WiMAX News at SUPERCOMM

WiMAX news hit the wires from SUPERCOMM this morning. How cool that there is going to be a live demonstration of a WiMAX-based network.....details below. If you're at SUPERCOMM, be sure to check this out:

Redline Demonstrates Live WiMAX Network At SUPERCOMM Using RedMAX'TM' Products

Redline Communications, a leading provider of standards-based broadband wireless equipment, and IBM's Global Services will demonstrate a WiMAX-based network using TowerStream's current coverage at SUPERCOMM 2005 in Chicago. The firms will deliver voice, video and data to the Redline, IBM and Intel booths using Redline's RedMAX(TM) family of WiMAX-based products, including its low-cost subscriber unit incorporating the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5116 system-on-a-chip. This collaboration empowers the world's first live, 'over the air' demonstration of equipment that is compliant to the IEEE 802.16 2004 standard, upon which WiMAX is based.

Content will be transmitted wirelessly using Redline's RedMAX equipment from two downtown Chicago locations, including a TowerStream Point-of-Presence (PoP) site in the AON Tower, to the IBM booth located in the McCormick Center. The demonstration includes a combination of live video feeds from web cameras situated at the Tower and streaming video/data from IBM. Within the McCormick Center, RedMAX equipment will be deployed to extend wireless coverage to the Redline and Intel booths.

"We are pleased to be working with industry leaders such as IBM, Intel and TowerStream to increase customer confidence in the benefits of broadband wireless networks based on WiMAX specifications," said Keith Doucet, VP Marketing and Product Management, Redline Communications. "All of the RedMAX equipment demonstrated will be part of the first wave of industry products presented for WiMAX certification at the Cetecom lab in July," he added.

RedMAX base stations and subscriber units are planned to be generally available, following certification, in Q4 2005. Redline is exhibiting at booth 86040 and at the WiMAX pavilion at SUPERCOMM.

TowerStream's 802.16, High-Speed Internet Access Installed in Hours

The RedMAX network was established in collaboration with TowerStream, the leading fixed broadband wireless service provider with networks across the United States. TowerStream's current deployments serve business customers in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco and Providence/Newport. The ultra-high speed Internet access being demonstrated is available for customers in these cities today.

"One of our differentiators is the fast turnaround in deploying the network and we achieved this with high-speed, reliable broadband at low cost," said Jeff Thompson, Chief Operating Officer, TowerStream. "The Redline WiMAX demonstration, using 802.16-compliant infrastructure, shows the capabilities of TowerStream's network, which was working in just a few hours."

Redline's RedMAX Family

Redline's WiMAX solutions are designed to operate in a wide range of network designs and deployments, including point-to-point and point-to-multi-point, in urban and rural geographies.

The RedMAX carrier class Base Station (AN-100U) can transmit a variety of services, including circuit-switched voice traffic, video, VoIP and prioritized data traffic to the RedMAX Subscriber units - both indoor and outdoor versions - which feature the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface.