In October WiMAXian featured KT, the second-largest mobile operation in Korea,will release a new smartphone Samsung SPH-M8400 by the end of this year. The unit will offer 3W connectivity-WiBro (WiMAX in Korea), WCDMA and Wi-Fi.

Recently KT launched Samsung SPH-M8400 (aka SHOW Omnia), the world`s first “3W” mobile phone which supports three wireless internet networks -  mobile WiMAX,WiFi and WCDMA.
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In July WiMAXian featured C-motech CMU-301 earned WiMAX Forum Certification for dual mode CDMA/WiMAX USB modem.

Recently C-motech released a dual mode ‘U-301′ USB modem that supports 3G CDMA EVDO Rev A and mobile WiMAX Wave 2.

A C-motech staff member said “C-motech will supply ‘U-301′ to Sprint from December.”

The U301 apparently will provided by Franklin Wireless Corp which has facility in San Diego, California but for manufacturing of the Franklin’s products has been contracted out to C-motech Co. Ltd., located in South Korea.

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Chicago has long-awaited the launch of a WiMAX network. In 2007, Clearwire and Sprint agreed jointly to build a nationwide network, with Chicago getting the service as early as 2008. The Clearwire-Sprint deal fell apart at the end of 2007, but the two companies merged their wireless broadband units into a new entity in 2008.
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The biggest factors influence where Clearwire target for next WiMAX rollouts will be Clearwire’s investor group  which are Comcast, Time Warner, Google, and Intel, accoording to John Storch, the vice president of network deployment at Clearwire.

So obviously that’s the reason why Comcast bundling WiMAX with cable to Portland customers and recently Time Warner Cable officially announced will become CLEAR reseller and bundling with the company’s existing broadband, TV and VoIP services and expected to start in Dallas on December 1.
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Many manufacturer developed portable router that can share 4G conectivity to WiFi-enabled device such as notebook, iPod Touch, game console, printer etc.

The most popular is intebro’s Egg which has known as Wibro Egg, Yota Egg and UQ WiMAX “EGG”(iWWR-1000J) with white and pink color option

Recently ZyXEL announced the MWR222, a pocket-sized portable device that equipped with 802.11n standard compatible WiFi router with data transfer rate up to 150 Mbps.  This router supports a wired DSL/cable connection and mobile broadband 3G/4G (WiMAX/LTE) connectivity for a true, always-on, anywhere connection.
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It’s been eight months since WiMAXian featured BanglaLion to launch WiMAX services in Dhaka Bangladesh by June. Many WiMAXian visitors complained about BangaLion’s WiMAX speed and time to market.

Bdnews24 and the Daily Star recently reported that BanglaLion Communications both launched experimental WiMAX operations and a roadshow to make people aware of the high-speed internet.

Chairman of BanglaLion Abdul Mannan inaugurated the high-speed wireless internet service by teleconference from Gulshan. BanglaLion officials said the company is preparing to introduce WiMAX commercially by December.

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It’s been eight months since we first knew  that Comcast was going to provide Femtocell for its mobile WiMAX deployments in order to expand its business as CLEAR reseller.
According to Stephen Burke, Chief Operating Officer at Comcast, the company will buy the service wholesale from Clearwire and resell it under the Comcast brand name , likely bundled with Comcast’s cable TV, phone and home Internet services.
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