Airspan Networks Inc., a worldwide provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks and carrier-class voice over internet protocol (VoIP) solutions, has delivered WiMAX base station and customer premises equipment (CPE) to Cetecom, the WiMAX Forum Certification Laboratory.

The Airspan products to be tested by Cetecom were announced in March of this year, when the company unveiled its AS.MAX portfolio of products. Specifically, the test products include the high-performance, carrier-class MacroMAX base station, which is based on the SDR (Software Defined Radio) technology from PicoChip, and the outdoor ProST and the indoor, self-installable EasyST, which are based on Intel's ProWireless 5116 silicon.

Eric Stonestrom, president and CEO of Airspan, commented, "Airspan will be in the first wave of certification for becoming WiMAX Forum Certified, and will be the pathfinder for WiMAX products that fully meet the 802.16-2004 specification. We started the first phase of private interoperability testing earlier this year, and we will continue to work towards full completion through the WiMAX certification lab."

He added, "The certification of our products by the WiMAX Forum will be followed by a speedy deployment of Airspan products in key markets under our new OEM agreements with Ericsson, Fujitsu and Marconi, and through our direct sales efforts."

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