InfiNet Wireless SkyMAN NG™ universal platform earns top honors at WIMAX world

Boston, Massachusetts - InfiNet Wireless, a global provider of Broadband Wireless Access and pre-WiMAX equipment for last mile connectivity for private and public networks, today announced that its new SkyMAN NG™ universal platform has earned top honors at this week’s WiMAX World conference in Boston, receiving the title of first-runner up in the Industry Innovations category of the “Best of WiMAX World” awards.

InfiNet’s SkyMAN NG™ universal platform for the first time enables fixed and mobile broadband wireless access for WiMAX, Mesh and Wi-Fi networks in a single platform. An 802.16-based system with multiple modules, SkyMAN NG allows unprecedented flexibility and scope of business applications for operators, public safety responders, service providers and industrial enterprises, as well as for the small to medium enterprise and small office/home office markets.

xchange Magazine announced the winners and runners-up of the “Best of WiMAX World” awards in a ceremony yesterday morning, recognizing leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies. Nominations were open to exhibitors and sponsors of the conference, and more than 40 nominations in total were received.

“It is an honor for InfiNet Wireless to be recognized for its product innovation at the premier trade event for the WiMAX industry,” said Robert Stubblebine, CEO of InfiNet Wireless. “We feel that our new SkyMAN NG universal platform is indeed an industry innovation, created in InfiNet’s world-class development laboratories using our extensive field experience in the design and deployment of thousands of wireless carrier-class networks.”

The winners were selected by an independent judging panel, including Charles Wu, principal, CWLab; Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward Concepts; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder, Maravedis Inc. ; Carolyn Gabriel, lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Berge Ayvazian, chief strategy officer, Yankee Group; and representatives from xchange Magazine and Trendsmedia.

About InfiNet Wireless:
InfiNet Wireless is a leading global vendor of Last Mile connectivity solutions utilizing Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) and emerging WiMAX technologies. InfiNet Wireless’ leading-edge routing products represent more than ten years of intense engineering efforts by world-class Russian development laboratories, with extensive field experience in the design and deployment of thousands of wireless carrier-class networks. InfiNet Wireless is a member of the WiMAX Forum™ and is committed to bringing WiMAX-compliant products to market based on the emerging 802.16 standard. InfiNet has earned a clear leadership position in fixed wireless installations in Russia and Eastern Europe and has more than 300 carrier-class wireless networks throughout the world.

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