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Mobile WiMAX
Interoperability |
WiMAX Forum PlugFest Showcases
Interoperability Among Mobile WiMAX Products
Other Topics: Fixed Broadband
Solution, WiMAX Multimedia Streaming,
DoD WiMAX
The WiMAX Forum™
September 26, 2006
Beaverton, OR -- WiMAX Forum™ has brought 21 members of the equipment
development and operator communities together for the first public
mobile WiMAX Forum PlugFest, an interoperability showcase hosted by
Bechtel Telecommunications at its Training, Demonstration, and Research
(TDR) Laboratory in Frederick, Maryland. The PlugFest kicked off on
Sunday, September 24, 2006 and will conclude on Sunday, October 1. |
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Participating companies
include: Accton Technologies, Adaptix, Airspan, Alcatel, Altair
Semiconductor, Alvarion, Beceem Communications, CETECOM-Aeroflex, GCT
Semiconductor, Intel, M/A-Com, Motorola, Navini Networks, picoChip,
POSDATA, Runcom, Samsung, SEQUANS Communications, SOMA Networks, TTA
Labs, Wintegra, and test equipment vendors: CETECOM, Invenova, and Rohde
and Schwarz.
Based on a record number of mobile equipment manufacturers requesting to
participate in this PlugFest, WiMAX Forum is also announcing that an
additional PlugFest will be held at the CETECOM testing facility in
Malaga, Spain on October 20-24, 2006. The PlugFest at CETECOM will focus
on incremental service interoperability tests for WiMAX products
designed for fixed and stationary applications.
“Together, WiMAX Forum member companies from around the world will meet
the market demand for WiMAX products that have earned the WiMAX Forum
Certified™ seal – an achievement that denotes interoperability,” said
Ron Resnick, President of the WiMAX Forum. “The PlugFests held over the
next two months signify continued momentum in mobile WiMAX product
development and progress toward the widespread proliferation of these
systems in networks around the world.”
The WiMAX Forum PlugFest provides mobile WiMAX equipment suppliers an
open environment in which to test compatibility and interoperability of
equipment in preparation for certification. Interoperability is the
foundation of standardization and the core tenet of the WiMAX Forum’s
efforts.
The next step for companies participating in the PlugFest is to achieve
the WiMAX Forum Certified™ seal. The WiMAX Forum Certification Test Lab
located at CETECOM in Malaga, Spain, and which has been certifying WiMAX
Forum fixed products since January 2006, will soon be joined by TTA Labs
of Korea for the initial certification of mobile WiMAX products. Mobile
certification testing is scheduled to begin towards the end of 2006,
with market availability of WiMAX Forum Certified™ mobile WiMAX products
beginning in early 2007. Representatives from both labs are heavily
involved in the current mobile PlugFest.
The WiMAX Forum continues strengthening the WiMAX ecosystem with a
current membership approaching 400 companies acting in concert to
develop, produce, certify, and deliver quality products. Each member
company shares the WiMAX Forum’s commitment to the open interoperability
of products delivering broadband wireless services.
About the WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to
help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of
broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN
wireless MAN specifications. The forum’s goal is to accelerate the
introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum
CertifiedTM products will be fully interoperable and support
Metropolitan Broadband Fixed, Portable and Mobile Applications. For more
information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit
www.WiMAXForum.org.
“WiMAX,” “WiMAX Forum,” the WiMAX Forum logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified,”
and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum.
All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
About Bechtel Telecommunications
Bechtel has more than 100 years of engineering, design, construction,
and project management experience and has deployed more than 160
telecommunications projects worldwide. Engineering News-Record has
listed Bechtel as the world's #1 Contractor for seven consecutive years
and the #1 Telecommunications Contractor since 2002. For more
information about Bechtel Telecommunications and its activities please
visit www.bechteltelecoms.com.
About CETECOM
Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones, S.A. (CETECOM), located in
the South of Spain, is a global supplier of Testing Solutions for wired
and wireless technologies (GSM/GPRS, EDGE; W-CDMA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
RFID, WiMAX, DECT and PSTN). Its services portfolio ranges from
conformance, regulatory and interoperability testing services to test
systems development, world-wide compliance services, training and
consulting. CETECOM is probably the most complete Wireless and Mobile
Communications lab in the World. For more information about CETECOM and
its activities please visit |
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