Three Great WiMAX Forum Conferences Packed into Seven Days

Developing Profitable WiMAX Networks Across Several Industries

CLACKAMAS, OR – October 2, 2014 – The WiMAX Forum® announced its upcoming conference series, delivering maximum value to the WiMAX ecosystem that includes the African community and vertical industries such as Oil & Gas and Aviation.

• Wednesday, November 5, 2014 – The first in the series, WiMAX Oil & Gas, a pre-conference session at OilComm, will be held at the George R. Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The program will focus on supporting the Oil & Gas community in deploying effective and affordable WiMAX networks to manage profitable development and growth of their communication initiatives. This will be an interactive working event and participation is free to attendees of the OilComm Full Conference Program and open to all participants of the WiMAX ecosystem. Membership in the WiMAX Forum is not a requirement to attend. Conference participants will receive a special discount of 10% on the OilComm registration. To register or learn more, please visit: http://www.wimaxforum.org/event/wimax-oil-gas-2014.

• Monday, November 10, 2014 – The second in the series, WiMAX Africa 2014, will be held at the DoubleTree Cape Town – Upper Eastside in Cape Town, South Africa. Last year’s WiMAX Africa event attracted over 160 attendees, including 88 representatives of 56 different operators. This year’s event will focus specifically on supporting the African operator community in developing and managing lucrative growth of WiMAX network deployments. The focus will be on WiMAX Advanced: how operators can use their networks on the ground now to build multi-technology networks with WiMAX and, WiFi, Small Cells, and/or LTE. It will be an interactive working event. Participation is free and open to all participants of the WiMAX ecosystem. To register or learn more, please visit: http://www.wimaxforum.org/event/wimax-africa-2014.

• Tuesday & Wednesday, November 11-12, 2014 – The final in the series, WiMAX Aviation 2014- Sendai, will be held at the Westin Sendai, Japan. This will be an event for all participants to meet, exchange ideas and develop business and cooperative relationships. It will include an AeroMACS field-tour trial of the ENRI lab in the Sendai Airport in the afternoon on November 12. The meeting will be collocated with ICAO WG-S Meeting on November 13-14. This event will focus specifically on supporting the global Aviation Community in managing profitable development and growth of their AeroMACS networks. Registration is required for this event. The number of Sendai field tour participants is limited, so please register soon to guarantee your spot and indicate if you plan to join the tour. To register or learn more, please visit:
http://www.wimaxforum.org/event/wimax-aviation-2014-sendai.

Said WiMAX Forum President, Declan Byrne, “The WiMAX Forum is proud to host another informative conference season this Fall – three great conferences packed into seven days. Participation in any of these events will bring attendees a means to further their commitment to the advancement of wireless broadband, regardless of whether they are operators, vendors, governmental organizations or manufacturers in the industry.”

For any questions concerning the WiMAX Forum activities, please contact Alessandra Rocha at Alessandra.Rocha@WiMAXForum.org.

The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization that certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon IEEE Standard 802.16. The WiMAX Forum’s primary goal is to accelerate the adoption, deployment and expansion of WiMAX technologies across the globe while facilitating roaming agreements, sharing best practices within our membership and certifying products. WiMAX Forum Certified® products are interoperable and support broadband fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile services. The WiMAX Forum works closely with service providers and regulators to ensure that WiMAX Forum Certified systems meet customer and government requirements. For more information, visit www.wimaxforum.org.

WiMAX Forum
Alessandra Rocha
Business Development Manager
9009 SE Adams Street, #2259
Clackamas, OR 97015-2259

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