The World's Largest Venue for Experiencing and Testing WiMAX is Ready!
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- M-Taiwan has been
underway for 3 1/2 years and the government's work, from issuing and
deploying spectrum to assisting manufacturers to develop WiMAX equipment,
is done. The achievements will be showcased on 2-6 June at the Taipei Show
Hall Two in the world-class dedicated exhibition entitled 2008 WiMAX Expo,
Taipei. M-Taiwan's application services and Open Solution Integration
demonstrate how Taiwan- produced WiMAX products successfully mesh with
commercial network equipment from abroad, serving as testimony that the
technical standards of locally-made WiMAX are on par with those of major
manufacturers around the world. The timing is right for Taiwan to penetrate
the international WiMAX market.
Advisors for the expo include the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the
Science and Technology Advisory Group of the Executive Yuan and the Taipei
City Government. WiMAX Expo, Taipei is organized by the Taipei Computer
Association and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and is co-
organized by the WiMAX Forum, Industrial Technology Research Institute and
the Institute for Information Industry.
60 exhibitors in 250 booths will exhibit a variety of related equipment
and application systems. It is a large WiMAX exhibition in global scale.
This year's 2008 WiMAX Expo is divided into four areas, the WiMAX
Applications Area, the WiMAX Components, the WiMAX System Products Area,
and the WiMAX Testing Area. A M-Taiwan Pavilion will also be located on the
premises. According to analysis by the Market Intelligence Center of the
Institute for Information Industry, the total accumulative investment of
global WiMAX deployment is expected to reach US$4.8 billion from 2007 to
2008. Presently, about 260 telecommunication operators around the world are
deploying WiMAX networks and testing WiMAX technologies. At this
significant moment, WiMAX Expo, Taipei will exhibit leading new
telecommunication trends.
Taiwan's famed notebook manufacturers ACER, ASUS, and Quanta, will take
front stage at this show and will display their latest laptops with
embedded WiMAX chipsets. The combination of portable terminal IT products
and WiMAX indicates that industry trends are moving into a new era of
integration of IT and communications. As a result, mobile phone
manufacturers will be researching and developing mobile phones with
embedded WiMAX chipsets.
WiMAX Applications Services and WiMAX Open Solutions will be displayed
in the M-Taiwan Pavilion. Visitors can experience a WiMAX Live Demo in
person, which includes M-Home, M-Shopping MRT Mobile Life, M-Outdoor
Living, which closes the digital gap and M-TV Station Mobile Television.
The WiMAX Open Solution Area will demonstrate all the equipment and
components within a WiMAX Ecosystem.
The WiMAX System Products Area will demonstrate Mobile WiMAX terminals,
BS and ASN Gateways. Motorola, one of the leading mobile WiMAX solution
providers, will demonstrate "WiMAX is Now & Here" by showcasing the WiMAX
ecosystem of network and devices, backhaul and applications for delivering
true "personal broadband" experience. Alcatel-Lucent will offer the
demonstrations of WiMAX technologies, Open CPE Program and WiMAX
Application Services.
In the WiMAX Components Area, Intel, Sequans, and Taiwan companies
MediaTek Inc. and Mobile Devices Inc. are making positive progress in the
development of WiMAX chipsets. It is expected that this year Tawian
companies will introduce WiMAX chipset products.
In July 2007, the ROC's National Communications Commission issued 6
WiMAX operating licenses in northern, central and southern Taiwan. 5 of the
6 recipients of these licenses will be exhibiting at the WiMAX Applications
Area, namely, First International Telecom Corp., Tatung Co., Global Mobile
Corp., Far EasTone Telecommunications, and VASTAR CABLE TV SYSTEM CORP. All
these companies will deliver WiMAX services to the residents of the island.
The exhibition will showcase two kinds of WiMAX Buses, the WiMAX Demo
Bus designed by the organizer and the WiMAX VIP Bus designed by FITEL and
FET. The WiMAX VIP Bus will demonstrate a range of application services
that will be available via WiMAX mobile broadband access in the near
future. The WiMAX VIP Bus by FET and FITEL will focus on M-Taiwan project
achievements. Visitors can experience a Digital Signage System, live
wireless broadband Internet access, commercial vehicle operation system and
real time mobile video conferencing.
About the M-Taiwan
The ''Mobile Taiwan Application Development Project'' is executed by
the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The
project is centered on the deployment of wireless broadband network
infrastructure for the provision of M-services, M-living, and M-learning.
It aims to advance equipment industry development and private investment
through the provision of application services with the ultimate goal of
creating a full wireless broadband network ecosystem in Taiwan. By the year
2010, it is estimated that wireless network subscribers will reach eight
million.
http://www.mtaiwan.org.tw
Press Contact:
Tina Liao
Tel +886-2-2705-6088-ext.109
Mobile +886-958-391-068
Email tina0814@itri.org.tw
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SOURCE M-Taiwan Applications Promotion Program Office
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CONTACT:
Tina Liao, +886-2-2705-6088 x109, or mobile,
+886-958-391-068, or tina0814@itri.org.tw
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