The WiMAX Forum issued a statement welcoming Sprint Nextel's announcement that the carrier will rollout a mutli-billion-dollar WiMAX project with Samsung and Motorola.
The group called the project "a watershed moment for the WiMax Forum and the fast-growing WiMax ecosystem.'
The Wireless Communications Association (WCA) had similar congratulations, saying the enabling factor of the announcement was regulatory victories made by the WCA with the Federal Communications Commission, specifically the use of 2.5GHz for widespread wireless deployments.
Before the FCC's new 2.5-2.7 GHz order made in April of this year, the deployment might not have been possible.
Mobile WiMax/802.16e equipment is currently not certified by the forum, but that hasn't stopped its deployment. Seoul, South Korea, has a substantial network setup there under the name WiBro.