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NextWave Broadband Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. are conducting interoperability testing of NextWave’s mobile WiMAX chipsets, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard, with Huawei’s WiMAX infrastructure equipment.

The testing, being conducted at NextWave Broadband’s facilities in San Diego, Calif., is evaluating the interoperability of NextWave’s first-generation mobile WiMAX chipset that includes the NW1100 baseband system-on-a-chip (SOC) and matched NW1200 multiband RFIC and Huawei’s WASN9770 ASN-GW and BTS3703 three-sector BTS platforms.

In addition to the interoperability evaluation, Huawei’s commercial WiMAX equipment is also being tested at NextWave’s trial network facility located in Henderson, Nevada. Key features being tested include handover, mobility, and enhanced services such as voice-over-IP (VoIP) and video streaming.

“Our initial interoperability testing with Huawei has already yielded positive results and demonstrates the maturity of our first-generation mobile WiMAX chipsets,” said Mark Kelley, chief division officer of NextWave Broadband’s Advanced Technology Group. “We are pleased to be working with Huawei to take the steps needed to deliver next-generation, end-to-end WiMAX solutions.”

“We are excited about this opportunity to work with NextWave. The success of this interoperability testing and field trials demonstrate Huawei’s commitment to delivering innovative, custom solutions to our customers,” said Carl Liu, executive vice president of North American Sales and Customer support for Huawei. “Huawei’s industry-leading, end-to-end, WiMAX solutions provide users with exceptional services, such as video-on-demand, FTP downloads, and VoIP. We are looking forward to a continuing relationship with NextWave Broadband.”

NextWave’s chipsets incorporate numerous NextWave innovations to improve performance, reduce power consumption, lower manufacturing costs, enable new types of advanced mobile multimedia applications, and allow seamless operation and roaming across worldwide WiMAX frequencies and profiles. Huawei’s WiMAX solutions encompass a full portfolio of IP-based base stations using distributed architectures and leading-edge technologies such as MIMO, a fully IP-based WASN-Gateway, AAA, and terminals.