http://4gtrends.com Reporting WiMAX and Next Generation Wireless Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:23:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Phil Marshall, PhD, Chief Research Officer, Tolaga Research After five years in the limelight, femtocells have yet to gain a meaningful presence in the marketplace. Currently there are only thirteen commercial femtocell implementations worldwide, with several of these being limited trial offering. In essence, femtocells introduce a disruptive architecture to mobile ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=4050 Wireless infrastructure vendors have been pinning high hopes on the Indian 3G build-out to fill the gap left by the slowing of Chinese 3G deployments. But actual contracts have been delayed by disputes over government security rules. Now the gates may be opening at last - Nokia Siemens has announced ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=4060 Over 70 wireless operators from around the globe have now announced plans to and even begun to deploy 4G networks.  For users the promises offered by 4G are most often viewed in the context of the mobile Internet - abundant and cost-effective bandwidth that enables compelling mobile applications and high ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=4067 By Eliot Weinman - Conference Chair & Founder, 4G World & President, Events & Media Division of Yankee Group It's hard to believe, but 4G World is less than 8 weeks away, October 18 - 21, at McCormick Place in Chicago.  I am very pleased to report that we have ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=4017 By Chris Marsh,  Senior Analyst, Yankee Group Ushering in a paradigm shift in enterprise mobility and freeing the information worker...for a one-year old company with only 18 employees this is an ambitious goal, but then leapfactor don't seem short on ambition. Leapfactor is a cloud-based micro-apps company that is ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=4007 While the iPad may be scoring consumer points by supporting almost every imaginable mobile behaviour, many other tablets will gain acceptance by enabling a specific function and delivering an optimized experience. Cisco has showed the way with its videoconferencing and home energy management tablets, and of course, Amazon with its ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=4004 Over the past few years, the wireless vendors' hopes have been firmly focused on the remaining major unbuilt 3G markets, notably China and India. But with Chinese roll-out slowing now, and India's marred by delays, there is a new source of potential revenue in LTE. Thought this will be slow ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=3992 Qualcomm's Brew developer event used to be a low profile affair, gathering the loyal CDMA base in San Diego but scarcely troubling those seeking to understand the chip giant's broader strategies. All change this year - not only did the event have a new name, Uplinq, to reflect new momentum ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=3861 By Chris Nicoll, Distinguished Research Fellow, Yankee Group We in the prognosticating industry (if there really is such a thing) like to forecast the beginning and end of things.  And we are rarely correct.  GSM didn't commoditize mobile services to the point where there were not competing players ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=3982 The US mobile broadband market is becoming an Olympic-class race, in words as well as actions. Clearwire continues to expand its network and has an important new deal with Best Buy, but has to fight hard to maintain its headstart over Verizon's LTE roll-out, as the cellco reportedly ups the ... http://4gtrends.com/?p=3978