DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has joined the WiMax Forum, just as Cisco Systems Inc. reportedly denied reports that it has joined the industry body.
Nortel sees its joining WiMax as part of its converged networks strategy as well as its plan to add Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing and Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output technologies to its portfolio.
“Nortel Networks’ commitment and contributions to the WiMax Forum underscore our objective to speed the deployment of advanced broadband service regardless of access choice while decreasing operator costs,” said John Hoadley, vice president, advanced technology, wireless networks at Nortel.
