Sprint Nextel plans to buy WiMAX CPE products from Taiwan
Irene Chen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DigiTimes.com [Thursday 19 October 2006]
US-based telecom service provider Sprint Nextel is soliciting quotations for WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products from Taiwan-based network-equipment makers, which may lead to the establishment of long-term partnerships between Sprint Nextel and such companies, according to Peter MacKinnon, general manager of WiMAX business unit at Nortel Networks.
Utilizing its partnership with Taiwanese makers, Nortel is helping Sprint Nextel to build up direct business relations with Taiwan-based companies, MacKinnon noted.
After meeting with a number of local makers, including Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry), Accton Technology, Zyxel Communications, Mitac Technology, GemTek Technology and Cameo Communications, MacKinnon indicated that Sprint Nextel is likely to establish direct business relations with some of the companies.
With Sprint Nextel already having decided to build its WiMAX network with Nortel's OFDM-MIMO (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-multi-in multi-out) technology, the CPE products offered by Taiwanese companies have to meet the OFDM-MIMO specifications, MacKinnon stated.
Other US-based service providers, including EchoStar and Direct TV, are also interested in developing business relations with Taiwan-based makers, MacKinnon said.
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