Huawei and Intel Launch New WiMAX IOT Lab in Beijing

Chinese telecommunications infrastructure company, Huawei Technologies has teamed up with Intel Corporation to launch a new WiMAX Interoperability Testing (IOT) laboratory in Beijing.


With this new lab, both the companies symbolize another milestone in the ongoing effort to enhance the speed of interoperability and delivery of commercial-ready WiMAX devices throughout the global WiMAX industry. Both the companies first signed an agreement in April 2005 to cooperate in the development WiMAX technology and market development.

Officials at Huawei say that the company is dedicated to achieve WiMAX product compatibility through considerable R&D investment, in-house testing with multiple vendors. Huawei has been involved in WiMAX research since 2001 and now has more than 2,000 engineers engaged in WiMAX R&D.

Zhao Ming, president of Huawei CDMA and WiMAX Product Line said that they were delighted to play an active role in the development of WiMAX with Intel through its partnership. He said that this state-of-the-art test laboratory in Beijing will further advance WiMAX technology.

He concluded saying, "The systematic and rigorous testing in our new Beijing test lab will accelerate the development of WiMAX market segments for worldwide operators."

Back in 2007, many company initiated Wimax IOT to ensure that mobile WiMAX wireless products work well together and with other products globally, Intel Corp.,Nokia ( News - Alert) and Nokia Siemens Networks announced they are testing interoperability across Intel's WiMAX silicon for laptops and mobile Internet devices, Nokia WiMAX devices andNokia Siemens Networks ( News - Alert) WiMAX infrastructure equipment.

Sriram Viswanathan, vice president of Intel Capital (News - Alert) and general manager of Intel's WiMAX program office said, "Intel is dedicated to providing market-ready, fully-tested and interoperable WiMAX-enabled devices. We applaud Huawei's leadership in helping to continue to advance the global WiMAX industry."

According to a recent report, more than 50 Mobile WiMAX Certified products achieved certification in 2008. Currently, more than 35WiMAX Forum ( News - Alert) member companies manufacture WiMAX base stations, 30 companies provide PC Cards, USB modems, MIDs, and other personal devices, 25 companies produce chipsets and reference designs, and six of the top seven global device manufacturers develop WiMAX products.

The WiMAX Forum estimates that by 2011 there will be more than 1,000 Mobile WiMAX Forum Certified products found throughout the world.

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