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09-16-2004, 7:23 AM
Cisco Systems has formally joined the ranks of a wireless broadband group, the WiMax Forum, according to a Cisco representative and the chairman of the coalition.
"Cisco has become a member, very recently, like in the last day," said Ronald Resnick chairman of the WiMax Forum and director of marketing at Intel. Resnick added that the group now has about 140 members, along with nearly 40 applications for membership still being reviewed.
The WiMax Forum promotes and will market products based on the 802.16-2004 standard, which covers the wireless transmission of data at several megabits per second over a number of miles. Those products that are tested and approved to be interoperable with other 802.16-2004 products will be deemed WiMax compliant. Read more at Cnet (http://news.com.com/Cisco+joins+WiMax+Forum/2100-1034_3-5368287.html)
"Cisco has become a member, very recently, like in the last day," said Ronald Resnick chairman of the WiMax Forum and director of marketing at Intel. Resnick added that the group now has about 140 members, along with nearly 40 applications for membership still being reviewed.
The WiMax Forum promotes and will market products based on the 802.16-2004 standard, which covers the wireless transmission of data at several megabits per second over a number of miles. Those products that are tested and approved to be interoperable with other 802.16-2004 products will be deemed WiMax compliant. Read more at Cnet (http://news.com.com/Cisco+joins+WiMax+Forum/2100-1034_3-5368287.html)