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Nokia talks up 'mobile' WiMAX progress

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Nokia is talking up its progress in developing products for the upcoming IEEE802.16e 'mobile' WIMAX broadband wireless standard, but details are scant.

Nokia has announced that its Networks business group "has completed a data call as part of its WiMAX (802.16e) development program...between computing and baseband modules at Nokia's research and development facility in Germany."

The company said this latest development was "according to Nokia's WiMAX development timetable, and was conducted on a high-speed pre-product test platform," adding "Nokia will be expanding to WiMAX trials during 2006."
 
Markku Hollström, general manager, Broadband Wireless business program in Nokia Networks claimed this latest development was "an important step in our WiMAX development work, and we are very encouraged by the results."