Wavesat announces CPE certified by WiMAX Forum

January 30, 2006

The WiMAX Forum, a non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products, last week announced the first fixed wireless broadband network products to achieve the designation of 'WiMAX Forum Certified'. Montreal-based Wavesat is the first supplier worldwide to receive this certification for a customer premise equipment (CPE) solution.

Wavesat's Minimax CPE passed extensive tests related to protocol conformance, radio conformance and interoperability testing in order to attain the WiMAX Forum Certification seal. The Minimax CPE solution, part of the Evolutive WiMAX Series, is available to manufacturers and operators worldwide to accelerate the design of 3.5 GHz WiMAX certifiable CPE compliant with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard and its Corrigendum.

Minimax is the subscriber platform included in Wavesat's Evolutive Reference Kit to guide and support the design of 3.5 GHz WiMAX certifiable wireless systems using Wavesat's DM256 integrated circuit. Wavesat's Evolutive Series consists of a range of standard-based integrated circuits, software and reference designs compliant with IEEE 802.16-2004 and intended for forward compatibility with the IEEE 802.16e mobility amendment. Wavesat products fit design requirements for CPE as well as base station infrastructures, providing wireless connectivity for a range of network sizes and coverage.