Pre-WiMAX Trial in Manhattan Next Year

Adaptix, a provider of software defined, all-IP Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless mobile broadband access technologies, and the NY3G Partnership, a Broadband Radio Services (BRS) spectrum licensee in New York City, have jointly announced a trial of Adaptix' line of broadband fixed and mobile OFDMA/TDD pre-WiMAX systems. The trial, to commence in early 2006, will be deployed over several locations on the island of Manhattan.

"As the largest market in the U.S., New York City offers the opportunity for Adaptix and NY3G to show the robustness of the OFDMA/TDD platform in a challenging environment for any wireless technology," said Vern Fotheringham, president and CEO of Adaptix. "Now fixed and mobile multi-megabit applications such as Voice over IP, data downloads and transfers, full-length movies and music downloads and multiplayer video games, can finally fulfill the promise of a truly connected Internet, whenever and wherever."

Adaptix recently demonstrated mobile WiMAX capabilities in its GMC Yukon Denali at the WiMAX Forum event on July 15, where it simultaneously received mobile Voice over IP calls, played video content such as feature-length movies and transferred large files, at throughput of up to 2.5 Mbps traveling at vehicular speeds through the coverage area. The technology is based on the forthcoming 802.16e wireless standard, expected to be ratified by the WiMAX Forum and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) later this year.

"This trial commences at a very exciting time in the evolution of mobile broadband wireless," said Bradley Holmes, chief operating officer of NY3G. "NY3G's spectrum is capable of providing a variety of New York City-wide broadband services to businesses, residents, public safety organizations, community groups and schools. The scalability, flexibility and resource efficiency of the Adaptix platform appear to be an ideal fit for our deployment strategy."

Posted to the site on 9th September 2005