Zyxel begins shipping WiMAX routers to Sprint Nextel

Zyxel Communications has begun shipping its WiMAX routers exclusively designed for US-based Sprint Nextel for the implementation of its WiMAX-based XHOM services, according to market sources.

The shipments are part of a contract which Zyxel signed with Sprint Nextel in August 2007 to supply the US telecom service provider with WiMAX CPE (customer premises equipment), the sources noted.

Since the XHOM services are still in a trial period, shipment volume of the WiMAX routers will be relative small initially, the sources speculated.

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