The WiMAX Forum® Extends WiMAX Advanced Roadmap to Support Multiple Radio Access Technologies

The WiMAX Forum® Extends WiMAX Advanced Roadmap to Support Multiple Radio Access Technologies PR Newswire CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2012 CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This week at the 4G World Conference & Exposition, the WiMAX Forum® announced an updated industry roadmap supporting the continued evolution of the WiMAX ecosystem. Recognizing Service Providers' need for flexibility to manage an ever-increasing demand for broadband data, the WiMAX Forum embraces a network evolution path to accommodate harmonization and coexistence across multiple broadband wireless access technologies within a WiMAX Advanced network. The WiMAX Forum® today is publicizing an extension to its roadmap, WiMAX Advanced, which leverages WiMAX's all-IP broadband data network capabilities to enable WiMAX operators to access a broader ecosystem of devices and radio access technologies to more easily operate within a multi radio access network environment. WiMAX Advanced will allow WiMAX operators flexibility to support additional broadband wireless access technologies and devices beyond WiMAX Release 1 and Release 2.0. "WiMAX has always stood for innovation, open standards and low IPR costs," stated Dr. Mohammad Shakouri, Chairman of the WiMAX Forum. "Our focus is to preserve these fundamental values of the WiMAX Forum and continue to build a powerful and broad ecosystem that addresses the needs of operators and customers worldwide.