The effects of the global economic slump continues to have an effect on the telecom market, including the WiMAX wireless segment. Israel-based WiMAX player Alvarion announced that it will cut 11 percent of its workforce by the end of 2008 in an effort to maintain profitability throughout 2009.
Finally something to really get 4G WiMax going- the addition of Cisco as a partner to build the network hardware. Get ready for full-fledged cell phone video conferencing.
Good news for those wireless operators with business plans not based on WiMAX: The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), an ITU-based standards organization, has completed its latest round of work clarifying the specifications for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless.