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Fujitsu forecasts $1 billion in sales of WiMAX chips

June 4, 2008, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). A report in Reuters said that the Japanese company Fujitsu estimates that it will have sales of WiMAX chips of nearly USD 1 billion by April 2011. According to Makoto Awaga, general ... continue...

Compal and Wavesat to co-develop mobile WiMAX products

June 3, 2008, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). The semiconductor designer Wavesat announced today that Compal Communications will co-develop mobile WiMAX products with Wavesat. Based on Wavesat's multimode Odyssey 8500 4G chipset, the first product will be a USB dongle.  ... continue...

WiMAX will enable mobile Web 2.0

June 3, 2008, TAIPEI (WIMAX DAY). At the Computex technology trade show yesterday, Intel executive Sean Maloney said that "the convergence of mobile computers, WiMAX wireless broadband, and powerful, HD-rich computer technologies point to a tremendous growth opportunity." Maloney ... continue...

eAccess joins the whimpering coven of WiMAX turncoats

May 22, 2008, TOKYO (WiMAX Day). Last year, the Japanese company eAccess fought feverishly to obtain a license for WiMAX spectrum. As a founding shareholder in the OpenWin consortium with Softbank and Goldman Sachs, eAccess planned to build ... continue...

Intel Capital invests in Malaysian WiMAX company

May 19, 2008, KUALA LUMPUR (WiMAX Day). Intel Capital announced that it has made an investment of MYR 50 million (USD 15 million) in Green Packet Berhad, which was awarded a license to 2.3 GHz WiMAX spectrum last ... continue...

Wavesat launches multi-mode 4G chip

May 19, 2008, MONTREAL (WiMAX Day). The semiconductor supplier Wavesat announced today that it has launched a new set of 4G chipsets named Odyssey. The chipsets emply a multi-mode 4G architecture and enable WiMAX Wave2, WiFi, XG-PHS and ... continue...

Sequans introduces new mobile WiMAX chip

May 19, 2008, PARIS (WiMAX Day). Sequans Communications has introduced a new chip for mobile WiMAX that integrates integrates baseband, RF, and memory in a single chip. The SQN1170 chip can be used in any type of mobile ... continue...

Sprint and Clearwire to combine WiMAX businesses

May 7, 2008, NEW YORK (WiMAX Day). Sprint Nextel and Clearwire Corporation announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their respective wireless broadband and WiMAX businesses. The business combination will have a total ... continue...
 

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Fujitsu Ltd Adr30.60   +0.00
Freescale Semicon39.99   +0.00
Infineon Technolo2.49   +0.00
Intel Corporation21.17   +0.00
Nextwave Wireless0.41   +0.00
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Pmc8.77   +0.00
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