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First certified IEEE 802.16e (2005) mobile products…
This week saw the WiMAX Forum announcing that the first eight mobile WiMAX products had received its Certified Seal of Approval. The 2.3GHz frequency band products to achieve certification are from WiMAX Forum member companies POSDATA, Runcom Technologies Ltd, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Sequans Communications. Four base station and four subscriber unit modules were certified. “Mobile WiMAX Certification is now real and this milestone is proof the industry is following through on its commitment to deliver Mobile WiMAX infrastructure,” states Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum, during a press conference from the floor of the WiMAX Forum Asia Congress 2008 in The products were certified in collaboration with the WiMAX Forum's lead certification testing laboratory, AT4 wireless, in Malaga, Spain, and members of the Telecommunications Technology Association's (TTA) IT Testing & Certification Lab from Seoul, Korea. In other pieces of mobile WiMAX news: Motorola has expanded its WiMAX access point portfolio with the introduction of the 802.16e Wave 2-ready WAP 450 (which supports both WiMAX 802.16e access points and the Long Term Evolution (LTE) evolved Node-B (eNodeB)); AIRCOM International was selected by SingTel to provide the cell planning tool for its Mobile WiMax network; and Craig Wireless Systems Ltd tapped Alcatel-Lucent to build its IEEE 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network. XOHM work Meantime at the beginning of the month mobile WiMAX pump primer Sprint Nextel announced some developments concerning its mobile WiMAX XOHM network ecosystem. These included: a XOHM application developer programme anticipated for May 2008; the debut of the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, a pocket-sized device which uses the XOHM network; Samsung Telecommunications America’s announcement of the mid-year availability of the Samsung E100 PC Card, and the availability in the autumn of the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium Mobile PC; Everex’s plan to embed WiMAX wireless capability in an Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) powered by VIA's new C7 processor; Brightpoint North America’s provision of a logistics solution for several of XOHM's distribution sales channels, including web-based and EDI ordering capabilities; Nokia Siemens Networks implementing its Subscriber Data Management (SDM) solution based on a single, real-time common subscriber database that will simplify operations and enable Sprint to offer its customers a higher level of personalised broadband services; and Starent Networks’ deployment of the Starent ST40 multimedia core platform to provide subscriber management and mobility for XOHM WiMAX network customers. So, all systems go for mobile WiMAX. Well, not quite. At the CTIA extravaganza in Las Vegas where Sprint announced its XOHM developments there was no announcement, as had been a possibility, of a WiMAX joint venture involving Intel and nearly-but-not-quite partners Sprint Nextel and Clearwire (click and click). What there was, though, was talk of delays to the commercial launch of XOHM. John Williamson |
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