A workshop on WiMAX fundamentals to help regional operators understand the benefits and potential of the technology was held in Dubai recently.

Conducted by Samena Telecommunications Council, the workshop was sponsored by Redline Communications Group Inc, a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX access and broadband wireless infrastructure products.

The conference was attended by many regional operators.

As a telecomm consortium promoting innovations and advances in the industry and the region, Samena organized the workshop to enable regional operators to asses the viability of WiMAX for their respective operations, especially in broadband connectivity and applications.

“Although wireless connectivity in the region has only flourished in recent years, there’s a lot of potential given that this part of the world constitutes a quarter of the world’s population,” said Tom Wilson, CEO, founder and executive managing director, Samena.

“The demand for WiMAX continues to grow worldwide, and the Middle East region has been among the first to embrace and profit from this advanced technology,” said Kevin Suitor, vice president, Redline Communications.

“The demand for advanced communications services in the Middle East continues to grow. We believe that Redline’s participation in Samena’s WiMAX workshop was beneficial to operators that want to take advantage of the latest WiMAX technologies.”

Wilson added that WiMAX is particularly beneficial for new entrants to the telecommunications sector, because it enables them to compete by building networks that can cost-effectively meet the need for personal broadband Internet, which itself is open to a diversified set of connectivity services that can help improve standards of living in many areas of the region. – TradeArabia News Service