First WiMAX Certs Could Be Issued This Week

<Q>So-called "fixed" WiMAX equipment has been in testing since mid-2005 at the CETECOM laboratory in Spain. The first pieces of equipment designed to the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard are expected to receive official approval from the Forum on Thursday</Q>

Something smile about I was in a meeting with IS yesterday who informed us that Telkom has lost their Testing license for WiMax dont know how true that is

Just got this in my inbox - not sure if it means companies not listed did not get certified .... definate lack of some members.

WiMAX Forum Certified Recipient Comments:
Aperto Networks (www.apertonet.com)
"We are delighted that Aperto's carrier-class WiMAX products are among the very first to achieve WiMAX Forum certification. This is consistent with Aperto's long history of leadership as a founding board member of the WiMAX Forum, as a founder and lead contributor to IEEE 802.16 and the ETSI-BRAN standards, and as the chair of the Service Provider Working Group, and validates why our customers consider us the innovative, trusted leader in complete carrier-class WiMAX solutions," said Reza Ahy, chairman and CEO of Aperto Networks.
Redline Communications (www.redlinecommunications.com)
"Our major international carrier customers have chosen Redline's WiMAX solution based on our leadership, performance and expertise in planning and deploying advanced wireless networks," said Majed Sifri, president and CEO, Redline Communications Inc. "By successfully achieving certification, operators around the globe can begin to benefit from the advantages of standardized WiMAX products and deliver high-bandwidth services to consumers and businesses."
SEQUANS Communications (www.sequans.com)
“Sequans is pleased to announce that WiMAX Base Stations and Subscriber Stations reference designs based on its SQN2010 and SQN1010 silicon have received the WiMAX Forum’s stamp of approval,” stated Bertrand Debray, vice president of engineering. “This is a key milestone for the industry and our team is proud to be among the first to help bring WiMAX Forum Certified products to the market.”
Wavesat (www.wavesat.com)
“Completing the Certification of our product is a major milestone for the Industry and for the development of Wavesat’s Evolutive Concept,” said Frank Draper, vice president of sales at Wavesat. “This will enable our ODM partners to supply low-cost, high-quality WiMAX CPEs for the fixed market now. “

I have the full WiMax press release if anyone wants it ...

The second announcement was made on Tuesday where Redline's CPE received certification making Redline the only vendor with and end to end certified solution

Only listed companies have certification, and only TDD products were certified. Notable absents are Alvarion, Airspan, Navini. So much for all their noise...