Starent Networks, Corp. a leading provider of
infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver
multimedia services, today announced its successful participation in
interoperability testing to further validate the company's
involvement in the development and promotion of the WiMAX industry.
Starent Networks has successfully performed interoperability of its
WiMAX solutions with ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of secure
broadband networking, and TECOM, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of
telecommunications equipment. The products tested were Starent Networks'
Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway and Home Agent for WiMAX, the ZyXEL
WiMAX Base Station MAX-2021 and TECOM Macro Base Station
WM5070.
"Interoperability among multiple vendors
validates the standards-driven WiMAX initiative, which should ultimately
lead to quicker roll out of WiMAX networks at lower capital expenditures
by operators," said Ashraf Dahod, president
and CEO of Starent Networks. "By testing our
solution with vendors like ZyXEL and TECOM, Starent Networks is
successfully demonstrating an open architecture, end-to-end WiMAX
solution."
"ZyXEL has established strategic alliance
relationships with many renowned WiMAX equipment makers and completed
interoperability tests," said Dr. Junn-Kuen
Liang, vice president of ZyXEL Communications. "Today,
ZyXEL has been participating in international WiMAX deployment projects
in the Americas, Europe and Asia in cooperation with many major
operators and has had many recent successes on these projects."
"The interoperability testing TECOM is
conducting with Starent Networks demonstrates to operators deploying
WiMAX networks, that they can expect high quality, interoperable
solutions from world leading vendors. TECOM has also done the right
thing and proven that the open R6 interface is the major trend for WiMAX
networks," said Wesley Huang, president of
TECOM CO., LTD. "Such testing ensures a more
rapid rollout of networks that are ready to deliver broadband multimedia
services to the end user."
Starent Networks will be demonstrating its WiMAX solutions at the 2008
WiMAX Expo Taipei, to be held June 2 through June 6.