Interested in what happened at the WiMAX Summit conference in Paris? Today Tim Sanders interviews Monica Paolini with Senza Fili Consulting to tell us about that. Monica has some great tidbits including how Flarion is positioning these days. Also, she covers a wide-ranging subject of topics on the future of WiMAX and where the money is to be made in the near term. An interesting and comfortable chat with a superb industry analyst.

We skipped a week so we have a MASSIVE (yet fast paced) slate of news including service provider launches galore. VoIP, VoIP everywhere. FCC stuff and more.

Hello everybody. Just a quick note to let all of you know that we do have a show coming this week. Just both Tom and I are a bit underwater with committments. We will try to have a show up soon. I've done most of the basic notes for the script already. Probably the Monica Paolini interview will go up first. Thanks for your patience. Tim

A gargantuan WiMax news week. Mac-Daddy AT&T plans to acquire BellSouth with huge implications for the industry. A second Test lab site is picked. A Forum Whitepaper on Mobile WiMax hits the web. Plus PAN Wireless deploys in Kiev. Heavy Reading reports on carrier opinions. Texas based airBand gets $8 Million and Mobilepro closes out its Tempe deployment.

Are you looking for really in-depth meaty details of cost and functionality with WiMAX chipsets. Well you get it today. We are thrilled to have the co-founder of Sierra Monolithics Mr. Charles Harper on today to talk about WiMAX. His company, Sierra Monolithics is one of the crucial chip builders for WiMAX and Mr. Harperâ??s thoughts on his company, the industry and its future are things we've not heard anywhere before. It is simply a must for those interested in WiMAX. You wonâ??t be disappointed.