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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Wi-Fi Hotzone Pioneer Radionet Joins Wimax Forum
HELSINKI, Finland - October 7, 2004 - Radionet, a leading supplier of Wi-Fi Hotzone technology, today announced that it has joined the WiMAX Forum, an industry-led organization that promotes interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. By joining the WiMAX forum, Radionet has an ideal vantage point to the development of the WiMAX standard.
Radionet is one of the pioneers in pre-Wimax networks, Wi-Fi Hotzones, which feature many innovations in the field such as seamless mobility within the network and roaming between operators. The company's Wi-Fi Hotzone networks cover eight cities in Finland, including the largest Wi-Fi Hotzones in Europe, Wivanet and MSOYNET. The Wivanet and MSOYNET networks are based on a combination of Radionet's and the WiMAX pioneer Wi-LAN's technology.
"WiMAX is an important piece in the future of mobile broadband. In addition to advanced features such as very high range and bandwidth and built-in Quality of Service functionality, the technology is based on common standards, has the backing of all major vendors, and offers interoperability between different vendors and products from day one. We want to contribute to this standards compliance and interoperability by actively participating in the WiMAX forum," said VP, Product Development Pauli Noronen, Radionet. "For the next three to five years, we see WiMAX and Wi-Fi as complimentary technologies, WiMAX providing high bandwidth for backhaul and performance conscious customers and Wi-Fi providing effortless end-user access."
About Radionet
The Wi-Fi Hotzone company Radionet specializes in the development, design and sales of large-scale outdoor wireless broadband networks. Radionet's technology is based on the WLAN standard conforming to IEEE 802.11. Radionet offers comprehensive carrier-class wireless broadband networks for operators, ISP's and wireless ISP's, power utilities, industry and logistics, and system integrators. www.radionet.com
About WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN specifications. The forum's goal is to accelerate the introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certified(tm) products will be fully interoperable and support Metropolitan Broadband Fixed and Portable Applications. For more information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit www.WiMAXForum.org.
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