With most American mobile data networks busy trying to deliver third-generation (3G) mobile wireless access to traveling businesspeople, Sprint’s newly launched Xohm service takes a giant step forward ...

With phones and LANs steadily going wireless and consumer electronics not far behind, one part of the networked world – broadband to the home or business – has stubbornly remained wired in most cases.

Last week, when we discussed how WiMAX could be used to offer wireless broadband, we got several comments and questions back about the technology. Today, we’d like to answer some of our readers’ ...

I am considering a Wimax USB dongle for my laptop which will allow access to the Internet anywhere in the Wimax service area. I would also like to create a Wifi at home using the Wimax dongle as the ...

Last month’s WiMax World 2007 conference in Chicago was filled with old-fashioned technology optimism, featuring twice as many vendors and visitors as the previous year’s event along with new details ...

Intel has been the biggest backer of WiMax and was a major investor in Clearwire, and their partnership agreement specified the service provider had to use WiMax. The two companies have now modified ...

As standards-compliant products prepare to ship, ’tis the season of WiMAX trade shows. Still, the $40,000 question remains: How successful will WiMAX be? As standards-compliant products prepare to ...

Virgin Trains has opted for WiMax to connect passengers wanting to browse the internet from their seat. Virgin will be experimenting with the long range broadband wireless standard on its west coast ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to develop and deploy a fourth-generation nationwide broadband mobile network. The 4G wireless broadband network will use ...

Some proponents of WiMax wireless broadband technology see it as the next Wi-Fi, with a high volume of chip sets cutting prices, but one equipment vendor says it can already ride that wave, delivering ...

A majority of WiMax operators plan to offer mobile services by 2012, but a lack of smartphones that support the wireless technology will make it a challenge, according to a survey by Infonetics ...

MOSCOW, March 29 (Reuters) - Russian wireless telecoms firm Yota, one of the largest WiMax operators globally, said it might eventually switch to using rival LTE technology, making it the second WiMax ...