Comments on: Cisco's Mysterious Mobile WiMAX Device http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Towerstream Blog » Blog Archive » Cisco and Clearwire – An Alliance Made in WiMAX http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210964 Fri, 15 May 2009 21:06:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210964 [...] Higginbotham from GigaOM speculates that “it’s some sort of WiMAX version of Verizon’s MiFi router that takes a 3G signal and [...]

]]> By: Maddy http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210963 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:21:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210963 WiMAX as the backhaul to the Internet and offer a Wi-Fi connection. It could subsequently help WiMAX gain a following because it would enable the wide variety of devices out there that already contain Wi-Fi chips to get the benefits of WiMAX speeds.

]]> By: kaizyen http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210962 Thu, 14 May 2009 03:17:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210962 A NewTeeVee post on Clearwire with a pic of their first portable wimax hotspot:

http://newteevee.com/2009/04/07/photos-clearwires-wimax-in-car-video/

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210961 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:29:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210961 Ah thanks, guys. I knew it made a lot of sense. Let me update the story.

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210960 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:18:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210960 Clearwire already sells this type of device. It’s called the Clear Spot.

]]> By: Dave http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210959 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:01:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210959 Clear has announced and is shipping a “personal wi-fi router” called Spot – http://newsroom.clearwire.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=214419&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1271811&highlight

]]> By: Alan Cheslow: Cisco’s Mysterious Mobile WiMAX Device | Consumer Electronics, Social Media, and the Digital Home http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210958 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:40:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210958 [...] Cheslow Cisco’s Mysterious Mobile WiMAX Device – http://gigaom.com/2009… 14 minutes ago – Comment – [...]

]]> By: Eric http://gigaom.com/2009/05/13/ciscos-mysterious-mobile-wimax-device/#comment-210957 Wed, 13 May 2009 18:46:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49778#comment-210957 Clear has been showing prototypes of such devices (not from Cisco, I don’t think) in tradeshow booths for a while. I saw a little battery operated WiMax->ethernet hub at CES… maybe even CES a year ago. Trying to remember if it had both wired and 802.11… not positive.

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