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Nortel Teams Up with Runcom to Deliver Industry's First MIMO-Powered Mobile WiMAX Technology
Nortel Teams Up with Runcom to Deliver Industry's First MIMO-Powered Mobile WiMAX Technology.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nAdvanced 4G Devices to Enable Super-Fast Mobile Broadband Connectivity\n\nDALLAS, Oct. 10 /CNW/ - Delivery of broadband, media-rich content to\nmobile users - such as voice, streaming music, video, internet access and\nmultimedia - is taking a significant leap forward with the joint collaboration\non new technologies from Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) and Runcom that will enable\nthe development of new, WiMAX-enabled devices.\nThe new WiMAX technology is planned to support high-bandwidth mobile\napplications like VoIP, videoconferencing and mobile video over large areas at\nthree to five times the performance and efficiency of current 3G technologies.\nNortel's leadership in 4G Mobile Broadband technologies and Israel-based\nRuncom Technologies' pioneering developments in chipset technologies for\nMobile WiMAX have yielded a collaboration focused on technologies that\novercome transmission interruptions and delays that disrupt the real-time\nquality essential to new high-bandwidth applications.\nThis new technology called MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) is the\nfocus of Nortel and Runcom's development efforts and is an advanced antenna\ntechnology that is used both in transmission and receiver equipment. The\nNortel/Runcom collaboration is expected to be the first to deliver\nMIMO-enabled mobile WiMAX (802.16e) devices, which will be available mid-2007.\n\"Whether in densely-populated urban environments or sparsely-populated\nrural areas, WiMAX offers the latest and most popular solution to delivering\nmobile broadband communications that power economic growth,\" said Peter\nMacKinnon, general manager, WiMAX, Nortel and chairman, LG-Nortel. \"Nortel's\nrelationship with Runcom lays the groundwork that enables the integration of\nMIMO - the most compelling technology currently available for powering the\nfuture of mobile broadband.\"\n\"The strength of MIMO is that it packs 300 percent more performance\nacross the same area as competing WiMAX offerings, requiring fewer cell towers\nfor more efficient transmission of communications. Working with Nortel is\ngiving Runcom the opportunity to bring our high-performance, industry-leading\nchipset to market and deliver the promise of mobile WiMAX to both the carrier\nand consumer markets,\" said Dr. Zion Hadad, founder and chief executive\nofficer, Runcom.\nBecause Nortel's M...