BEIJING -- Several leading global wireless broadband equipment companies have reached a significant milestone in the development of WiMAX products at the WiMAX Forum's Face-to-Face event in Beijing this week. Aperto, Axxcelera, Redline, Sequans, and Wavesat are featuring a live interoperability demonstration between the companies' TDD-based WiMAX base stations and customer premise equipment. The demonstration follows the successful interoperability trials in which the companies participated at the WiMAX public PlugFest event in Beijing.

The live interoperability demonstration at the Face-to-Face event features voice, video and data communications on the live WiMAX network, and delegates and visitors at the event have the opportunity to preview a variety of applications running on the WiMAX equipment.

"The ability of WiMAX products from different vendors to interoperate with one another has been one of the major objectives of the WiMAX industry," said Andrew Kreig, President, Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). "This live demonstration of interoperability between five global vendors underscores that WiMAX will have the ability to deliver on the promise of ubiquitous affordable broadband connectivity."

"Product compatibility, or interoperability, is the most important factor in WiMAX Forum certification," said Andy Fuertes, Senior Analyst, Visant Strategies. "Operators around the world have been planning their WiMAX deployments based on the promise of interoperability, which will provide carriers with greater technology choices, and ultimately result in compelling business models for broadband rollouts."

Aperto Networks