Redline and Wavesat Advance WiMAX Ecosystem with Proven Vendor Interoperability
Carriers can now choose from a wide range of WiMAX end-user devices including nomadic and portable terminals
BARCELONA, Spain – February 12, 2007—Redline Communications Inc., a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and Wavesat (www.wavesat.com), a leading supplier of WiMAX chipsets, software and reference designs,today announced the companies have completed independent interoperability testing between Redline’s WiMAX Forum Certified™ RedMAX™ base station and Wavesat’s WiMAX Forum Certified™ Evolutive™ CPE design. The independent testing confirms the availability of a wide range of fixed and portable WiMAX end-user devices, including PCMCIA cards, USB devices, desktop and outdoor units to support a wide range of applications such as Voice and Video over IP for carrier networks.
The independent testing also confirms Redline as a WiMAX base station vendor for devices based upon Wavesat’s certified 802.16-2004 CPE design. Redline and Wavesat will display their WiMAX products at the 3GSM 2007 event in Barcelona from February 12 to 15, 2007, booth 2.1 C58.
“The WiMAX Forum Certified™ solutions now available are enabling carriers around the world to establish broadband wireless networks today that deliver the services subscribers want and build a profitable business model for operators,” said Monica Paolini, Senza-Fili Consulting. “Vendor interoperability will be a key driver in the continued growth of the WiMAX market, providing more choice and ultimately lower cost devices for both operators and their customers. The increased number of fixed WiMAX products now available gives carriers the ability to deliver more advanced services and generate a rapid return on their WiMAX network investments.”
“The successful completion of interoperability testing with Wavesat represents Redline’s latest milestone in the advancement of our RedMAX products,” said Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Redline Communications Inc. “We continue to experience strong demand for our fixed WiMAX products, particularly from incumbent and competitive carriers in high-growth markets. We are focused on advancing our current technologies to provide additional benefits to our customers and we expect to remain among the leaders in the development of WiMAX technologies based on emerging standards.”
“We are extremely proud to welcome Redline to our growing list of base station vendors who have successfully completed interop testing,” says Frank Draper, VP Strategic Development for Wavesat. “We see an increasing number of WiMAX CPEs based on our WiMAX Forum Certified™ Mini-PCI design. As a market leader, we will continue to focus on enhancing our current product portfolio to bring additional cost reduction, easy upgradeability and design flexibility to our unique architecture“.
RedMAX Advantages
Redline’s WiMAX products deliver the performance required to operate a full scale WiMAX network in any environment. Using TDD (time division duplexing), RedMAX ensures a high degree of spectral efficiency even in dense urban environments. Its advanced OFDM technology enables RedMAX to overcome the many line-of-sight barriers in urban areas including buildings, trees and other obstructions. With the Quality of Service controls of the RedMAX system, operators can offer various service level agreements to their customers, enabling them to tailor their services to meet their customers’ needs.
Redline’s RedMAX™ Family
Redline’s RedMAX family of WiMAX solutions is the world’s first complete system to receive the WiMAX Forum Certified™ mark for conformance to the WiMAX standards for performance and interoperability. Redline’s carrier-class RedMAX Base Station (AN-100U) supports voice, video, and prioritized data traffic, enabling long-range, high-capacity wireless broadband networks. Redline’s WiMAX products also include the RedMAX Indoor Subscriber Unit (SU-I) and Outdoor Subscriber Unit (SU-O) designed for enterprise and residential services. The RedMAX Management Suite enables operators to monitor and control the network, ensuring high service availability. Redline is maintaining its WiMAX leadership with the expansion of its RedMAX family to include products for additional frequency bands, applications and standards.
Wavesat’s WiMAX Portfolio
Wavesat is a privately held fabless semiconductor company providing a full-range of standards-based integrated circuits, software, and development platforms supporting WiMAX 802.16-2004 and 802.16e2005 certification. Featuring the industry’s only WiMAX Mini-PCI card and chosen by ODMs and OEMs worldwide, Wavesat’s WiMAX Forum Certified™ Portfolio provides effective wireless connectivity for a wide range of network sizes and coverage from urban to rural applications.
Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment including:
Nomadic & Portable (fixed system to include high-speed connectivity for laptop and portable applications) with 802.16d+ OFDM Evolutive™ products
Full mobility with 802.16e-2005 sOFDMA UMobile™ WiBro/WiMAX product family
About Wavesat
Wavesat is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing WiMAX chipsets, software and reference designs, enabling OEMs and ODMs to be first to market with high performance and cost effective WiMAX compliant solutions. Featuring the first WiMAX Forum certified CPE design, Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment from Fixed to Mobility. Please visit the company’s web site at www.wavesat.com.
About Redline Communications
Redline Communications is the leading provider of standards-based wireless broadband solutions. Redline’s RedMAX™ WiMAX Forum Certified™ systems and award-winning RedCONNEX™ family of broadband wireless infrastructure products enable service providers and other network operators to cost-effectively deliver high-bandwidth services including voice, video and data communications. Redline is committed to maintaining its wireless industry leadership with the continued development of WiMAX and other advanced wireless broadband products. With more than 35,000 installations in 75 countries, and a global network of over 100 partners, Redline's experience and expertise helps service providers, enterprises and government organizations roll out the services and applications that drive their business forward.
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