WiMAX Forum Certified Training Program(TM) to Expand Offerings at WiMAX Forum(R) Congress Series of Events

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The WiMAX Forum today announced an expansion of the WiMAX Forum Certified Training program to include a new training partner, increased course offerings, and the 2009 schedule of courses. Many of the new course offerings are expected to debut at the WiMAX Forum Congress Series in 2009.

“Technical personnel who start with WiMAX Forum Certified Training will gain skills that are applicable to a variety of vendor’s equipment, and prepare them for detailed training on specific networks.”

The new WiMAX Forum Network Associate Boot Camp course adds to the suite of technical boot camp courses which provide the necessary skills to design and deploy WiMAX networks. The four day Network Associate Boot Camp leads WiMAX engineers and technicians through a series of installation, configuration and field-test exercises.

This new course is comprised of 70% hands-on lab activity and 30% tutorial content, assuring that students master the fundamental skills of network deployment. For the hands-on lab sessions, training partner DoceoTech maintains a vendor-neutral WiMAX lab employing Aperto and Telsima base stations and fixed subscriber stations as samples of WiMAX Forum Certified™ equipment as well as Anritsu multifunction field-test sets. Additionally, students are required to complete a mobile WiMAX drive-test exercise that uses 802.16e drive test data and the WirelessLogix 802.16e drive test software tool.

“The WiMAX Forum Network Associate Boot Camp prepares field engineers for deploying 802.16e WiMAX networks in the best way possible,” says John Swart, President of DoceoTech. “Technical personnel who start with WiMAX Forum Certified Training will gain skills that are applicable to a variety of vendor’s equipment, and prepare them for detailed training on specific networks.”

In addition, AT4 wireless, the WiMAX Forum lead lab for product certification, will also partner with the WiMAX Forum to create a series of courses on certification. The WiMAX™ Certification Process Overview course will ensure that the complexities of the certification process are more clearly understood through an in-depth examination of the Certification Program Reference Manual (CPRM) as well as discussion on WiMAX Forum Certification Project Management, Certification Requirements and Test Specifications documents, and an overview of Certification Testing.

“Developed based on our deep experience with WiMAX Forum Certification, AT4 wireless’ courses will offer the industry’s only WiMAX Forum Certified Training focusing on certification,” said Fernando E. Hardasmal, Deputy General Manager of AT4 wireless. “These courses will be designed to equip industry professionals with a deeper understanding of the certification process from the WiMAX Forum for Fixed and Mobile WiMAX™, including all the required steps to certify a WiMAX base station or subscriber station and re-certification policies for WiMAX Forum Certified products.”

In addition to the new courses offered through partners DoceoTech and AT4 wireless, WiMAX Forum Certified Training courses will be offered by partner Informa Telecoms Academy alongside the WiMAX Forum Congress Latin America in December, including:

WiMAX Explained - This two-day course introduces both technical and non-technical aspects of WiMAX to enable the delegate to fully understand how it fits into the future of BWA communications.
WiMAX Forum RF Network Engineer Certification Boot Camp - This four-day course is designed for engineers who have some RF background, to develop their RF engineering skills, specifically for WiMAX network design. The boot camp covers all of the necessary topics to prepare a technical student to take the WiMAX Forum RF Network Engineer™ certification exam.

The WiMAX Forum Series of tradeshows have shown great success with more than 5,300 attendees and 130+ sponsors and exhibitors at the inaugural WiMAX Forum Congress Asia and WiMAX Forum Global Congress in 2008. For more information on the WiMAX Forum Congress Series, please visit the WiMAX Forum event homepage at www.wimax-vision.com.

The updated 2009 WiMAX Forum Certified Training Course Schedule is now available online, offering courses across the globe including many sessions in Asia, North America, Middle East, Europe and South America. For more information on the course schedule, to register for training, or to download brochures for any of our course offerings, please visit our website www.wimaxforum.org/training.

About WiMAX Forum^®

The WiMAX Forum^® is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16/ETSI HiperMAN standard. A WiMAX Forum goal is to accelerate the introduction of these systems into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certified products are interoperable and support broadband fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile services. Along these lines, the WiMAX Forum works closely with service providers and regulators to ensure that WiMAX Forum Certified systems meet customer and government requirements. Through the WiMAX Forum Congress Events Series of global trade shows and events, the WiMAX Forum is committed to furthering education, training and collaboration to expand the reach of the WiMAX ecosystem. For more information, visit the trade show link at www.wimaxforum.org.

"WiMAX Forum" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," the WiMAX Forum logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified," and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

About AT4 wireless

AT4 wireless, a global supplier of Testing Solutions for wireless technologies prides itself on being both, the most complete Wireless Certification & Testing Laboratory in the World and a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge test & measurement equipment for telecommunication technologies. In the WiMAX™ field, AT4 wireless has wide experience in conformance testing, since it was appointed as the first worldwide WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory, playing now a key role for the WiMAX industry as the WiMAX Forum Lead Lab. Its experience as a testing laboratory and a conformance test system supplier allows AT4 wireless to provide the most competitive seminars in topics as Testing, Certification, Worldwide Approvals, etc. AT4 wireless was founded in 1991, has more than 350 employees and operates from its headquarter in Malaga/Spain and its US-based branch in Herndon/VA.

About DoceoTech

DoceoTech is the leading knowledge-transfer services provider for the Broadband Wireless industry. DoceoTech offers both knowledge-based and certification-skills-based WiMAX training for managers, engineers, network designers, implementers and operators. DoceoTech adds value to its clients operations by certifying that they have the skills to efficiently design and operate customer-satisfying products and networks, which results in increased revenues and reduced costs. DoceoTech provides WiMAX professional certification training for the WiMAX Forum and WiMAX equipment manufacturers. DoceoTech is the only member of the WiMAX Forum that delivers knowledge transfer services as its primary business, and is the only IEEE Education Partner that teaches WiMAX Broadband Wireless courses.

About Informa Telecoms Academy

The Informa Telecoms Academy delivers high quality interactive training courses for the telecommunications sector. As part of Informa Telecoms & Media, we benefit from over 25 years experience analyzing the telecoms industry. Our training programs are delivered worldwide, and used extensively as part of the training and development plans of many large operators, vendors and service providers. In addition to public training courses, we also offer the option of delivering all our courses in-house. Choose this option and our experienced course directors will develop a course to meet your exact needs.