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June 17, 2008
2.5 GHz Gets Official: Certified WiMax Products Appear
By Glenn Fleishman
In an important move for costs eventually moving lower for Clearwire/Sprint, the WiMax Forum has certified its first 2.5 GHz products: The firms include all that putative joint venture’s partners: Intel, Motorola, Samsung, and Zyxel, as well as Airspan, Alvarion, Beceem, and Sequans, some of which may also supply gear. Nortel recently shifted its WiMax strategy to lean on Alvarion’s research and development after not getting contracts to be a main supplier to Sprint or Clearwire. The 3.5 GHz certification could start late this year; those frequencies will be in wide use outside the US.
Certification is a tricky thing in the WiMax world because it was designed in waves, and it isn’t explained anywhere on the WiMax Forum site that I can find, nor outside of a vendor comment that this is Wave 2, is it mentioned in this press release. Each wave includes a set of concepts and device types. Monica Paolini, a wireless analyst and consultant who has worked for the WiMax Forum,
spelled this out nearly three years ago for Wi-Fi Planet.
Posted by Glennf at June 17, 2008 10:01 AM
Categories: 2.5 GHz, 802.16-2005 (16e), Certification, WiMax Forum
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