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WiMAX - dead or alive?
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/03/2010
» In the same week that NEC announced that its first commercial mobile WiMAX network had gone live in Taiwan, Cisco has announced that it was withdrawing from the WiMAX market to focus on the IP network cores as it has been doing up until it bought Navini.
Many obstacles in the way of 3G coverage
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/03/2010
» Providing 3G coverage will prove much more difficult than many expect and is not just a case of re-using old 1800 cells sites to the nature of the technology that could see cell sizes range from over 100 kilometres to just down the road depending on the number of active users in the cell, as Alcatel-Lucent Thailand's head of solutions and marketing, Laurent Perche, explains.
WiMAX operators re-think their business plans
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 03/03/2010
» 3G will continue to evolve with speeds reaching 42 Mbps this year and 84 Mbps soon, lessening the need for LTE and making WiMAX operators and regulators re-think their business and frequency allocation plans, while on the device side we will soon enter an era where everything is connected and see an explosion of new form factors filling all sorts of niches that will make our lives better and richer.
Using existing networks to run 3G is too much like common sense
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 03/03/2010
» 3G auctions for the rest of us before the end of this year? Should we rejoice at the progress that the four new Knights of Truffle and Cupcake, sorry, National Telecommunication Commissioners, have made, or is one to despair at the naivete that such talk brings? The problem is not so much about pushing ahead with 3G, but what to do with the existing 2G infrastructure.
DTac raises ambitions but lessens footprints
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/01/2010
» By using solar power, each DTac base station spares the environment 20 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year, as well as being silent.
Apathy reigns as Thailand continues to fail to embrace its potential
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/01/2010
» After so many years of writing, I have ended up with a 'why bother' attitude when it comes to the more controversial news which should matter. Anyone remember the not-very-smart ID cards that cost 888 million baht and which, to this day, are not fully utilised?