From CTIA Wireless 2005 -- the news hit the wires this morning:
Nortel and LG Electronics are teaming up in an effort to produce WiMAX products based on the 802.16e standard with trials commencing during the latter half of '06.
"Nortel's and LG Electronics' strengths will combine powerfully to deliver the future WiMAX vision," said Jae Ryung Lee, executive vice president, Networks, LG Electronics. "With the advent of 802.16e, mobility solutions for broadband wireless will become possible, and Nortel is an acknowledged leader in networking technologies that will be married with WiMAX access to enable that vision."
Nortel believes that the combination of OFDM and MIMO can be realized in 802.16e and WiMAX. These technologies provide greater spectrum efficiency, which is needed to scale wireless broadband systems for large numbers of users and high data throughputs. Nortel has invested in advanced development of OFDM and MIMO for the past six years and has demonstrated the benefits and commercial feasibility of these technologies to more than 100 customers.
Nortel is at the forefront of all broadband access technologies, including wide area cellular, wireline and wireless LAN. Nortel has designed, installed and launched more than 300 wireless networks in over 70 countries. Nortel was the industry's first supplier with wireless networks operating in all advanced radio technologies (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO, UMTS and WLAN), and is the only end-to-end provider of all next generation wireless solutions, as well as edge and core network solutions for IP, ATM and optical transport.
So, does this mean that we'll see WiMAX right here in the good ol' U.S. of A? One can only hope!
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