Airspan Networks Inc. (AIRN)

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    franklinH
    Sep 08 11:28 AM
    An SIM Free Option for LTE Should Exist [view article]
    technical analysis of NOK here: greenfaucet.com/the-ma...
    Looks like what we are seeing right now met be a short-term reversal. Be careful out there.     Reply
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    fatcat
    Sep 08 07:03 AM
    An SIM Free Option for LTE Should Exist [view article]
    Great article...having more options would bring down prices,indeed... Reply
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    absalanali
    Jul 19 02:49 PM
    A Comparison of Wimax, 3G and Wi-Fi [view article]
    Its very interesting that in a closed future we will be perceive fall down all investor in 3G Reply
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    rhodope
    May 30 01:28 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    Thanks for the info, This article has motivated me to take a position with regards to WIMAX and if this is the best arguments against the tech then the prospects are good. The POTENTIAL is HUGE, even if all it does is provide last mile access to far flung neighborhoods and basic data connectivity to vending machines, medical instruments etc it sounds like we have a moneymaker on our hands. In addition the very idea of an open network is enticing because they can end up being used in ways that are completely unforeseen and profitable as well. Reply
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    Geddy
    May 25 10:41 AM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    I don't really believe the other major carriers are too worried about this "new" competitor (can't really call Sprint a competitor to AT&T and Verizon with the hemorraghing of customers they've had lately). Both Clearwire (Portland) & Sprextel (Chicago & DC) have had WiMax markets built out for almost a year now & still have yet to release them to the public....smells like they're having troubles getting it to work to me. Even if they already broken promise to launch by end of year comes to fruition, the supposed "first to market" advantage will be greatly negated as LTE is literally (in wireless terms) right around the corner. At most all the new Clearwire is promising is less than half the population covered by 2010, which just happens to be when the other carriers start LTE launch. I can promise you they will not take as much time as Clearwire is taking to fully launch & cover their markets. I also want to comment it takes MUCH more money to deploy a new nationwide technology than the pittance the bidders (Google, Intel, cable companies, etc.) have committed to so again, doesn't look pretty to me. Reply
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    Daniel
    Chvatik
    May 20 08:31 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    A lot of people are confusing a great technology with a great company and a great company with a great stock. No one is arguing that WiMax isn't a great technology. So are satellite phones and we know how that ended. Many people point out the tremendous benefits of WiMax in developing countries. Well, that wonderful but I don't think Clearwire services those countries.

    And yes, WiFi is everywhere now, but it took several years to reach these levels of penetration, not to say the efforts of many different companies on different fronts. Clearwire may not have that much time. Besides, the business models between WiFi and WiMax are very different. Not many companies were able to make a lot of money selling Internet access over WiFi. The ones are do are in niche markets (like airport or hotel WiFi access). I think it's too early to call whether Clearwire will be successful or not. But if they fail, they will probably pave the way for another company that will successfully deliver broadband speed wireless data.     Reply
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    SNB
    May 16 01:49 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    Wimax is a game changing technology, i am based in an emerging market where wired BB penetration is very low. Wimax as a technology will help drive quick adoption and ubuquitous deployments without having to go through what the mature markets went through. Also it has a great roadmap as it progresses. IF you need seamless connectivity on the fly and want to make internet access real & available in every corner of this world this is teh bext solution. Yes initial cost structures are high but the players need to look at long term and future opportunities. Disrupting technologies are always ambiguous, and its been proven for decades that these technologies change teh rule. eg: , television, radio, telephones, aeroplanes, computers now its internet and the list goes on.... Reply
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    Smack Talker
    May 13 03:43 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    Eric is speaking the truth. WiMax is far too general a term for the large class of licensed and unlicensed spectrums and applications for long-range wireless internet-type connectivity. The real idiots are the guys that keep buying the "Next big thing" stocks so that they can all be "First-movers&quo... and "Smart-Money"... You all look like a bunch of goofs buying up wimax plays like they are Sirius and XM (Remember, those were "Pure plays" on Sat. Radio, "Guaranteed" to win because the good ol USA was only authorizing 2 licenses. Big bust for all but the pump and dumpers.

    Do yourself a favor and leave the loss-strategy investing to the googs and Intel types- they have money to lose. Investors here will wait 3-4 months for the FCC to authorize the deal and none of you folks can even say for sure what networks, equipment, costs, access, etc. will be available in WiMAX for enough years that you would be better to jaunt down to the Starbucks and sit on your WiFi laptop learning about Municipal bonds and CDs.

    Tha way you will still have some money to invest when the world does change... The bleeding edge is for those with thick skin, not big ideas about being first in line when they hand out the millions.

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    Lonnie
    Devereaux
    May 13 10:26 AM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    Erick:
    Don't listen to what these bozos say. You wrote a very nice article. Your spelling and punctuation are perfect! You also used a very good assortment of words, many of them containing more than 3 syllables.
    You're a great writer, Son. Keep up the good work! I wish your brother Richie wrote half as well.
    Mom     Reply
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    Wireless
    Han Solo
    May 12 09:49 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    The translation of the business model lacks comprehension of what McCaw and friends have planned for WiMax and more importantly the telco pipeline that will feed these services and revolutionize telco services worldwide and ultimately change the perspective of how these services will be delivered to the world. Perhaps you should invest all you have in AOL :) Reply
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    vader2008
    May 12 07:06 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    Sounds like Erick may be a Verizon or AT&T crony.....LTE is so far off, we are talking 5-6 years before it even starts competing......plus, it will be a CLOSED network.....same old, same old from the telco monopolies......

    Mobile WiMax is real and it is here today. And what analysts continue to miss (some, like Erick, by design) is the fact that this will be an OPEN network and OPEN standard......pay on demand, by the second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year.....build any device and put a WiMax chip in it for connectivity to the Internet or private MPLS network perhaps? Car stereos, camcorders, appliances, trucks, buses, cars, cash registers, billboards (Google advertising connection?), webcams, phones using VoIP, etc, etc, etc.....oh yeah, and did I mention that WiMax is STANDARDS based and has Security and Class of Service (think VoIP) built into the protocol?

    How about a true backup to those wireline T1s so many businesses buy from Sprint today? Or (Telco's shiver) true LAST MILE replacement of that T1? Don't forget that Sprint is one of the LARGEST wireline Internet service providers in the World and would love to stop paying those LOCAL LOOP CHARGES to their competitors AT&T, Verizon & Qwest.....just bypass those telcos and pass the savings on to the business customer! And no more 4 week provisioning times to get those T1s delivered......just drop ship a Cisco router with a Wimax chip and have a multimeg T1 or MPLS circuit up and running in a couple days!!!!

    Simply put, WiMax is going to change the wireless and wireline world FOREVER. Not since the introduction of today's commercial Internet back in the mid-90s have the telco's been so worried about their monopoly.

    WiMax is a GAME CHANGER and this is why Google and the Cable Companies are so interested......Google seeks an open standard and the cable companies see a way to truly hurt their biggest competition.

    The fun is about to begin......     Reply
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    Vikking
    May 12 06:48 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    Communications infrastructure is not a stagnant business in most parts of the world. While we a lucky to have cable and dsl available to us most of the world is not so fortunate. WiMAX has the potential to become the new de facto standard when setting up new "last mile" infrastructure so long as it is more cost effective than laying wires. While it may never be a huge success in modern cites it has the potential to gobble up 100% market share elsewhere which would make it a huge success. It seems like they need to adapt their strategy to the places where they are far more competitive i.e.: places where wires are planning to be laid. Reply
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    analysis101v
    p
    May 12 05:26 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    I would suggest reading from a more credible source backed by very successful and consistently profitable companies like Intel and Google.
    Here it is... www.intel.com/pressroo...
    Don't waste your time reading the opinion of this clown Erick Confeld.
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    Jermski
    May 12 05:21 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    IMHO - WIMAX is the next logical step in wireless technology and Sprint/Clearwire is at least 2 years ahead of the competition.

    You can't expect to make a profit without taking risks - I think Google and Intel have made the right choice here by investing in a technology that is likely to provide access to the same services you get at home, via mobile.

    I'll bet you're a "glass is half empty" kind of guy ;)     Reply
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    User 192182
    May 12 03:27 PM
    The WiMax Deal Is a Disaster: How Google Got Snookered [view article]
    WiFi uses free unlicensed spectrum and has no core infrastructure requirements. Anyone can buy a WiFi router, pick their channel and blast away without ever purchasing any wireless service from anyone. WiMax (at least in the US) is a very different case. Licenses and infrastructure are expensive and the uptake will be dependent upon some operator network build. If the client device suppliers want to throw caution to the wind and put a WIMAX chip in every widget they're definitely getting "snookered": because WIMAX is not nearly as simple as WIFI. Reply
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