Symbol Technologies Announces Support for the WiMAX Forumâ„¢

Symbol Technologies, Inc. , Enterprise Mobility Companyâ„¢, today announced its support for the , an industry-led organization that promotes the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 standard. The WiMAX Forum supports the development of new products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard.

Symbol believes that WiMAX technology will build upon Wi-Fi in a very complimentary way, expanding open standard based wireless networking for metropolitan-area outdoor mobility applications.

"Membership in the WiMAX Forum is part of Symbol's commitment to incorporate and develop leading wireless technologies into our product offerings," said Anthony Bartolo, Symbol Technologies vice president and general manager of the wireless infrastructure division. "By joining the forum, Symbol will continue to provide our customers with innovative solutions based on open standards and Symbol value added mobility services."

"We are delighted Symbol has joined the WiMAX Forum to work toward bringing exceptional vertical industry solutions of scale to the broadband wireless market," said WiMAX Forum President Ron Resnick. "The WiMAX Forum is committed to driving the build-out of the broadband wireless ecosystem, and enlisting the support of key industry players like Symbol, helps to boost our momentum as we are poised for strong worldwide adoption of WiMAX solutions in 2005."

The WiMAX Forum is striving to create economies of scale made possible by standards-based, interoperable products that drive price and performance levels not achievable by proprietary approaches. WiMAX technology is designed to help service providers across global markets deliver economical broadband data, voice and video services to both residential and business customers.

Symbol's participation in the WiMAX Forum marks the company's continued effort to support the development of next generation wireless technology based on open standards. Symbol was a co-founder of the Wi-Fi Alliance and is a standing board member of the 200-plus member organization. Symbol continues to play an active role in the IEEE 802.11 committee for wireless local area network (WLAN) standard formation and review.

About WiMAX Forumâ„¢

The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN specifications. The forum's goal is to accelerate the introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certifiedâ„¢ products will be fully interoperable and support Metropolitan Broadband Fixed, Portable and Mobile Applications. For more information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit .

WiMAX Forumâ„¢ and WiMAX Forum Certifiedâ„¢ are registered trademarks of the WiMAX Forumâ„¢.