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WiChorus Announces Interoperability Testing Chicago, IL, September 24, 2007 – WiChorus, the developer of the industry’s most scalable, Intelligent Access Services Network (ASN) Gateway, and Redline Communications Inc., a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced the companies have conducted interoperability testing (IOT) between WiChorus’ Intelligent ASN gateway and Redline’s RedMAX 4C™ Mobile WiMAX Base Station. Leveraging the WiMAX Forum’s recently ratified NWG 1.0.0 specification, WiChorus and Redline demonstrated interoperability with the R6 network interface. The joint IOT testing demonstrates the availability of a growing, open, and flexible ecosystem of best-of-breed products for fixed and mobile WiMAX operators. [Editor’s note: WiChorus and Redline will be demonstrating their joint solutions in booths 439 and 427 at the WiMAX World Conference in “As the first company to achieve WiMAX Forum Certification for a complete end-to-end system, Redline supports interoperability activities that provide our carrier customers more flexibility, and the ability to select from a variety of industry leading products when building out their networks,” said Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Redline Communications Inc.. “WiChorus shares Redline’s commitment to accelerate multi-vendor interoperability and help service providers more quickly build out their WiMAX networks and deliver profitable, successful broadband wireless services.” “To date, much of the industry’s interoperability efforts have been focused on the air interfaces but we are extending that interoperability to WiMAX infrastructure equipment to enable carriers to deploy optimal WiMAX networks, using best of breed equipment options,” said Rehan Jalil, president and CEO of WiChorus. “Working with partners like Redline to expand an open, mobile ecosystem gives operators the tools they need to capitalize on the demand for broadband wireless services and deliver on the promise of disruptive and open technologies like WiMAX.” The One Open WiMAX initiative is accelerating the availability of WiMAX Forum compliant infrastructure equipment and ensuring service providers have the option to combine best-of-breed equipment to build their networks. The goal of this vendor-neutral initiative is to ensure fully open WiMAX standards, including the adoption of a single open R6 interface and demonstrate multi-vendor interoperability across the entire mobile ecosystem. To achieve this, WiChorus has invested significant R&D resources in providing test and simulation tools, an advanced test lab facility, and software components to assist vendors in delivering fully interoperable, open WiMAX solutions. The RedMAX 4C is the latest addition to Redline’s family of WiMAX products. Operating in the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum bands, RedMAX 4C is designed to conform to the requirements for 802.16e Certification Wave 2, which is the WiMAX Forum’s official certification program for Mobile WiMAX. Supporting a high concentration of subscribers, it enables operators to realize a rapid return on their WiMAX investment, with a low total cost of ownership. The RedMAX 4C includes a modular, standardized µTCA (micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture) chassis base station that is small, lightweight and easy to deploy. RedMAX 4C will also include a suite of indoor and outdoor fixed and portable end-user devices such as laptops, mobile handsets and PDAs. The RedMAX 4C is also being tested with the WiChorus ASN gateway as part of the Redline Ecosystem Verification (‘REV’) program. About WiChorus About Redline Communications Engage PR for WiChorus, Neila Matheny Redline Communications, Carolyn Anderson |
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