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Motorola Introduces 2.5 GHz WiMAX CPE

Motorola unveiled WiMAX customer premise equipment (CPE) before the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicked off this week in Las Vegas. Motorola's new CEPi 100 is a single data port WiMAX modem that operates in the 2.5 GHz band.

The modem is designed to sit on a desktop and is the smallest CPE WiMAX-based CPE device the vendor has launched to date. The CPE unit will be available later this year and of course will be compatible with Sprint's and Clearwire's WiMAX networks.

Motorola is planning a drive demo of WiMAX around Las Vegas. Motorola has already demonstrated hand-offs between WiMAX base stations at 50 miles per hour in Chicago.


The new CPEi100 is a single data port, 2.5 GHz, (CPEi300 and CPEi800 with 4 ethernet port and WiFi) WiMax modem designed to sit on a desktop and serve as the interface between a PC and the WiMax network. Motorola has already introduced a number of mobile WiMax CPE units under its MOTOwi4 brand, but this is the smallest yet.


The device, available later this year, will be compatible with the Sprint Nextel Corp. XOHM service and the Clearwire LLC WiMax offering. Motorola has supply deals with both operators and has been working with Sprint on the "soft launch" of a wireless site in Chicago. (See Sprint Launches WiMax Sites.)

“Performance and ease-of-use are essential to motivate consumers to upgrade to higher performance wireless broadband technologies, “said Fred Wright, Motorola senior vice president, Cellular Networks and Broadband.

“The CPEi 100 provides that experience and enables WiMAX operators to offer a home device that consumers can install and setup in only a matter of minutes.”


Motorola’s wi4 WiMAX solutions are designed to support fixed, portable, nomadic and mobile applications. The WiMAX access points, CPEs and mobile WiMAX chipsets under development for use in Motorola’s devices are part of the MOTOwi4 portfolio of solutions that complement and complete wireless broadband networks

The networking firm is looking beyond the U.S., however. Motorola says it has 15 WiMax contracts and more than 57 WiMax engagements in 38 countries worldwide, including 44 active trials.

Motorola is also introducing a wireless mobile TV gadget that supports the live broadcast of programs using the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) standard. DVB-H is popular among a number of European carriers and is being tested in several Asian markets.

The DH01 has a 4.3-inch video screen and enough battery life for four hours of playback. Viewers can add memory cards to store 90 minutes of video and pause live TV for up to five minutes. [FierceDeveloper/FierceBroadbandWireless/Unstrung]

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