VIENNA, Austria – WiMAX World Europe – 31 May
2007 – xchange announced today that Motorola has been selected to receive the
WiMAX World Europe 2007 Award for the Motorola CPEi 200/300 series WiMAX
desktop unit in the Devices Category. The awards recognize leaders in the
development and deployment of WiMAX technologies. Nominations were open to
exhibitors and sponsors of the WiMAX World Europe Conference, being held May
29-31, in Vienna, Austria, and selected by a judging panel of experts from the
WiMAX community.
The Motorola CPEi 200/300 series desktop Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
offers a WiMAX solution that delivers fast, reliable, high-speed wireless
Internet connectivity. Customer benefit from easy installation with
“plug-and-play” functionality and the CPE employs multiple antenna technology,
which delivers increased range, and higher throughput, when compared to
products with single antenna solutions. In addition, the CPEi 300 series offers
customers the ability to make Voice over IP (VoIP) calls enabling the CPE to be
used for both data and voice connectivity, hence providing a new revenue
stream.
The award was received by Motorola’s director of WiMAX global marketing,
Hossein Parandeh, who commented: “We are delighted to be honored in these
prestigious awards. It is testament to the innovative design, high quality and
feature-rich CPEi 200/300 series of WiMAX desktop units. As a leader in WiMAX,
Motorola is pioneering the end-to-end WiMAX experience, from the radio and core
network infrastructure through to the end-user devices."
Motorola received the award last night during the WiMAX World Europe Conference
at a reception following the close of the first day’s convention sessions. Eliot
Weinman, president of Trendsmedia, the events and publishing division of Yankee
Group that produces WiMAX World Conferences & Expos, and Mike Saxby, group
publisher of xchange magazine, presented the awards in six categories.
“xchange is pleased to acknowledge Motorola’s contributions to the development
and promotion of WiMAX technology and services,” said Saxby. “WiMAX success is
dependent upon sustained innovation of companies like Motorola that will no
doubt be rewarded in the marketplace but also deserve recognition by the
community it supports.”
”Yankee Group would like to congratulate Motorola on winning this year’s device
award,” said Weinman. “This award demonstrates Motorola’s place among the
leaders of the WiMAX industry, and we look forward to seeing their future
innovations.”
The winners were selected by an independent judging panel, including Craig
Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward
Concepts; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder, Maravedis Inc.; Caroline Gabriel,
lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Philip Marshall, vice president of
enabling technologies, Yankee Group; James Farstadt, founder and president,
rClient LLC; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.
For a complete list of winners, visit www.xchangemag.com/wimaxaward.
Source: Motorola press release
