Motorola WiMax Deployments on Track for ‘08Press release summarizes year end achievements
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old news - 11:24AM Sunday Dec 23 2007)
tags: business · wireless · alternativesMotorola has issued a
press release summarizing the WiMax achievements that they accomplished in 2007. The companys most prized achievement was the demonstration of the historic first live mobile WiMAX 802.16e handoffs between continuous WiMAX cells supporting voice, data and multimedia applications at the World WiMax Conference held in Chicago in
in September. Theyve begun deployment of commercial WiMax in numerous countries and are a part of over forty trials currently taking place around the globe. The company also pointed to their
partnership with Sprint on Xohm and said that theyre fully set to support the upcoming
soft launch. The press release indicates that this means the company is on track for significant WiMax progress in 2008 although they predict much of that taking place in Europe and Asia.