The organization announced 10 certifications, as well as plans for 100 more by the end of this year

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The first licences for mobile-centric products, operating in the 2.5GHz range has been issued by the WiMax Forum on Tuesday. Also, some 3.5GHz products are advertised for certification later this year, along with a plan to have around 1000 products certified by the 2011 year.

In the WiMax Forum announced on Tuesday that ten mobile WiMax products have been given a "WiMax Forum Certified seal of approval". The certification is leaving for products, including four base stations from Alvarion, Samsung and Motorola, and some mobile modules from Samsung, Intel, Beceem, ZyXEL and Airspan.

The Organization said that more than 100 mobile WiMax products will also receive a certificate at the end of the year and that would probably be more than 1000 products certified by the 2011 year. The variety of products also includes those machines, designed to work in the frequency 3.5GHz, which will begin to receive WiMax Forum certification, starting with the third quarter of the year. The organization is optimistic about its actions and announced its plans to complete the certification of products, 3.5GHz, before the end of this year.

"We are one industry precedent by holding a certification in a way that has never been done before," WiMax Forum president said Ron Resnick. "To ensure global interoperability for operators and consumers, WiMax Forum supports to the end process of certification of the development of equipment for testing equipment validation (to), finally, product certification. WiMax Forum is the only consortium to certify base station equipment, which is essential to ensure true interoperability of networks and high quality of service among consumer devices and network equipment. "

In announcements made by the forum on Tuesday to get on the road to improving mobile WiMax lead over its main competitors, long-Evolution (LTE) of 3G. NXP announced last week that would have LTE-compliant modem for interoperability testings in the first half of next year, even if LTE is not standardized yet.

Clearwire and Sprint of WiMax network in the United States must allow the use of 2.5GHz products. As for the United Kingdom, the chances of mobile WiMax depend much on the results of the auction, which will be held by telecommunications regulator Ofcom in that range ever near the end of this summer.

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