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UQ WiMAX is Failing

Avi Telyas — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:46:52 +0000

Finally, some figures on WiMAX adoption in Japan are available. Number of subscribers: 21,700. That’s an average of about 7000 users per month since the official launch date. Quite sad, isn’t it? The article continues to review the technology, laptops supporting the technology and the competition (Emobile), which came out with the 100 Yen Notebook campaign a [...]

Alvarion’s BreezeMax Extreme

Avi Telyas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:27 +0000

My initial intention was to praise Alvarion for their BreezeMAX Extreme line, how “D” like basestations and CPE with Mobile WiMAX (”E”) technology makes sense. But, as I was going through Alvarion website and datasheets, I got irritated by some mis-information and inaccuracies. So, I still think Alvarion are doing a great job with the Exterme [...]

Airspan’s MacroMAXe Certified

Avi Telyas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:04:56 +0000

More than 1 year after Alvarion first certified Mobile WiMAX Base Station , here comes Airspan’s MacroMAXe. I guess it is better late than never. Disclaimer: I am a former employee of Airspan, but not involved since Dec. 2008

Alvaroin Plan Another Lay Off Round

Avi Telyas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:39:03 +0000

Israeli Media reports another Lay Off raound in Alvarion. Globes reports this is the 3rd round, following Dec. 08 and April 09. The Marker (Hebrew) – doesn’t seem to provide more information except a summary of recent Financial report and CEO transition. Alvarion will report Q3 on Nov.11

Cisco’s Starent Acquisition

Avi Telyas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:12:03 +0000

The Tech blogs and news agencies are excited about the recent Cisco acquisiton. Some newspapers discuss the sums Cisco recently paid (~$3 Billions for Tandberg, ~$3 Billions for Starent Networks), some like the LTE angle, another speculates Juniper will be hurt. From every angle, the recent acquisitions are interesting. Tandberg: For years, Cisco supplied Video conferencing equipment, [...]

WiMAX Forum Website Fail

Avi Telyas — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:47:35 +0000

It always amazes me how a webpage can look so wrong, but still deployed for everyone to see. Something wrong with WiMAX Forum website:

Hatoyama Cabinet Email Magazine – Yu-Ai

Avi Telyas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:34:02 +0000

The first Hatoyama (Japan’s prime minister) cabinet email magazine was distributed yesterday. Titled Yu-Ai (友愛　－ゆうあい), which means fraternity, friendship, but also selected for the English word play of “You” and “I”. I found it quite amusing that someone felt the need to name the newsletter. An interesting statement which all politicians give, but few actually fullfil: We [...]

Indian Visa Anomaly

Avi Telyas — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:06:08 +0000

As I am planned to visit India next month for business and my previous Visa expired, I visited the Indian Visa Application Center website to understand what I need to arrange beforehand. As I was browsing, I found a strange anomaly in the Employment visa section: Visa for Israeli citizens cost 10 (6 months period) to 5 [...]

Liar’s Poker

Avi Telyas — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:07:09 +0000

I am reading Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis for maybe the 4th time, and it is as interesting and funny as it was in the 1st time. What caught my eye this time is a review printed on the very first page: “Makes the bond-trading business look like a cross between Animal House and Greed Incorporated… Lewis [...]

AIRN to AIRO

Avi Telyas — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:28:20 +0000

Airspan (formerly AIRN) has previously announced a voluntarily de-list from NASDAQ. Therefore, I was a bit surprised to read about the 1-15 reverse stock split and the new ticker : AIRO. Change of ticker, change of luck. From Airspan PR: With this new funding, we believe that Airspan will be well positioned to weather the current economic downturn and [...]