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A new batch of WiMAX certified products emerge

Industry trade association WiMAX Forum announced in March that it expected to certify 100 products during 2008. Two-thirds of the year has passed and 25 products have been certified. In all, 57 products have demonstrated conformance to radio and protocol tests, along with interoperability testing between multiple vendor base stations and subscriber stations since the first approvals were granted in January 2006. The majority of products certified this year are based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard (commonly known as Mobile WiMAX). Only two - a base station and a subscriber radio from Redline’s RedMAX family - were certified for the earlier 802.16-2004 standard.

Fourteen different vendors have certified mobile WiMAX products during the first eight months of the year. The radios support either the 2.3 GHz Wave 1 requirements for WiBro services in South Korea or the broader 2.5 GHz band Wave 2 requirements offered in many countries today and the basis for many of the anticipated large networks including Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.

See the full list of the WiMAX Forum Certified devices based on the 802.16e-2005 standard at WiMax.com