<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
		    <rss version="2.0"> 
			<channel> 
			    <title>WiMax | TelecomYou! NewsCenter</title> 
				<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/wimax</link> 
				<description></description><item>
			<title>Lemko Corporation Launches EM-50™ LTE Mini Solution for WISP and WiMax Operators to “Quick-Deploy 4 x Enhanced Capacity” Fixed Broadband - PrepaidMVNO</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/lemko-corporation-launches-em50™-lte-mini-solution-for-wisp-and-wimax-operators-to-“quickdeploy-4-x-enhanced-capacity”-fixed-broadband</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lemko Corporation, the leader in Virtualized Core Network OS for Super Mobility, launches the EM-50™ LTE Mini based on the 4G LTE ODC™ (On Demand Cellular) Solution with virtualized EPC and integrated eNodeB radio]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:15:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>Liberty Telecom narrows Q1 net loss while revenues fall - Telecompaper (subscription) - Google News</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/liberty-telecom-narrows-q1-net-loss-while-revenues-fall-telecompaper-subscription</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Liberty Telecom narrows Q1 net loss while revenues fallTelecompaper (subscription)Philippine telecommunications provider Liberty Telecoms Holdings, which provides Wimax service under the Wi-Tribe brand, recorded a first quarter net loss of PHP 301.88 million versus PHP 366.79 recorded a year earlier. The net losses are expected as ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>UK tycoon denies withdrawal, keen to exploit Russian Virgin tie-up further - PrepaidMVNO</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/uk-tycoon-denies-withdrawal-keen-to-exploit-russian-virgin-tieup-further</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Richard Branson’s Virgin Group had distanced itself from plans to launch as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Russia, with the tycoon also said to be considering calling time on long-running WiMAX provider Trivon, which offers services under the ‘Virgin Connect’ banner.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:10:02 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>FreedomPop moves onto Sprint’s EV-DO network, trumpets profitable business model - PrepaidMVNO</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/freedompop-moves-onto-sprint’s-evdo-network-trumpets-profitable-business-model</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MVNO FreedomPop announced it is beginning to move its services onto Sprint Nextel&#039;s CDMA EV-DO network, a move that will allow the company sell services nationwide rather than just in Clearwire&#039;s WiMAX coverage area.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:10:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>Russian investor acquires Bulgaria&#039;s Max Telecom - TeleGeography - TeleGeography - Google News</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/russian-investor-acquires-bulgarias-max-telecom-telegeography-telegeography</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Russian investor acquires Bulgaria&#039;s Max Telecom - TeleGeographyTeleGeographyLondon-based, Russian private equity investor Daniel Kupsin has acquired 100% of the shares of Bulgarian WiMAX operator Max Telecom. Krassimir Stoychev, the founder of the company, will be replaced as CEO by Peter Covell, former Chief Technology ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:35:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>Bulgaria&#039;s Max Telecom Announces Change of Ownership - Novinite.com - Google News</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/bulgarias-max-telecom-announces-change-of-ownership-novinitecom</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bulgaria&#039;s Max Telecom Announces Change of OwnershipNovinite.comLondon-based private equity investor Daniel Kupsin is the new owner of Bulgarian WiMax operator Max Telecom. Kupsin is now the sole-shareholder of the first European company that launched 4G services back in 2007 and today has nearly 70% coverage ...Russian mogul buys Max TelecomStandart Newsall 2 news articles »]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:20:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>Dish serves up $25.5bn Sprint offer to foil Softbank deal - telecoms.com</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/dish-serves-up-255bn-sprint-offer-to-foil-softbank-deal</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dish Network has made a $25.5bn offer to merge with Sprint
Fresh from its attempt to scupper a potential deal between US operator Sprint Nextel and Wimax operator Clearwire, Dish Network is now going right for the source with a $25.5bn offer to merge with Sprint.
Sprint’s Clearwire deal is looking close to completion. Clearwire recently urged investors to vote in favour of the offer in a proxy statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, warning that failure to close a deal may result in financial restructuring and bankruptcy.
It has not proven enough to thwart satellite player Dish’s ambitions though, as the firm now aims to foil Japanese carrier Softbank’s attempt to acquire a 70 per cent stake in Sprint Nextel for $20.1bn. Dish claims its own $25.5bn proposal represents superior value to Sprint shareholders. The firm is offering Sprint shareholders $7.00 per share; $4.76 per share in cash and 0.05953 Dish shares per Sprint share, based upon Dish’s closing share price on Friday, April 12, 2013.
The cash portion of Dish’s proposal represents an 18 per cent premium over the $4.03 per share implied by SoftBank’s proposal, which it made in October 2012, according to Dish.
Dish also said that its offer would give Sprint shareholders 32 per cent ownership in the combined Dish/Sprint entity. SoftBank is offering shareholders just 30 per cent interest in Sprint alone. According to Dish Network, its offer represents a 13 per cent premium to the value of the existing SoftBank proposal.
“Sprint shareholders will benefit from a higher price with more cash while also creating the opportunity to participate more meaningfully in a combined Dish/Sprint with a significantly-enhanced strategic position and substantial synergies that are not attainable through the pending SoftBank proposal,” said Charlie Ergen, chairman of Dish Network.
“A transformative Dish/Sprint merger will create the only company that can offer customers a convenient, fully-integrated, nationwide bundle of in- and out-of-home video, broadband and voice services. Additionally, the combined national footprints and scale will allow Dish/Sprint to bring improved broadband services to millions of homes with inferior or no access to competitive broadband services.”
Both Sprint and Softbank’s board had approved the transaction in October, and the companies had said they expect the transaction to close in mid-2013. Under the terms drawn up by the two firms Sprint must pay Softbank $600m if the merger does not close because Sprint accepts a superior offer by a third party.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:30:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>US DoJ calls on FCC to limit spectrum to big players - telecoms.com</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/us-doj-calls-on-fcc-to-limit-spectrum-to-big-players</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The DoJ fears that in the meantime, the spectrum shortage could lead to operators being incentivised to acquire spectrum for the wrong reasons
The US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Antitrust Division has called on telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to more aggressively regulate the amount of spectrum that the country’s larger operators are able to own.
“The Department of Justice’s principal concern is that acquisitions of spectrum, whether at auction or through subsequent transactions, should not be used to create or enhance market power,” it wrote in a letter to the FCC.
“The Department concludes that rules that ensure the smaller nationwide networks, which  currently lack substantial low-frequency spectrum, have an opportunity to acquire such spectrum could improve the competitive dynamic among nationwide carriers and benefit consumers.”
It has been widely reported that US operators are facing a radio spectrum shortage. As a result, US carriers have been frantically acquiring more spectrum from rival firms.
In January 2013, Verizon signed a deal with rival AT&amp;T to sell its excess 700MHz spectrum licenses. AT&amp;T has also looked to acquire smaller firms for more spectrum, such as the retail wireless operations of Atlantic Tele-Network, which it bought for $780m. Meanwhile, Sprint also looks close to sealing an acquisition of Wimax player Clearwire and T-Mobile USA appears close to sealing its acquisition of MetroPCS.
In response to the spectrum shortage, the FCC has plans in place to make 500MHz of additional spectrum available within ten years, predominantly through freeing up spectrum used by television broadcasters in the country. However, the DoJ voiced its fears that in the meantime, the situation could lead to operators being incentivised to acquire spectrum for the wrong reasons.
The Department added that it is therefore “essential to maintain vigilance against any lessening of the intensity of competitive forces”.
Mike Roberts, principal analyst and head of Americas at Informa Telecoms &amp; Media, said that although operators always crave more spectrum, he concurred that in terms of MHz per subscriber, that the US does look a little tight compared to other major markets.
“Operators have been doing everything they can to get their hands on spectrum or by buying other companies such as T-Mobile buying Metro PCS,” he said. “It has been a pretty high level strategic chess game, driven in part by the need for spectrum.”
 ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:40:04 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>Nepal Telecom to provide WiMAX to public - Himalayan Times - Google News</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/nepal-telecom-to-provide-wimax-to-public-himalayan-times</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nepal Telecom to provide WiMAX to publicHimalayan TimesThe telecom service provider — as a market leader in wireless internet — has promised to enhance its service, coverage and quality by delivering next generation technology to subscribers. “We will deliver high quality data and internet services and ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:40:01 CDT</pubDate>
			</item><item>
			<title>Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi Bridges Digital Divide in Mongolia, Delivering Affordable, High-Speed Wireless Broadband - Techistan</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/ruckus-smart-wifi-bridges-digital-divide-in-mongolia-delivering-affordable-highspeed-wireless-broadband</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
SUNNYVALE, CA and ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA – February 25, 2013 – Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE: RKUS) today announced that Nomsys LLC, an Internet service provider based in Mongolia, has selected Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi products and technology to create the largest Wi-Fi access network in Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar.
The large-scale Wi-Fi network, known as the Community Involved Nomad Wi-Fi project, is currently being deployed by Nomsys throughout Ulaanbaatar, bringing Wi-Fi service to consumers and businesses via hundreds of Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the rural countryside where 70% of the city’s one million residents live.
The goal of the Nomad Wi-Fi project is to make Wi-Fi access easy and ubiquitous within underdeveloped rural areas of the city’s capital, for people who barely have essentials others take for granted, such as electricity, within their tents and houses. To build out its network footprint with wireless points of presence, Nomsys is deploying Ruckus indoor and outdoor access points (APs) in the city’s suburbs as well as providing free Wi-Fi access points to select families that will, in turn, use that device to provide paid wireless access to others within a given area.
Limited fixed line cabling coupled with erratic cellular coverage and performance has made it nearly impossible to provide reliable electronic communication in places such as Mongolia. Because Mongolia is sparsely populated and a significant portion of the population still lives a nomadic lifestyle, it has been extremely difficult for many traditional information technologies to make headway into Mongolian society. Wireless technologies have had greater success and are becoming increasingly common, even in rural areas.
According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), penetration of fixed line broadband reached 2.6 inhabitants per capita within Mongolia. Wi-Fi is a key technology that is helping Mongolia increase accessibility to telecommunications and bypass fixed-line infrastructure.
Given its economical appeal and the growth of wireless-enabled handheld devices, Wi-Fi represents a major opportunity within Mongolia and other third world countries to quickly bring broadband access to millions of people of all societal status.
Over 250 indoor and outdoor Ruckus ZoneFlex access points are being installed by Nomsys to deliver high capacity, reliable Wi-Fi access to hundreds of thousands of people, a number that will continue to grow in the coming months, according to Nomsys Founder and CEO, Bat-Erdene Gankhuyag (G.Bat-Erdene), who was recently recognised in 2012 by the World Economic Forum for his efforts to close the digital divide between those who can afford access and those who cannot.
In the outer areas of Ulaanbaatar, Wi-Fi connectivity has become a necessity as 3G and WIMAX networks have proven to be cost-prohibitive – both for carriers needing to install the required infrastructure, and for users who must purchase special receivers to get connectivity.
“The rural areas of Ulaanbaatar are very densely populated, and people who live there have very low income,” said G.Bat-Erdene. “For a majority of households there is no running water, central heating, and no sewage system. To require them to purchase costly equipment in order to gain cellular connectivity is just not plausible, which is why Wi-Fi is the ideal solution. Also, the involvement of the community itself is the key to success.”
G.Bat-Erdene explained that while more than 30 ISPs operate in Ulaanbaatar’s urban center, few serve the rural district. This prompted the Nomsys Nomad Wi-Fi project to give residents connectivity to the digital world.
“Internet access is becoming an essential element to how people now live, wherever they are,” said G.Bat-Erdene. “Reliable Wi-Fi access increases economic opportunities and facilitates faster communications that can improve everyone’s life. Broadband access is no longer a luxury that should only be available to a certain people, but rather a necessity to improve the quality of life for everyone.”
G.Bat-Erdene noted that Wi-Fi technology was originally conceived and developed as a simple technology of convenience, but now has advanced to enable utility-like reliability and resilience.
“Carrier-class Wi-Fi products and technologies, such as those innovated by Ruckus Wireless, are opening the door to projects like this everywhere in the world.”
The Nomsys Wi-Fi network is a collection of indoor and outdoor hotspots with APs configured with Ruckus SmartMesh Networking technology, to deliver coverage to the outer reaches of the capital city where fiber is not available. Additionally, Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital in the world, where temperatures in the winter can reach -45 degrees Celsius. Ruckus ZoneFlex outdoor APs have internal heaters and a hard exterior coating to keep them and the network protected from these kinds of extreme, harsh weather conditions.
“No matter how severe the conditions, the Ruckus equipment was designed for carriers and stringent carrier conditions. It has proven to perform flawlessly to date,” said G.Bat-Erdene.
Nomsys deployed hundreds of Ruckus ZoneFlex 7762 and ZoneFlex 7762-AC outdoor APs throughout the countryside, as well as ZoneFlex 7962 indoor APs in various hotels and other city center locations in Ulaanbaatar. Point-to-multipoint wireless bridges enable broadband capacity to be injected in areas far away from city centers. ZoneDirector 3000 wireless LAN (WLAN) controllers are used to control individual hotspots, and Nomsys manages the entire network through the Ruckus FlexMaster platform, which G.Bat-Erdene says makes overseeing the network extremely easy.
The root APs are connected to a fibre optic network, developed in the city by Nomsys, and then meshed to five or six APs, all within a single hop. “So far we’re seeing really solid performance. We’re supporting upwards of 50,000 devices connected, and at peak usage times as many as 600 concurrent users have accessed the network,” he said.
G.Bat-Erdene says that as Nomsys expands the network, they’re testing the performance and reliability of Ruckus ZoneFlex outdoor APs in downtown areas, and also plan to install more Ruckus APs at additional commercial businesses and implement at G-PON technology this year.
# # #
ABOUT NOMSYS LLC
Based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Nomsys LLC is a national wireless Internet service provider, offering hotspot, access, integration and network management services. Founded in 2009, the company currently operates over 250 hotspots and one of the largest fiber optic networks in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, delivering full motion video, banner advertising and localized content, and offering authentication and hotspot management services.
ABOUT RUCKUS WIRELESS
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, Ruckus Wireless (NYSE: RKUS) is a global supplier of advanced wireless systems for the rapidly expanding mobile Internet infrastructure market. With 2012 revenues of $214.7 million, the company offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor “Smart Wi-Fi” products to mobile carriers, broadband service providers, and corporate enterprises, and has more than 21,700 end-customers worldwide. Ruckus technology addresses Wi-Fi capacity and coverage challenges caused by the ever-increasing amount of traffic on wireless networks due to accelerated adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Ruckus invented and has patented state-of-the-art wireless voice, video, and data technology innovations, such as adaptive antenna arrays that extend signal range, increase client data rates, and avoid interference, ensuring consistent and reliable distribution of delay-sensitive multimedia content and services over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi. For more information, visit http://www.ruckuswireless.com.
Media contact:
Kathryn Mills-Webb
Babel PR
ruckus@babelpr.com
+44 (0)20 7434 5550
]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:15:02 CST</pubDate>
			</item></channel> 
	                </rss>