August 16,2007Nextwave Broadband today announced it has begun shipping samples of its NW1000 Series WiMAX chipset
September 27, 2007 NextWave Broadband, Inc. and Huawei.... today announced they are conducting interoperability testing of NextWave’s mobile WiMAX chipsets, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard, with Huawei’s WiMAX infrastructure equipment..... nextwave.com
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Mobile WiMax-- The Global Conference Operator Strategies for Mobile Broadband 28th - 30th November 2007, Palais des Festivals et des Congres, Cannes Conference Day Two: Friday 30th November 2007
10.15 Plenary: The race to mobile broadband: Why Max? Jeff Belk, SVP Strategy and market development, Qualcomm mobilewimaxcongress.com ---------------------------------- 2005 version of Belk's Why Max?: "Mobility standards are really, really difficult and fraught with peril. There is not any magic wand, just smart people, money and especially, time. And your competitors do not stand still over time."
STEP SIX: Develop Engineering Prototypes of Chips and Software. STEP SEVEN: Test Interoperability between Devices and Manufacturers. STEP EIGHT: Test Interoperability of Multimode / Multiband Systems. STEP NINE: Pre-Commercial Launch. STEP TEN: Finalize Chips and Software for Full Commercial Launch. STEP ELEVEN: Full Deployment. STEP TWELVE: Ramp Volumes, Reduce Manufacturing Costs. ---------------------------------
Late 2007 version? Timeline for mobile WiMax? |