Alcatel-Lucent invests in WiMax chip company
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(InfoWorld) - Alcatel-Lucent has invested in WiMax chip maker Sequans Communications, the latest show of support for the emerging long-range wireless networking technology. The companies did not reveal the size of the investment but said it extends a $24 million round of financing that Sequans raised last year. The companies are both based in France and have worked together in the past. Last year they said they would make a low-cost end-user WiMax device for developing countries. They expect to start production of that product in the second quarter. Alcatel, whichÂ completed its merger with LucentÂ late last year, has alsoÂ worked with Intel, a Sequans competitor. Alcatel and Intel have said often that they would collaborate on the development of WiMax technologies, including field trials of new products. Before the merger, Lucent sold WiMax products using gear from Alvarion, which uses Intel chips. Intel worked aggressively to develop a market for WiMax. Nonetheless, other chip makers including Sequans, Fujitsu, and Wavesat have emerged as competitors. Motorola also invested an undisclosed sum in Sequans late last year. After years of development, WiMax is just beginning to pick up steam. U.S. operator Sprint NextelÂ intends to build a WiMax network, andÂ ClearwireÂ has built several networks in Europe and parts of the U.S.
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Broadband wireless carrier Clearwire and Intel Corp. said they will join forces to develop and deploy WiMAX wireless broadband networks.
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Shareholders at Alcatel CGEP.PA and   Lucent Technologies Inc. LU.N on Thursday separately voted in   favor of a merger under which the French telecoms equipment   firm buys its U.S. rival in a $10.9 billion deal.
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Wavesat Inc., a developer of broadband wireless chips, said today it has delivered the first-ever WiMAX chip, the DM256. The company is planning to make the chips generally available early next month.
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Alcatel-Lucent, the Franco-American telecommunications equipment maker, posted a loss Friday of about $3.8 billion for the fourth quarter, said it would scrap its 2007 dividend and predicted a rocky 2008.
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By James Kanter  Shareholders have approved the merger between the telecommunications equipment makers Alcatel and Lucent, but only after Alcatel shareholders voiced strong doubts about the leadership and financial health of their new American partner.
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Intel will work with Clearwire, a wireless internet service provider, on future networks based on WiMax wireless broadband technology.
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Alcatel and Lucent shareholders today approved the merger of the two companies, clearing one of the last major hurdles for the corporate marriage.
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Cisco Systems has agreed to buy Navini Networks, a developer of WiMax broadband wireless access systems.The $330 million deal marks Cisco&#39;s first foray into the technology: Earlier this month, Cisco dismissed&#160;rumors that it planned to buy Navini, saying it had no plans to develop wireless base stations using any technology other than Wi-Fi.Navini makes mobile WiMax wireless base stations.Wi-Fi and WiMax are wireless networking technologies defined in standards set by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. WiMax (802.16) has a range over a hundred times greater than the older and more widely deployed Wi-Fi (802.11) family of standards.Cisco said it is particularly interested in Navini&#39;s expertise with &quot;smart beamforming&quot; technologies used with Multiple-Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna arrays, which in Wi-Fi systems allow base stations to handle much higher data throughput.Cisco plans to fold Navini into its wireless networking business unit. It expects the acquisition, its 124th, to close by the end of January.&#160;
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Almost a year after Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it would develop a mobile broadband network using WiMax technology, the wireless provider said Thursday it was teaming up with competing provider Clearwire Corp. to help build it.
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The chipmaker and Craig McCaw's latest company partner on WiMax--a significant move for the emerging industry.
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Alcatel-Lucent, a global communications giant with combined annual revenue of more than US$24 billion, will debut Friday after a sometimes rocky engagement between Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc.
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PARIS, Feb. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has teamed up with Gonzaga University to provide a comprehensive data and wireless network at the University, located in Spokane, WA.
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PARIS/NEW YORK  - Alcatel CGEP.PA and Lucent   LU.N on Thursday moved closer to tying the knot after their   shareholders backed the French telecoms equipment group's $10.9   billion all-share acquisition of its U.S. rival.
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Chinese telecom equipment giant ZTE will use Intel's WiMax chips in its development plans.
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Newly merged telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent is reportedly to announce 12,000 to 13,000 job cuts when it reveals its annual results on Friday.
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Alcatel-Lucent opened for business Friday as one of the world's biggest telecom gear makers, signaling a new push into enterprise markets eight months after Alcatel agreed to buy U.S. rival Lucent in a deal worth $11.6 billion.