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Zcom Announces WiMAX Total Solutions
In 2007 WiMAX Taipei Show Case, Zcom announces its cutting-edge 802.16d based WiMAX solutions to meet various demands from its customers, including:- 802.16d compliant WiMAX Indoor and Outdoor CPE(Customer Premise Equipment)
- WiMAX Point-to-Point/Point-to-Multi-Point devices, and;
- WiMAX development kits, including 3.5Ghz/2.3Ghz/5.8Ghz WiMAX RF modules, antennas, development platforms, software design kits and so on;
6 v, L$ q2 g7 M' R# V; hAs the most of the Taiwan companies all lean to 16e, Zcom’s strategy seems to be unique, and becomes one the few companies still focus on 16d solution in the market.
* X( ?* `4 o( ~0 z: G8 t“We believe there’re still uncertainties for WiMAX 16e, since the mobile application/solution is competing with 3G technologies, and the operators have already invested so much on 3G in the last few years. On the other hand, 80.16d standard provides relatively higher throughput and longer distance comparing to 802.16e in fixed applications, such as an ASDL replacement. This is the critical element for emerging countries, because the key for them is ‘broadband’ instead of mobility.” Zcom’s VP Raymond Ou indicated
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It drew a lot of attention and interest when Zcom’s 802.16d devices made its debut in Q3 ’07, especially the demand was intense from the customers from South-East Asia and Latin-America areas. Different from mobile WiMAX(16e), the major applications for WiMAX in those countries are basically to satisfy people’s primary demand: voice and data applications (ADSL replacement), but not the mobility service. Infrastructure is not well-established in those areas, and the government has limited budget and schedule to build up the copper wired networks. In this regard, 802.16d WiMAX technology, with advanced features such as QoS support, adjustable bandwidth, long distance transmission and so on, has become the best solution to broadband connectivity with lowest cost and shortest timeframe for large deployment.. P. d2 y% i5 ]2 r# w( d) ^
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In the mean time, in order to meet the multiple demands from users, such as voice and wifi, Zcom has planed to develop a new generation of WiMAX gateway to integrate VoIP, WiFi or router, or even mesh, so that it can provide multiple functions to the users within single box, thus lowering the total operating cost for operators or WISPs.* S# k6 o, F* N& B: M7 t
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7 Z7 G5 d8 z+ k3 m; _& B3 r) LFor “Point-to-Point/Point-to-Multi-Point” applications in private network deployment, Zcom also announces the newest ZMAX-8100 wireless bridge series. ZMAX-8100 takes advantage of the WiMAX technology to provide better QoS, longer distance, adjustable bandwidth and lower total cost solution for last mile application to meet the specific need in BWA(Broadband Wireless Application) market.
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In addition, since WiMAX is still at its infant stage, the market requirements from customers vary. The frequency band, environmental requirements, multimedia applications are all different from country to country. In order to meet all customers’ demand and bring the product to the market on time, Zcom decided to provide a complete “solution” for customers’ wimax development needs, including WiMAX RF modules in different frequency band(2.3G/3.5G/5.8G), antennas, development platforms with multiple interfaces ( USB, LAN, WAN, mPCI, PCI-e, etc … ), and also the complete SDK(Software Development Kits and documents) and so on. This complete solution integrates Zcom’s expertise in WiFi and other areas with WiMAX to help customers to reduce the developing schedule and bring the right product to the market in the shortest time.
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Zcom is a professional wireless solution manufacturer that has sales offices in North America, United Kingdom and China. Especially in China, Zcom has become one of the leading wireless companies in local BWA market. Looking ahead in 2008, Zcom will focus on delivering products with “specialty” for industrial and special applications. Moreover, Zcom plans to extend its product line in Consumer Electronics market emphasizing digital home applications. |
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