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Not 3GSM: a WiMax demo of MIMO technology by Kyocera, Runcorn

“MIMO-powered WiMAX gives us the rare ability to further the paradigm shift in the way carriers and service providers deliver unbridled access to content, creating a whole new mindset about what the mobile user experience should be,” said Dave Carey, vice president of strategic planning, Kyocera Wireless Corp.

He was announcing a successful laboratory demonstration of what Kyocera and Runcorn believe is "the first MIMO-powered data connection using innovative WiMAX antenna technology."

As with the multi-input multi-output technology already used by WiFi "pre-N" devices,  MIMO-powered WiMAX "uses multiple antennas to deliver mobile services three to five times faster than today’s wireless broadband cellular networks, and at a much lower cost to carriers," says today's announcement.

A PCMCIA card from Kyocera Wireless powered by Runcom’s WiMAX Matrix-B chipset "demonstrates the commercial viability of MIMO-powered WiMAX for networks and end-user devices, and the prototype PC card is now in trials with leading infrastructure providers," the partners announced.

For more information, please visit www.kyocera-wireless.com and http://www.runcom.com. Full in formation about this test in the press release