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So NOW they start testing?? |
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Written by Kory Mohr
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Wednesday, 13 July 2005 |
Got to love the media. All this time it's been hyping WiMAX (see
After The Hype, Where Is WiMAX?, More WiMAX/WiFi Input from Techdirt Wireless, Overhyping WiMax) and today the WiMAX Forum reports that they have just started testing the equipment.
Wonder what's been going on over the last 8+ months. Better yet, with analysts still predicting a 2007-2009 period before WiMAX truly becomes available, what else might come along in the meantime to put WiMAX on the shelf?
Amended from Mobile Pipeline:
 Certification testing of WiMAX wireless broadband equipment has started, the WiMAX Forum said Wednesday.
The testing, originally scheduled to begin earlier this year in Malaga,
Spain, will lead to the availability later this year of interoperable
and standards-based equipment. So far, a number of wireless ISPs are
offering pre-standard WiMAX service, but they are expected to upgrade
their equipment.
At the same time as the testing has started, WiMAX Forum members are
meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia and are showing off a number of
WiMAX products and applications such as streaming media.
"The fact that much of the equipment running successfully in
Canada is the same equipment going through certification in Spain is
extremely encouraging and bodes well for the future of WiMAX and the
advent of true personal broadband," Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX
Forum, said in a statement.
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