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Covad Communications Group has announced that it is a founding member of the WiBro and mobile WiMAX Community (WMC) alongside leading global telecom providers such as KT Corporation, TeleKom Malaysia Berhad and PCCW. The WMC was founded to further the deployment and interoperability of WiBro, a mobile WiMAX broadband wireless technology standard. "By joining the WMC, Covad gains an opportunity to learn from and share information with leading telecom providers in other countries," said Alan Howe, vice president of strategic and wireless development for Covad. This puts us on the cutting edge of new developments in the fast-growing wireless broadband market.

Covad is also a member of the WiMAX forum, another industry group focused on furthering the spread of wireless broadband among businesses and consumers. Covad operates a wireless broadband network with more than three thousand business customers in major markets throughout California and Nevada.