Altair, an Israeli company, is joining the race to be at the forefront of what some believe will be telecom’s next hot trend—mobile WiMAX. Altair, which makes chips that work with mobile WiMAX ...

Beceem is a Santa Clara start-up that provides chips for mobile WiMax technology. WiMax has become all the rage because it allows broadband access for miles of territory. WiMax ranges much as 10 miles ...

Analysts predict that WiMax will achieve success in the fixed access market within a few years, but are less confident about how its mobile variant will perform. WiMax is well on track to becoming an ...

Mobile WiMax, hyped for years by Intel and other vendors, has turned a corner toward reality, according to industry observers. Mobile technology is outpacing the licensed wireless broadband market ...

An industry standards group has approved a new specification for WiMax that includes mobility support, thus paving the way for chipmakers and device manufacturers to start working on new products. The ...

Sprint has agreed to work with Intel to help get a mobile form of WiMAX off the ground, signalling the mobile operator’s interest in the technology for potential high-speed wireless services. Sprint ...

For years, third-generation cellular data technology has been the belle of the mobile wireless ball. In recent months, though, mobile WiMax has emerged, and some believe it will knock 3G off its ...

Can mobile WiMax work for business users who are looking for high-speed wireless Internet access? Sprint Nextel Corp. and financial backers that include Intel Corp. and Google Inc. think it can.