The WiMAX Forum has announced plans for Mobile WiMAX certification in the 700 MHz frequency band, in addition to the existing 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz frequency bands.

Device manufacturers and network vendors have submitted 28 mobile WiMAX products in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands since the WiMAX Forum opened its certification lab for testing late last year. ... - Matt Kapko

Motorola’s WiMAX solution enables highly reliable and scalable communications services for Pacific island nation SUNTEC, Singapore (WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 09) – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that it has been selected by Unwired Fiji to design and deploy an end-to-end 802.16e-based WiMAX network to upgrade and provide increased capacity to the operator's existing network for... ...

Singapore: Motorola recently demonstrated the first handoffs between public WiMAX access points (at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008). The demo was enabled through a mobile WiMAX network set up at Motorola's facility in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. Attendees were able to experience various mobile applications including video conferencing, web browsing and mobile streaming while moving

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The WiMAX Forum and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) today announced at CTIA 2009, a cellular trade show in Las Vegas, a jointly developed roadmap to a unified “4G” standard. The “4G Forum” would create a single International Telecommunications Union standard, world-wide. The incompatible Mobile WiMAX and LTE standards would then evolve

The WiMAX Forum has announced the first ten mobile WiMAX products which have received the WiMAX Forum-certified seal of approval for the 2.5 GHz profile (titled MP05). The announcement includes four base stations and six mobile station modules operating in the 2.5 GHz frequency band from eight WiMAX Forum member companies, including Airspan Networks, Alvarion, Beceem Communications, Intel, Motorol

Towerstream has filed with the FCC to bid in the 700 MHz auction, according to a report from Mass High Tech. Towerstream aims to use the spectrum to build out its WiMAX network. Jeff Thompson, CEO of Towerstream, called the 700 MHz spectrum a "natural fit" for WiMAX technology. Towerstream has established what it calls "pre-WiMAX" networks in markets that include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicag

The WiMAX Forum is talking up the European Commission's decision to allow both TDD and FDD on the 2.6 GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band. The 2.3, 2.6 and 3.5 GHz frequencies are key bands for Mobile WiMAX technology, explains the Forum, and allowing both Mobile WiMAX (using TDD) with FDD-based cellular technologies like GSM and LTE,

This year has been labeled a "make or break" year for mobile WiMAX and, as we hit the mid-point, there's no denying the positive buzz. The WiMAX Forum just managed to pull off its first global trade show. Mobile WiMAX certifications embracing technologies such as MIMO are rolling in. ... - Peter Jarich, Research Director, Current Analysis