Four New Members for WiMAX Patents Group

WiMAX patent pooling group, the Open Patent Alliance (OPA) has announced four new members - Beceem Communications, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans Communications and UQ Communications. Formed in June 2008, the OPA is dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and adoption of WiMAX services.

Beceem, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans and UQ come in as associate (non-board-level) members, joining current OPA members Acer, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Cisco, Clearwire, Huawei Technologies, Intel Corporation and Samsung Electronics.

"It's been an exciting month for the Open Patent Alliance and WiMAX 4G momentum, in general," said OPA President Yung Hahn. "The OPA ecosystem remains focused on broader choice and competitive equipment and service costs for WiMAX technology, devices and applications globally. With a critical mass of silicon providers now as members, the OPA can continue facilitating the formation of a singular, cohesive WiMAX patent pool to assist participating companies in obtaining access to patent licenses from patent owners at a more predictable cost."

Posted to the site on 15th June 2009