Smith Micro Software and Beceem Team Up to Maximize WiMAX User Experience

(Product News, 9 Jan 2008)

Smith Micro Software Inc. and Beceem Communications jointly announced the successful integration of Beceem's BCS200 Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 chipset with Smith Micro's QuickLink WiMAX Connection Management solution. The combined competencies of Beceem and Smith Micro ensure WiMAX network service providers have proven and commercially ready technology to move forward with their 2008 scheduled launches.

Smith Micro's QuickLink WiMAX software enables mobile applications to run seamlessly on the WiMAX airlink. The QuickLink WiMAX software also supports additional broadband technologies such as CDMA, GSM, FOMA, PHS, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Dialup technologies. Beceem's Mobile WiMAX terminal chipset leads the industry in performance, interoperability and design wins.

Pairing these two powerful solutions ensures that subscribers will be able to enjoy an unmatched level of user-friendly functionality and high-speed broadband performance on Mobile WiMAX networks, thus addressing the all important user experience aspect of Mobile WiMAX.

The integration of WiMAX capability into the QuickLink Mobile portfolio came about as a direct result of Smith Micro's recent acquisition of PCTEL's Mobility Solutions Group.

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