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• Game on: WiMax will battle LTE in the trenches

  LAS VEGAS -- As the nation's wireless carriers rush to compete with faster 4G speeds on either WiMax or LTE technology, their workers are toiling in the trenches to make it happen.

• LTE a must-have to manage the explosion in mobile data: Alcatel-Lucent

  Telstra’s announcement that it is to trial LTE technology may be very timely given the ballooning rate of mobile data consumption.
  

• Telstra teams with Ericsson for LTE broadband trial

  Telstra is to shortly begin trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, including offerings from Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson, as it seeks to test the feasibility and technical capability of LTE as a way to deliver the next generation of mobile broadband to its customers.

• Intel sees 2012 deployment for mobile WiMax Release 2

  Chip giant Intel, a major backer of the movement to provide mobile WiMax wireless broadband to Internet users around the world, expects the next major release of the technology to be deployed starting in 2012, an executive said Tuesday.

• Cisco quits WiMax radio business

  Cisco Systems will stop developing and making WiMax base stations to concentrate on the IP (Internet Protocol) networks that sit behind them.

• WBA sells spectrum to Energy Australia

  Wireless Broadband Australia (WBA), formerly Unwired Group, has signed a deal with Energy Australia (EA) that will allow it to use a portion of WBA's 2.3 GHz spectrum for smart grid applications.

• A WiMax phone might help ailing Palm

  After Palm Inc. admitted that its smartphone sales were below expectations, rumors started swirling that the company might be sold, or that it could be beefing up its product line with a WiMax smartphone for Sprint Nextel.

• Spence out as Unwired CEO

  Unwired CEO David Spence has stepped down from his responsibilities after six years at the helm of the ISP.

• Intel's WiMax chipset proves power hungry

  Mobile broadband comes in different flavors, and the options are growing. Users can connect to the Internet through 3G networks, but now WiMax capabilities are being added to many laptops. WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a wireless technology that provides fast data-transfer rates over a wider area than Wi-Fi.

• Wireless for power utilities uses WiMax guts

  A Silicon Valley startup has combined the technology underlying WiMax with a software-defined radio to build smart grids for electric utilities.

• Philadelphia plans to buy its Wi-Fi network

  The city of Philadelphia plans to buy a controversial Wi-Fi network that was built by EarthLink in 2006 but sold only two years later as the struggling ISP pulled out of the municipal wireless business.

• Intel Capital invests $US25 million in tech companies

  Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of the world's largest chip maker, Tuesday detailed seven new investments worth around US$25 million in total, in addition to an investment in U.S. WiMax operator Clearwire.

• Clearwire claims 173,000 WiMax users

  Wireless broadband provider Clearwire had about 173,000 WiMax subscribers at the end of September and should be able to offer service to 120 million potential subscribers in the U.S. by the end of next year, the company said Tuesday.

• South Australian WiMAX project good NBN test case

  The use of WiMAX technology to provide broadband Internet access for 14 South Australian towns could serve as a good test case for the National Broadband Network (NBN) roll out, according to a leading telecommunications analyst.

• Intel readies 2.3GHz, 3.5GHz WiMax support with Kilmer Peak

  After keeping operators and users alike waiting for nearly a year, Intel has begun production of a wireless chipset, called Kilmer Peak, that will support three versions of WiMax, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz.