Alcatel-Lucent Receives Mobile WiMAX Certification from the WiMAX Forum

(Business News & Technology News, 5 Sep 2008)

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded the WiMAX Forum Certified seal of approval for its 2.5GHz WiMAX 802.16e Compact Base Station.

Alcatel-Lucent's infrastructure portfolio is made up of products that strictly comply with the 802.16e-2005 standard (also called Rev-e), which supports fixed, nomadic and mobile services. The company's "Open CPE Program" is helping to accelerate the availability of terminals by encompassing comprehensive interoperability testing programs with WiMAX chipset and end-user device suppliers.

This significant milestone is also the first step toward the certification of the company's entire portfolio of WiMAX solutions already available in other licensed frequency bands and deployed in several networks worldwide, including some in commercial service today in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Alcatel-Lucent expects its 3.5GHz equipment to be WiMAX Forum Certified by end of 2008.

To earn this certification, Alcatel-Lucent's 802.16e WiMAX products underwent rigorous and extensive series of tests by the WiMAX Forum's lead certification laboratory partner, AT4 wireless, spanning protocol conformance, radio conformance and interoperability testing.

Karim El Naggar, Vice President and head of Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX activities, points out that, unique in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent systematically guarantees strict alignment of features and compliance at 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz, as part of its global mobile WiMAX strategy. He notes that with 30 commercial contracts and more than 70 trials around the world, "Alcatel-Lucent is the undisputed leader in the WiMAX market."

Currently the WiMAX Forum has more than 530 member companies including service providers, regulators, equipment vendors, chip vendors and content providers. Alcatel-Lucent is a member of the WiMAX Forum board.

"The first series of Mobile WiMAX certifications by the WiMAX Forum represent a critical milestone for the WiMAX industry as it will further accelerate the availability of interoperable solutions and ensure widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products," said Ron Resnick, President of the WiMAX Forum. "Alcatel-Lucent is playing a key role in taking that important step with the WiMAX Forum, enabling the global WiMAX community to benefit from fully interoperable infrastructures and devices."

"Achieving Mobile WiMAX certification is the result of the teamwork between leading wireless companies and our lab people, the most experienced in WiMAX certification testing world-wide. That is why AT4 wireless would like to thank Alcatel-Lucent for its key contribution towards putting in place the necessary process and tools," says Fernando E. Hardasmal, Deputy General Director at AT4 wireless.

In addition to being a board member of the WiMAX Forum, Alcatel-Lucent is a founding member of the Open Patent Alliance formed by key industry players to advance WIMAX 4G technology.

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