Qualcomm Inc.'s planned acquisition of mobile broadband vendor Flarion Techologies Inc. sets up a powerful competitor to the emerging mobile WiMax technology and its deep-pocketed proponents, such as Intel Corp.
Point-to-point wireless links will get a big boost in December, when The Radiocommunications Agency (RA) is expected to approve the use of the 5GHz spectrum. The incumbent spectrum user of the contentious Band C, the U.K. Ministry of Defence, has been placated by a
Redline Communications Inc., a maker of broadband fixed wireless equipment that exploits the unlicensed 5.8-GHz band, this week announced an additional US$10 million in funding. That's on top of $14 million previously secured from media company Telemedia and other investors.
A dispute brewing between Wi-LAN Inc. of Calgary and Cisco Systems Inc. over setting the standard for wireless Internet may be a result of bad advice given to Cisco, according to one telecommunications analyst.