BOSTON (WiMAX Day). As the WiMAX World conference comes to a close today in Boston, speakers and attendees alike agreed that the conference was a great success. Below is a brief summary of the many announcements made this week by equipment vendors.

Accton introduced their low-cost wireless broadband modem for 2.5 and 3.5 GHz frequencies. This self-installable CPE uses Beceem’s MS120 Mobile WiMAX chipset.

Airspan announced that it has obtained certification of its MicroMAX 3.5GHz FDD base station from the WiMAX Forum. Airspan further announced that their new CPEs will support 3.5 GHz and 5.8 GHz frequencies.

Alcatel announced its collaboration with Runcom and the integration of Runcom chipsets into Alcatel’s Evolium WiMAX solution infrastructure as well as into terminals, interoperability testing, and joint marketing efforts in order to bring their technology to commercial deployment.

Alvarion won the prestigious ‘Best of WiMAX World’ award for the BreezeMax Si in the ‘Commercial Application/Deployment – Equipment Provider’ category. The BreezeMax unit, a WiMAX Certified™ self-install CPE, was selected from 40 other nominations.

Aperto Networks divulged their strategy to accommodate mobile WiMAX. The functionality of their PacketMAX PM5000 can be upgraded with a module to support mobile. Aperto offered a live showcase of PacketMAX features including Internet browsing, streaming media and file downloading over a PacketMAX platform.

BelAir Networks announced a WiMAX roadmap that includes modules that fit their current equipment used mainly in large Wi-Fi deployments. They will support 802.16e in 2.3, 2.5 and 3.5 GHz frequencies.

Comsys presented ComMax, a flexible multimode OFDM/A baseband processor that enables service continuity between cellular and Mobile WiMAX. The processor is optimised for mobile terminals and incorporates a software-configurable modem core that addresses Mobile WiMAX, 3GPP LTE as well as future 4G standards requirements.

Elitecore Technologies introduced Crestel Convergent Billing to deliver end-to-end billing and customer-centric management that meets the complete OSS/BSS, policy management, authentication and customer care requirements with offerings for Tier 1 and Tier 3 WiMAX service providers.

Fujitsu announced that they will develop components for every part of a WiMAX network, including base stations and devices. Fujitsu has begun with two MIMO base stations.

Intel announced the WiMAX Connection 2250, a next-generation system-on-chip (SoC). This is Intel’s follow-up to its Pro/Wireless 5116, code-named Rosedale. The chip is for fixed WiMAX, but can be upgraded for nomadic and mobile use. Motorola Inc. announced it would use the 2250 chip in its CPEi 200 series, as did other vendors.

Navini unveiled its strategy to optimise mobile WiMAX with their Smart WiMAX solutions, which combines their current Smart Beamforming technology with beamformed MIMO, which they claim will double the data throughput for mobile WiMAX subscribers.

Nokia introduced the Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station, which, according to the company, can optimise the costs of siting and operating WiMAX infrastructure. The Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station will be commercially available for the 2.5 GHz band at the end of 2007 and for 3.5 GHz in first quarter of 2008.

Nortel demonstrated their MIMO products which they claim can bring three times the speed and twice the subscriber capacity of conventional WiMAX products. Nortel also announced collaboration with Runcom Technologies, which supports MIMO.

Redline Communications will combine Cisco outdoor wireless mesh components with their RedMAX outdoor controllers and subscriber units as a Wi-Fi with WiMAX backhaul solution. Redline also showcased IPTV over its RedMAX products.

Siemens announced they are working with Wavesat to develop WiMAX Forum Certified products for fixed WiMAX. The first product tested was Siemens WayMAX@vantage base station with a CPE using Wavesat chips.

ZyXel launched their indoor and outdoor broadband gateway CPEs, both of which support 802.16e. They also displayed their mobile PCMCIA card which should be available later this year.