Samsung demonstrated AWB WiMAX CPEs at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2009 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherland, June 2nd, 2009: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of Mobile WiMAX technology, today demonstrated various Mobile WiMAX services in 3.5GHz band at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2009, in Amsterdam, Netherland, taking one step closer to European service providers and customers. Samsung will showcase AWB (Accton Wireless Broadband) new WiMAX product portolios.
At today’s demonstration, Samsung used its 3.5GHz U-RAS Flexible base station which received the world’s first WiMAX Forum Certification in January 2009. It was provided to LRTC, Lithuania’s broadcasting service provider, for Mobile WiMAX 4G Internet service. LRTC has launched commercial service MEZON in early March.
Samsung made this demonstration more meaningful by inviting outstanding Mobile WiMAX device vendors, Myungmin Systems in Korea and AcctonWireless Broadband Corp. (AWB) in Taiwan. Myungmin Systems and AcctonWireless Broadband Corp. (AWB) unveiled outdoor and indoor CPE(Customer Promise Equipment), USB dongle and PC card type devices. Samsung and two partners showed perfect interoperability between Samsung’s Mobile WiMAX system equipment and partners’ Mobile WiMAX devices.
One of the most fascinating service, Multimedia Conference service, which is converged service in voice, video and multimedia, VoD streaming, and personal broadcasting service as well as Internet access service which are demonstrated Live in 3.5GHz band gripped the congress.
Woonsub Kim, Executive Vice President and head of Telecommunication Systems Division of Samsung Electronics, said, “WiMAX industy’s well-constructed ecosystem is strongly supporting to expand Mobile WiMAX service worldwide. And I’m very excited that Samsung creates revolutionary change in communication services with many industry partners, as a leading provider.” “We will make great efforts to spread Mobile WiMAX service to every corner of Europe using our market and technology leadership” he added.
Samsung is a dominant player in Mobile WiMAX industry. Samsung has established partnerships with 24 major mobile WiMAX operators in 20 countries for commercial or trial service including leading Mobile WiMAX service provider, Clearwire in U.S, UQ Communication in Japan, Yota in Russia and YTL e-solution in Malaysia. Samsung is steadily introducing various types of systems and customized devices to attract more service providers.
About Accton Wireless Broadband Corp.
Established in 2006, Accton Wireless Broadband Corp. (AWB), part of the Accton Group, develops WiMAX devices for fixed and mobile solutions being compliant with IEEE802.16e wave 2 standards. Partnering with leading telecommunication vendors and operators, AWB has developed a best-of-breed WiMAX CPE that enables next generation broadband-centric anytime, anywhere access. For more information, please visit www.awbnetworks.com.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in telecommunication, semiconductor, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of two main business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of mobile phones, digital TVs, memory chips and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com |
