Sprint is impressively promoting its WiMAX network via Overdrive 4G Hotspot mobile router. They are nicely targeting our favorite Wi-Fi enabled Apple devices. The US wireless carrier earlier showed WiMAX/4G support for iPhone and now they have introduced an iPad 4G case to carry an iPad along with wireless hotspot router. With overdrive you can experience 4G speed on your iPad, and you can simultaneously connect 5 Wi-Fi devices with mobile hotspot.

We recently shared some rumors about Sprint gearing up to introduce HTC Supersonic, its first WiMAX enabled mobile/handset. Unexpectedly, Sprint has confirmed the rumor little before anticipated time-frame and has announced its first 4G handset, it will dubbed as HTC EVO 4G and will be released this Summer. The hardware of phone is of HTC HD2 with Android 2.1 OS running on it. Interesting fact about the phone is that it supports multiple 3G/4G wireless...

Sprint has recently released an ad showing iPhone using Sprint's 4G/WiMAX network via its Overdrive 3G/4G Hotspot mobile router. Basically sprint has introduced a mobile 4G Hotspot in the form of a mini router which serves any Wi-Fi enabled device in its coverage like iPhone/iPad. For those who don't know, iPhone currently don't operate on 4G networks including WiMAX and LTE, but it does have Wi-Fi, so Sprint's Overdrive service is acting as a bridge...

Some good news for WiMAX users/customers! Sprint as we know is offering 4G WiMAX services in US, their WiMAX network is named as XHOM, they are offering WiMAX services via CPEs(Customer Premises Equipments) and USB devices. There are no WiMAX/4G enabled handsets available for sprint customers now, the primary reason for this is lack of WiMAX handsets in market, there are hardly any WiMAX handsets available, one reasons for manufacturers not investing in WiMAX handsets...

Taiwan has launched its first commercial WiMax network on Monday. Tatung InfoComm formally launched WiMax services on Penghu, Taiwan's largest outlying island, which is famous for a lot of lavish entertainment activities like windsurfing, casinos and gambling.

On April 6 and 8, 2009, the WiMAX Forum granted Motorola WiMAX certification in the 2.5 GHz frequency band for two CPEs and one Wireless Access Point (WAP). The following Motorola products are now WiMAX Certified: CPEi 25150 (data only), CPEi 25750 (data +VoIP), WAP 25600. These products should now be referred to as "Wave 2 Compliant" rather than Wave 2 Ready.

Cisco has announced that AsiaBell launched its broadband Mobile WiMAX service in central Kazakhstan, based on Cisco's comprehensive Broadband Wireless Solution. This is Cisco's first commercial WiMAX trial, before this Cisco was only providing WiMAX Core/IP/MPLS services with its Routers/Switches profolio to WiMAX service providers, this trial is really an initial milestone for Cisco, as Cisco is in WiMAX Access Network services too with it. If the trial is successful, Cisco ranking would difinitely be...

Another positive note for WiMAX market, Signals Telecom Consulting has published a couple of reports which estimate that Latin America’s WiMAX market is to to surpass US$1.04 Billion in revenues during 2009-2013. WiMAX will also account for around 1.8% of broadband connections in the region over the same time frame.

This week Motorola Inc. launched its latest Long Term Evaluation(LTE) product, the EnodeB Wireless Broadband Radio (WBR 500r) at CTIA Wireless, 2009. The WBR 500r is Motorola’s latest advancement in bringing to market a very agile zero footprint LTE solution that addresses the full scope of wireless carriers’ deployment needs to provide an advanced LTE RAN solution that meets size, and deployment cost criteria.

After Nokia's WiMAX edition mobile phone - N810, this is second major announcement about a WiMAX mobile device from a top rated telecom manufacturer, I would mention that Mondi’s looks are pretty much similar to Nokia’s N810, but the difference between their performance could only be judged once used. Samsung Telecommunication announced its first WiMAX enabled mobile device (MONDI) at International Association for Wireless Telecommunication (CTIA) at 31st Mar, 2009.