The WiMAX Forum revealed the first Mobile WiMAX products to receive the WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval for the MIMO 2.3 GHz profile. The development allows WiMAX Forum designated labs to accept tri-band (2.3, 2.5 and 3.5 GHz) products and immediately begin the certification process. 

The products to receive WiMAX Forum certification include two base stations from Huawei and Samsung. The tests were conducted at WiMAX Froum testing labs in China and Korea. Additionally the ADT lab in Taiwan recently completed the construction of its 2.3 GHz test bed infrastructure.

“I would like to congratulate Huawei and Samsung for leading the way for WiMAX Certified 2.3 GHz products,” said Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum. “This spectrum band is increasingly important with India’s BWA auction currently underway. WiMAX services in India and other counties with poor broadband penetration will create new opportunities and generate economic vitality and jobs for millions of people while closing the digital divide gap in rural areas.”

“The competition of the first 2.3 GHz certified products opens the door to our designated labs accepting tri-band products for certification testing,” said Ed Agis, Chair of the WiMAX Forum Certification Working Group. “Tri-band WiMAX devices operating in the 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands will enable true global roaming across networks with agreements in place. We expect the first tri-band products to be certified in 2010.”