WIMAX STARTS INTEROPERABLITY TESTING

Written by Adam Gosling

Thursday, 14 July 2005

WiMAX products could start hitting the market before the end of the year with the technology reaching a major a milestone on its way to becoming a deliverable personal broadband offering. The WiMAX Forum announced the opening of a WiMAX Certification test lab in Spain, while in Canada more than 400 participants from WiMAX Forum are currently attending an interoperability-fest in Vancouver, Canada. Companies including Nortel, Microsoft, Disney, Logitech, Cisco, AT&T, AudioCodes, Kencast, Ixia and Skype are demonstrating a wide range of WiMAX-based solutions running on equipment from companies such as Alvarion, Proxim, Redline and Wavesat. “We’re excited by the opportunity to show off the capabilities of WiMAX technology in Vancouver and prove that WiMAX is real,” said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum. “At the same time, the fact that much of the equipment running successfully in Canada is the same equipment going through certification in Spain is extremely encouraging and bodes well for the future of WiMAX and the advent of true personal broadband.” As a leading sponsor of the event, Nortel is providing wired and wireless LAN connections and IP phones to attendees at the Vancouver event. “Participating in the WiMAX Forum event in Vancouver is an ideal opportunity to share our knowledge and expertise of advanced wireless broadband technology with leading business organizations from across the globe,” said John Hoadley, vice president, next generation wireless access, Nortel. “The successful demonstrations at the WiMAX Forum event further exemplify the strength and viability of this technology and its role in the future evolution of wireless broadband networks.” “Broadband wireless solutions like WiMAX will play a critical role in the market as end users become increasingly accustomed to broadband services and expect anywhere, anytime broadband access,” said Yankee Group Director of the Wireless/Mobile Technologies Decision Service Phil Marshall. “Proof-of-concept demonstrations like those at the WiMAX Forum event in Vancouver are vital to the increased understanding and success of WiMAX technology, especially as the technology moves toward mobility.” Related news items Symbol Builds A Bridge Between RFID and WLAN -07/12/2006 Intel Demo's Mobile WiMAX Chip -07/12/2006 ACMA Hunts For Useful Spectrum -05/12/2006 1 Million Wireless Broadband Users Up For Grabs -20/11/2006 Future Mobile: Samsung P9000 -07/11/2006 Newer news items More Wireless Broadband For Melbourne -02/04/2006 WIRELESS 4Th MOST POPULAR ACCESS TECHNOLOGY -28/02/2006 WIMAX STANDARD FINALLY RATIFIED -08/12/2005 Big Play For BigAir -28/11/2005 BLACKBERRY FLAVOURED NOKIAs -01/08/2005 Older news items MOBILES TO GET TOP LEVEL DOMAIN -11/07/2005 100 METRE BLUETOOTH -05/07/2005 MOBILE USAGE TO BREACH 100% -29/05/2005 STRONG DEMAND FOR MOBILE BROADBAND -28/03/2005 Tag This Now: