WiMAX Forum has join hands with Cisco as a new member of its board of directors.  Mr. Sai Subramanian, director of marketing for the broadband wireless business unit of Cisco, will serve as Cisco’s representative on the WiMAX Forum board. Last week, the WiMAX Forum also announced that it had added Tata Communications’ COO Prateek Pashine to its board.
 
The growing WiMAX ecosystem comprises a diverse group of the wireless and broadband industry’s top operators, device and infrastructure manufacturers and chipset vendors. The addition of global leaders such as Cisco and Tata Communications is another strong indication of the growing industry commitment to continue delivering on the promise of the mobile Internet and wireless 4G broadband worldwide.
 
Cisco is proud to be part of an industry organization that is shaping the future of WiMAX.  Sai will add tremendous value with his respected industry tenure and contributions to the WiMAX initiative. The WiMAX Forum remains the primary driving force behind the development and adoption of WiMAX. Cisco values the opportunity to demonstrate our growing commitment to its success.
 
Cisco has plans to build new mobile WiMAX devices for the CLEAR 4G Mobile WiMAX service for the consumer, small office or home office (SOHO), and SMB markets. As part of a multiyear network build-out plan with Cisco, the CLEAR 4G Mobile WiMAX service will be available in major metropolitan areas across the United States. Cisco’s WiMAX-enabled devices for the home include Linksys by Cisco routers and Cisco is aiming to introduce its first mobile WiMAX device later this year.

Cisco’s WiMAX radio solution is in commercial service in more than 20 live networks around the world including Xanadoo in the United States, Ultravision in Mexico, Scarlet in the Caribbean, Max Telecom in Bulgaria, Magticom in the Republic of Georgia, AsiaBell in Kazakhstan and TT&T in Thailand.
 
 Malvika Saxena/ITvoir Network