xchange, Trendsmedia Honor WiMAX Innovators

xchange magazine and Trendsmedia this week presented the Best of WiMAX World EMEA 2008 Awards in Munich, Germany.

Honors went to six leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies.

The recipients were:

• Chip Design: Sequans Communications SQN2130 ASIC-Based Reference Design for Mobile WiMAX Base Stations

• System Design: Fujitsu BroadOne WX300 Macrocell WiMAX Base Station

• Service Provider Deployment: Netia WiMAX Network Deployment in Poland

• Device/Peripheral/Application Software: Comsys ExpressCard/34 PC Card Format Reference Design Platform

• Industry Innovation: picoChip Ltd. PC6530 Single Chip System Reference Design for WiMAX Femtocell

• Industry Choice: Redline Communications RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX

Nominations were open to exhibitors, sponsors and speakers of the WiMAX World EMEA Conference & Expo, held May 19-21 in Munich. A panel of experts chose the winners and Industry Choice finalists. Conference delegates voted on-site for the Industry Choice winner.

The independent judging panel included Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward Concepts; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder, Maravedis Inc.; Caroline Gabriel, lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Philip Marshall, vice president of enabling technologies, Yankee Group; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.

Winners were recognized during a May 20 ceremony. They’ll be featured in the July issue of xchange, and on the WiMAX World and xchange Web sites.

“xchange is pleased to acknowledge all nominees’ contributions to the development and promotion of WiMAX technology and services,” said Mike Saxby, group publisher of xchange. “The growth in the industry has been tremendous, as shown by outstanding achievements that were recognized this year.”

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