The 4G revolution started with a simple idea: cheap broadband Internet access - anytime and anywhere - for everyone. Over the next decade the pursuit of this idea hastened the inevitable collision of the internet and telephony industries, and pushed forward a new set of technologies that are changing the way the world connects. Now WiMAX technology is used by consumers in 150 countries, and is gaining acceptance in vertical industries such as aviation and Smart Grid.
In June of 2001, a number of technology corporations and service providers formed the WiMAX Forum to accelerate wide-scale adoption of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technology. The new organization was founded with three primary goals in mind: establish standards and build profiles for equipment that ensured interoperability; work with government agencies to release spectrum; establish and grow an ecosystem nurturing vendor innovation and carrier deployment to encourage mass adoption of WiMAX™ technologies.
"The WiMAX Forum was built around the idea of open standards, free sharing of information, low patent usage fees and collaboration across the ecosystem," said Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum. "Our founding members were trying to fundamentally change the telecommunication industry by introducing an all-IP global standards-based wireless broadband technology to meet the pent up demands of consumers and allow for more choice of services and devices. The move away from the traditional telephony business-model built on voice-centric architecture to an internet model based on ubiquitous data-centric networks is a revolution that the entire world will benefit from."
"WiMAX enables innovative complimentary data business model based on open retail, low IPR and wide bandwidth spectrum allocation globally serving 4G, rural broadband, backhaul and Smart Grid deployments," said Mo Shakouri, Corporate Vice President, Innovation and Marketing for Alvarion, "and this is a good thing for consumers and businesses across the world. Alvarion would like to thank the WiMAX Forum for its support, and congratulate it on this milestone."
Key Milestones for the WiMAX Forum
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This article was prepared by Telecommunications Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Telecommunications Weekly via VerticalNews.com.
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