Fixed vendor strategies - 15/9/05

Marconi and Airspan will jointly deploy three WiMAX trial networks in Italy's Piedmont and Sicily regions.

Alcatel has signed a contract with Elisa (Finland) for an IP service routing solution to power its next-generation, IP/MPLS network.

Motorola prepares its Moto Wi4 portfolio of mobile IEEE 802.16e standard-based WiMAX solutions (the mobile version, not yet standardized but planned for the end of the year; Motorola escapes previous standards).

Scientific Atlanta will include Tropos Networks' MetroMesh Wi-Fi products to its HFC portfolio.