WiMax: THE BEST OF WIMAX WORLD EMEA 2008 AWARDS

xchange and Trendsmedia presented the Best of WiMAX World EMEA 2008 Awards to six distinguished recipients at the 2008 WiMAX World Conference & Expo on May 20, in Munich, Germany. The annual awards recognize the leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies.

Nominations were open to exhibitors, sponsors and speakers of the WiMAX World EMEA Conference & Expo, held May 19-21 in Munich, Germany. Winners and Industry Choice finalists were selected by a judging panel of experts from the WiMAX community. The Industry Choice winner was determined by an on-site vote among conference delegates, and represents the company they view as having made the most significant contribution to the WiMAX community this year.

All winners were recognized during a special ceremony following the close of the first day’s convention sessions. Berge Ayvazian, conference co-chair and chief strategy officer for Yankee Group, and Mike Saxby, group publisher of xchange, presented the awards in six categories. In addition, the Best of WiMAX World EMEA 2008 Award recipients will be featured in the July issue of xchange.

The winners and Industry Choice finalists 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; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.

And the winners are .

INDUSTRY CHOICE

Redline Communications RedMAX 4C Mobile WiMAX

INDUSTRY INNOVATION

picoChip PC6530 Single Chip System Reference Design for WiMAX Femtocell

SYSTEM DESIGN

Fujitsu BroadOne WX300 Macrocell WiMAX Base Station

SERVICE PROVIDER DEPLOYMENT

Netia WiMAX Deployment in Poland

DEVICES/PERIPHERALS/APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Comsys ExpressCard/34 PC Card Format Reference Design Platform

CHIP DESIGN