THE FIRST WIMAX FORUM™ CERTIFICATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED AT THE 12TH ANNUAL WCA SYMPOSIUM SAN JOSE, CA (Jan. 19, 2006) -- In the third day of the WCA 12th Annual International Symposium and Business Expo, the WiMAX Forum ™ announced the first fixed wireless broadband network products to achieve the designation of WiMAX Forum Certified.
To a record-level WCA Symposium audience, the WiMAX Forum revealed the first companies and products to complete certification and interoperability testing, including Aperto Networks’ PacketMAX 5000 base station, Redline Communications’ RedMAX AN-100U base station, SEQUANS Communications’ SQN2010 SoC base station solution, and Wavesat’s miniMAX customer premise equipment (CPE) solution, all WCA members.
The first round of WiMAX Forum Certified products were developed according to the WiMAX Forum-defined certification profile for 3.5 GHz systems, which is based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 and ETSI HiperMAN standards. Each hardware system was required to pass stringent and extensive test procedures, consisting of protocol conformance, radio conformance and interoperability testing in order to attain the WiMAX Forum Certification seal.
The achievement of Certification is a result of the successful collaboration of our Certification Working Group, ETSI, Cetecom Spain and WiMAX system suppliers, said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum. Through an expanded and rigorous conformance and interoperability testing in our certification program, we believe there are more robust fixed WiMAX systems coming to market than what was originally expected.
WCA President Andrew Kreig said that the announcement of WIMAX certifications underscores the evolution of the industry that is leading to a revolution in wireless broadband communications. As part of the program, WCA awarded Ronald Resnick with WCA’s Indusry Achievement Award for his contribution to the progress of WiMAX standards development through his leadership.
The industry’s landmark convention is organized by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) from 17-20 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. Now in its twelfth year, the WCA’s Symposium, the Symposium has convened top North American carriers plus the largest global solution providers – in addition to the pioneering mid-size vendors whose entrepreneurial vision and had work have brought the wireless broadband industry to this historic juncture.
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