SINGAPORE--Mobile WiMax is an indispensable part of the gradual progression toward fourth-generation (4G) wireless network, according to a senior executive at Korean electronics giant Samsung.

South Korea's commercial launch of the nascent WiBro, commonly referred to as mobile WiMax, in June last year was a premature move, according to an analyst from Informa Telecoms and Media. Speaking to ...

November 16, 2005 - Samsung has demonstrated the WiBro (Wireless Broadband; Korean brand name of Mobile WiMAX) mobile phones and systems at the "2005 APEC IT Exhibition" during the Asia-Pacific ...

When SK Telecom and LG Uplus announced the launch of commercial long-term evolution (LTE) services this month, it seemed like a death notice for KT’s WiBro. The fear turned out to be groundless. WiBro ...

Korea’s fixed-line incumbent is looking to discounted bundled offers, increased network coverage, more devices and Wave 2.0 kit to spur WiBro take-up. WiBro, Korea’s Mobile WiMAX service brand, is ...

In the autumn of 2005, a special bus roamed the streets of Busan, the host city of the APEC Summit. Inside this bus, passengers could connect to wireless internet on their laptops. It boasted a ...

The Kigali Wireless Broadband (Wibro) technology is set go live, according to David Kanamugire, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT in the President’s Office. He told Business Times that ...

Wireless provider Korean Telecom reportedly signed a “memorandum of understanding” with Apple to combine “WiBro, a third generation-based communications technology, with Apple’s hit products such as ...

Korea's hope of creating a legacy in wireless technology may come true but for all the wrong reasons. It wasn't long ago when government officials were convinced that the market was ready for a new ...

Samsung took the golden CES opportunity to give us a peek (but only a peek) at WiBro. It was showing off a few devices in its CES booth but not giving out an extraordinary amount of information. WiBro ...

Reigncom Ltd., the company behind IRiver-brand portable music players, is to work on a game-focused portable multimedia player based on the WiBro wireless Internet standard, the company said Monday.

Nothing like slapping a bit of bleeding edge technology into your forthcoming portable gaming handheld to grab a bit of attention, and iRiver is doing just that with their announced plans for sticking ...