by late 2009 is seen as one of the bigger of many nails in the coffin of Mobile WiMAX, claims a new study by Frost & Sullivan (F&S), a market research Read more...

WorldMax has launched Europe's first mobile WiMAX network covering the centre of Amsterdam, Holland. The network, which is being run by Alcatel-Lucent and which is part-financed by Intel, operates in Read more...

Not willing to let up on its campaign to see WiMAX become a widescale success, Intel's chairman, Craig Barrett, is reported to be planning to meet with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other Read more...

> PicoChip readies industry's first LTE femtocell ref design. Article Read more...

Having already achieved success with its 1st generation of femtocell silicon, RadioFrame Networks (RFN) is preparing to launch its latest Omniradio design that will support femtocells wanting to Read more...

Proof that operator backhaul is under pressure has come from O2 following its decision to bring in BT to provide and manage the high-speed connectivity between the majority of O2's base stations and Read more...

The cellular industry has proven to be a hard and frustrating business for Intel to crack. For years it has spoken of ambitious plans and invested heavily--with little, if any, tangible result. But Read more...