- Announced agreements with Sprint
Nextel and Clearwire in the United States, Wateen Telecom in Pakistan
and Agni Systems, Ltd in Bangladesh for WiMAX systems. Clearwire and
Sprint Nextel are the two largest holders of 2.5GHz spectrum in the
United States.
- Increased to more than 20 the number
of 802.16e mobile WiMAX trials underway around the world.
- Began work on the build out of the
new 3.5GHz nationwide wireless broadband voice and data network for
Wateen Telecom, part of Warid Telecom International. Phase 1 rollout,
covering major cities in Pakistan, is near completion and recently
end-to-end voice and data services were successfully tested on the
Wateen Telecom WiMAX/IMS network.
- Announced its WiMAX chipset design
effort, launched its first and second generation WiMAX access points,
unveiled its CPE portfolio, and demonstrated interoperability with PC
cards using third-party chipsets as well as mobile WiMAX handoffs
using its WAP400 series access points.
- Earned the "Best of WiMAX World"
award for Industry Innovation from xchange magazine for Motorola's
unique WiMAX Distributed Network Architecture.
With 2006 coming to a close, Motorola
predicts 2007 will be the year WiMAX will begin entering the mainstream
with growing consumer awareness and anticipation, and with an increasing
number of commercial launches of mobile WiMAX networks. "When we
look back one year ago and reflect on all that the industry has
accomplished, it is truly astounding the pace at which next generation
broadband solutions are evolving. WiMAX no longer is just a promise, a
potential. Now it's here, it's real, and Motorola is at the forefront of
delivering this technology," said Dan Coombes, senior vice president and
chief technology officer, Motorola Networks & Enterprise. With
industry wide support, performance, and cost advantages WiMAX is clearly
well positioned to play a pivotal role in the evolution of future
broadband wireless networks on a global scale. In the span of the last
year, IEEE ratified the standard behind Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005, and
fixed WiMAX Forum(TM) certified products have been deployed. Chipset
manufacturers have announced or launched silicon that will support
mobile WiMAX functionality in devices and customer premises equipment.
"Technology and market acceptance of WiMAX is underway in key pockets of
the globe," said Godfrey Chua, analyst at IDC citing his recently
released report "Worldwide WiMAX Infrastructure 2006-2011 Forecast".
"Growth is being driven by the increased utility of broadband access in
general, and with major equipment vendors such as Motorola leading the
way and helping to encourage the expansion of the market ecosystem, we
expect WiMAX infrastructure spending to be one of the fastest growing
within the wireless segment. Spending will be propelled to $3.59 billion
by 2011, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 31 percent."
"From the time we announced our intention to go directly to 802.16e and
our efforts with Sprint on planned WiMAX activities in June 2005, we --
and the industry -- have made tremendous progress in bringing WiMAX to
market and demonstrating how WiMAX can be used to enable rich
applications and personal wireless broadband," Coombes continued. "We'll
continue our momentum in 2007 with general availability of our portfolio
of WiMAX access points, PC cards and customer premises equipment; live,
commercial networks with customers; and previews of handheld devices."
Motorola's carrier-class WiMAX access points, which feature a
combination of MIMO antenna techniques and software defined radios (SDR),
combined with the distributed network IP architecture of its WiMAX
networks; provide flexibility in network deployments and enables
operators to choose among many third-party vendors to add applications
and services. Motorola's wi4 WiMAX solutions are designed to support
fixed, portable, nomadic and mobile applications. The WiMAX access
points, customer premises equipment and mobile WiMAX chipsets under
development for use in Motorola's devices are part of the MOTOwi4(TM)
portfolio of solutions that complement and complete wireless broadband
networks. For more information on Motorola's wi4 WiMAX and MOTOwi4
solutions, please visit: http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motowi4/
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