Fujitsu Ships 5.8GHz WiMAX System-on-Chip for Base Stations and Subscriber Units

Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd (FMAL) announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) is now shipping its 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband system-on-chip (SoC) to ODM partners and customers worldwide, including solutions provider Texas Instruments, WiMAX systems provider ORZA Networks and WiMAX customer premises maker Sun Create Electronics Co., Ltd. 

The 5.8GHz WiMAX SoC from Fujitsu has been based on the WiMAX Forum^TM worldwide system profile. The chip has both the performance characteristics and cost-effectiveness to support full base station designs as well as subscriber unit implementations. The Fujitsu SoC, which supports frequencies ranging from 2 to 11GHz in both licensed and unlicensed bands, is now being used in the industry's first commercially available fixed WiMAX CPE supporting the 5.8GHz band. 

George Wu, director of marketing of Fujitsu Microelectronics America said that shipping these market-leading WiMAX SoCs in the 5.8GHz bands to one of the strongest fleets of customers in the industry continues to fulfill their commitment to deliver innovation and momentum to the fixed WiMAX access markets worldwide. They were looking forward to customer adoption and network deployments that can serve millions of underserved subscribers in North and South America, as well as all markets where their partners deliver BWA/WiMAX systems, service and support.