Nortel’s WiMAX rebound
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 – 12:42 pmSome might say they’re back, while others will tell you they never left. This week Nortel announced expansion of its WiMAX partner ecosystem at WiMAX World in Chicago. IBM, WiChorus, Quanta Computer and Accton Wireless Broadband join Alvarion and Airspan Networks to support Nortel’s end-to-end solution integration vision.
In June, the company announced a strategic partnership with Alvarion to offer the radio vendor’s mobile WiMAX portfolio to its prospective customers rather than pursue its own development. Early media reports signaled the company’s move as bowing out of the WiMAX market to focus on LTE research and development. However, two weeks ago Nortel announced it would be exiting the LTE infrastructure business and considering partnership strategies for the yet-to-be completed 3GPP specification. A similar supply arrangement was already in place with Airspan Networks for 802.16-2004 radios.
Why did IBM, WiChorus, Quanta Computer and Accton Wireless Broadband sign up with Nortel to deliver end-to-end WiMAX solutions? Read the details at WiMax.com
