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xchange Presents the Best of WiMAX World Europe Awards
2007
xchange is pleased to announce the Best of WiMAX World
Europe Awards winners with a special awards presentation
at the WiMAX World
Europe Conference & Expo on May 30, in Vienna,
Austria. The awards recognize the leaders in the development
and deployment of WiMAX technologies. xchange was tapped
by Trendsmedia,
producer of WiMAX World Europe Conference & Expo,
to sponsor and administer the awards program. Nominations
were open to exhibitors and sponsors of the 2007 conference.
After receiving nearly 40 nominations, an independent
panel of judges determined the best of the WiMAX community
in five categories. New to the Best of WiMAX World Awards
program is the Industry Choice Award. This award was
chosen by the delegates at the WiMAX World Europe Conference & Expo
and represents who among the 13 finalists they feel to
have made the most significant contribution to the WiMAX
community this year.
This year’s judging panel of subject matter experts
include James Farstad, founder and president of rClient
LLC; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder of Maravedis Inc.;
Carolyn Gabriel, research director of Rethink Research
Associates; Philip Marshall, vice president of wireless/mobile
technologies of the Yankee Group; Craig Mathias, principal
of Farpoint Group; Mike Saxby, group publisher, xchange;
Will Strauss, principal analyst of forward concepts; Eliot
Weinman, president of Trendsmedia – Yankee Group
Events & Publishing Division.
INDUSTRY CHOICE
 Winner: picoChip
WiMAX Femtocell Reference Design
Runner-Up: Motorola
CPEi 200/300 Series WiMAX Desktop Unit
Photo: Eliot Weinman, president of Trendsmedia,
with Industry Choice Award recipient Rupert Baines, vice
president of marketing at picoChip. |
INDUSTRY INNOVATION
 Winner: picoChip
WiMAX Femtocell Reference Design
Runner-Up: WiNetworks
WiN6000 Relay System
Photo: Rupert Baines, vice president
of marketing at picoChip, receives his company's Best of
WiMAX World Europe award in the Industry Innovation category
from xchange Group Publisher Mike Saxby. |
SYSTEM DESIGN
 Winner: Samsung
U-RAS Premium Base Station
Runner-Up: Nortel
BTS5000
Photo: Dr. Won Pyo Hong, executive vice
president and advisor for Samsung, with the company's award
in the System Design category. |
COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT
 Winner: WiMAX
Telecom WiMAX FON (Voice over WiMAX)
Runner-Up: Motorola
wi4 WiMAX (Wateen Telecom, Pakistan Nationwide WiMAX
Deployment)
Photo: Peter Ziegelwanger, CTO of WiMAX
Telecom, accepted the Best of WiMAX World Europe award
in the Commercial Application/Deployment category on behalf
of his company. |
DEVICES/PERIPHERALS/APPLICATION SOFTWARE
 Winner: Motorola
CPEi 200/300 Series WiMAX Desktop Unit
Runner Up: PCTEL
Integrated Variable Electrical Tilt Antenna
Photo: Eliot Weinman, president of Trendsmedia,
with Devices/Peripherals/Application Software winner Hossein
Parandeh, director of global WiMAX marketing at Motorola. |
CHIP DESIGN
 Winner: picoChip
WiMAX Femtocell Reference Design
Runner-Up: Comsys
ComMAX
Runner-Up: Wavesat
WiMAX NP7256 MiniPCI module
Photo: Rupert Baines, vice president of
marketing for picoChip, with the company's third award
of the evening in the Chip Design category. |
BEST OF WiMAX WORLD EUROPE AWARDS 2007 WINNERS
 Photo: from
left to right: Peter Ziegelwanger, CTO, WiMAX Telecom
(Commercial Application/Deployment); Rupert Baines, vice
president of marketing, picoChip (Chip Design, Industry
Innovation & Industry Choice); Dr. Won Pyo Hong, executive
vice president and adviser, Samsung (System Design);
Hossein Parandeh, director of global WiMAX marketing,
Motorola (Devices/Peripherals/Application Software).
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