Taiwan-based WiMax vendors are developing WiMAX solutions using chips from Canada-based Wavesat, since they’re having difficulty getting WiMAX chipsets from Intel, according to Digitimes.
Being the sole ODM partner for the production of related 802.16-2004 enabled CPE (customer premise equipment) products in Taiwan, GemTek Technology is currently the only Taiwan-based company that can secure Intel s first WiMAX single silicon solution, the PRO/Wireless 5116, to manufacture its CPE products, which are due to launch by the end of the third quarter of this year.Intel s ODM partner policy has forced other Taiwan makers, including Z-Com, JStream Technologies and Alpha Networks, to use Wavesat chipsets to develop their WiMAX products, the sources noted.
Z-Com has chosen Wavesat s Evolutive WiMAX solution to develop its 802.16-2004 compliant CPE products, which are scheduled to be launched in Taiwan and China in the fourth quarter at the earliest, said the sources.
JStream, a subsidiary of Kinpo Electronics, will also use Wavesat s WiMAX chipsets to develop its subscriber units and outdoor base stations for Taiwan-based wireless ISP providers and other customers worldwide, the sources said.
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