Linux-based WiMAX board support packages to hit market

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA), Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME), and Hopling Technologies announced today that the three companies have further enhanced their working relationships by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the mutual goal of enabling faster and smoother integration of the WiMAX baseband system-on-chip (SoC) into a Linux-based wireless equipment environment.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Hopling Technologies and Fujitsu will utilize Hopling Technologies’ Linux software expertise and Fujitsu’s WiMAX reference design kit to create a Linux-based Hopling Board Support Package; this package will accelerate deployment of Linux-based WiMAX solutions among equipment manufacturers.

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