ZyXEL Launches New WiMAX Product Line; Broadband Networking and WiFi Pioneer Delivers on the Promise of 802.16e.CHICAGO -- Today at GLOBALCOMM in Chicago, ZyXEL Communications, Inc. announced the industry's new WiMAX product line that includes a WiMAX Customer Premise Equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) and WiMAX PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. Notebook card. Delivering on the promise of the new IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.16e-2005 standard, ZyXEL's new products make wireless broadband access available for home and mobile users whenever and wherever they go and makes mobile Internet access a reality with the added benefit of guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS). Recognized as a pioneer in DSL technology with the largest modem/router shipment in the world, ZyXEL's new WiMAX product line for the IEEE802.16e standard offers seamless integration of speed, security, QoS and ease of use. The new product line features the MAX-200 Series WiMAX CPE, a simple plug and play router designed for home users, and the MAX-100 Series, a WiMAX PCMCIA card for mobile laptop users. Both products enable service providers to deliver last mile wireless broadband access to customers as an alternative to cable and DSL and will provide a completely new and enhanced broadband wireless experience. ZyXEL's comprehensive WiMAX product line comes in several models to operate at different frequency bands including 2.5GHz, 3.5GHz and 2.3GHz. A wireless broadband access technology is designed from the ground up for city-wide deployments. According to InStat, a leading market research firm, by 2010 there will be 40 million worldwide WiMAX subscribers. In addition, Alexander Resources, a leading research, consulting and education firm specializing in wireless communications, predicts that WiMAX will account for 4 percent of all broadband usage by that time. "Our years of experience in offering the best in broadband Internet connectivity solutions uniquely qualifies us to offer IEEE802.16e broadband equipment for seamless integration with VoIP and WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network to fulfill the growing demands of the marketplace," said Munira Brooks, senior vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ZyXEL. "Service Providers need a high-performance WiMAX CPE that enables them to quickly deploy feature rich and mobile data-centric services." ZyXEL's MAX-200 CPE is a WiMAX 802.16e-2005 gateway/router with a built-in SIP based VoIP ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment port. The MAX-200 is ideal for wireless Internet service providers because it enables them to offer services such as VoIP and IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , which rely on a high level of QoS. Advanced Firewall with Denial of Service A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial of service attack. (DoS) protection built-in to block attacks from hackers and the addition of Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES) for wireless connection allows the MAX-200 series to offer an all-in-one solution for the end user. It also offers an SMA (1) See SMA connector. (2) (Shared Memory Architecture) See shared video memory. (3) (Software Maintenance Association) A membership organization that began in 1985 and ended in 1996. removable high-gain antenna, which is ideal for outdoor antenna installation and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. support enabling service providers to remotely manage the CPE. ZyXEL's MAX-100 series PCMCIA card is designed for mobile users who have Windows XP/2000 laptops. It is also compliant with the IEEE802.16e-2005 WiMAX standard and has a 23dBm powerful RF design for a long range and high speed connection. This allows the user to access the internet on-the-go with much wider coverage. Availability The ZyXEL WiMAX product line is available now for service provider testing. Products will be available in the third quarter of 2006. For more information about the products, please call 1-800-255-4101. About ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Communications, Inc., with U.S. headquarters in Anaheim, Calif., is one of the foremost suppliers of broadband networking and Internet connectivity/routing products. ZyXEL addresses the needs of security conscious computer users including home users, small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO) and small-to-medium sized business (SMB) users. The company offers consumer-friendly products in the areas of security, wireless, VoIP, switches and routers. The ZyXEL family of wireless home networking products are noted for their easy installation, high performance and built-in security. For more information on ZyXEL Communications and its broadband solutions, visit the company's website at http://www.us.zyxel.com. |
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