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  From RF Design  |  A Penton Media Publication  |   July 22, 2008   
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Table Of Contents

  Top Story

Wi-Fi hotspots to stay hot in 2008!

  Business Briefs

Sprint selects Mformation Mobile Device Management to support XOHM Mobile WiMAX service initiative
Alvarion earns USDA's first WiMAX Rural Development Acceptance and "Buy American" status for FCC licensed frequencies
SkyPilot reaches 40,000-unit milestone

  Industry News

Falling WiMAX chipset prices good news for smaller mobile devices
PC-TV tuner market to get boost from European and Asian shift to DTV
Aberdeen report offers keys to maximizing RFID investments

  Wireless Deployment

Comstar completes building first WiMAX network in Armenia
ELRO selects ECI Telecom to build Denmark's first nationwide WiMAX network
Alltel rolls out faster broadband in Cleveland, Akron and Canton
DragonWave selected for XOHM deployments in Baltimore, Washington and Chicago

  Products

New WiMAX power amplifier modules

  Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events
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Top Story

Wi-Fi hotspots to stay hot in 2008!
By Mark E. Hazen
July 22,2008   
Wi-Fi hotspots are continuing their torrid growth in 2008.




Business Briefs

Sprint selects Mformation Mobile Device Management to support XOHM Mobile WiMAX service initiative
July 22,2008   
Mformation Technologies Inc. announced that SPRINT has selected its MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER to provide seamless device management capabilities for new WiMAX-capable mobile devices as part of the XOHM WiMAX mobile broadband initiative.

Alvarion earns USDA's first WiMAX Rural Development Acceptance and "Buy American" status for FCC licensed frequencies
July 22,2008   
Alvarion Ltd. announced that its 802.16e BreezeMAX 2300 and 2500 base stations received USDA Rural Development acceptance and “Buy American” status from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service.

SkyPilot reaches 40,000-unit milestone
July 22,2008   
SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless networks, has shipped more than 40,000 units to more than 50 countries around the world.




Industry News

Falling WiMAX chipset prices good news for smaller mobile devices
July 22,2008   
The WiMAX chipset market is advancing quickly.

PC-TV tuner market to get boost from European and Asian shift to DTV
July 22,2008   
The adoption of digital PC-TV tuners will accelerate in Europe as Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) services continue to expand there.

Aberdeen report offers keys to maximizing RFID investments
July 22,2008   
Acsis, Inc. announced its sponsorship of the research report, “RFID and IT Infrastructures: Maximizing Business Value.”


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Wireless Deployment

Comstar completes building first WiMAX network in Armenia
July 22,2008   
COMSTAR announced that Cornet-AM has built the first mobile WiMAX network in the Republic of Armenia.

ELRO selects ECI Telecom to build Denmark's first nationwide WiMAX network
July 22,2008   
ECI Telecom has signed a three-year framework agreement with Danish utilities company ELRO, for the deployment of a nationwide WiMAX network across Denmark, beginning in the area of Randers.

Alltel rolls out faster broadband in Cleveland, Akron and Canton
July 22,2008   
Alltel Wireless it has expanded its wireless broadband network with the launch of EVDO (evolution data optimized) Revision A technology in Cleveland, Akron, Canton and neighboring areas, enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times faster than before.

DragonWave selected for XOHM deployments in Baltimore, Washington and Chicago
July 22,2008   
DragonWave Inc. announced that Sprint has selected DragonWave’s IP backhaul solutions for its XOHM-branded WiMAX mobile-broadband services in North America.




Products

New WiMAX power amplifier modules
July 22,2008   
MicroWave Technology Inc. (MwT) announced that it had started shipping WiMAX Power Amplifier Modules in production volume for 4.9-5.9 GHz OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) digital radio applications.




Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events
South East AsiaCom 2008
July 23-24, 2008
Kuala Lumpur, MY

Broadband World Forum
Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

AfricaCom 2008
Nov. 18-19, 2008
Cape Town, South Africa

WiMAX Forum Congress Latin America
Dec. 3-4, 2008
Rio De Janiero, Brazil

GSM 3G
Dec. 15-16, 2008
Dubai UAE




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