November 23.2009 - Parmand Telecom - The two technologies that have emerged as front-runners for dominance in the next-generation wireless world of “4G” – WiMAX and LTE – both made headlines this week, as Ericsson finished the $1.13 bill acquisition ofNortel’s LTE assets in North America, while Adam Internet selected Alvarion to deploy a WiMAX network across metropolitan Adelaide, Australia.

TMC’s Paula Bernier reported that the Ericsson acquisition brings together the assets of two of the leading players in the wireless space, gives Ericsson some key wireless contracts involving up-and-coming technologies like LTE, and makes North America Ericsson’s largest region in terms of sales and its second largest in terms of employees.

Here’s what Hans Vestberg, Ericsson’s new president and CEO, had to say: “This deal, along with our recently announced services and LTE agreements, demonstrates the importance of the North American market to Ericsson. Our strength in the region proves to our global customers that we are capable of continuing to provide the best equipment and services, in a scalable and efficient way.”

Meanwhile, in the land down under, WiMAX took a major step forward as Adam Internet – a group that’s building a wireless broadband network as part of the Australian government’s Broadband Guarantee Program, designed to serve all of the nation’s residents – said it’s targeting 14 service areas for the next year.

“Adam Internet aims to bring broadband services to people and businesses that are faced with a very limited choice in the market today,” said Greg Hicks, chairman of Adam Internet. “WiMAX offers a high-capacity network that is quick to deploy and very economical to operate.”

The economies of 4G technologies are chief among the topics of discussion scheduled for the 4GWE Conference – collocated with ITEXPO East 2010 and held Jan. 20 to 22 in Miami. Carl Ford of Crossfire Media, one of the architects of that conference, in an article about the emergence of SIP standards, said in a column this week that all the future growth of the wireless has become dependent on the Internet.

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