RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.----TapRoot Systems Inc., a leading provider of embedded software solutions
and reference platforms for smartphones, today announced a collaboration
with Beceem Communications www.beceem.com,
the leading mobile WiMAX chipset provider, to support Windows Mobile 6.0
on Beceem’s mobile WiMAX chipset.
“We continue to position ourselves well in the
smartphone space by offering tangible products across current and
emerging markets like Mobile WiMAX,” said
Justin Helmig, Director of Product Management at TapRoot Systems. “Beceem’s
leadership in bringing WiMAX chipsets to market combined with our
expertise in the WLAN and Telephony space provides for a powerful
combination in supporting the mobile WiMAX market.”
“As the WiMAX market continues to mature,
Beceem’s leadership in the design and
development of chipsets ensures that there are market-ready solutions
for WiMAX in mobile, portable and fixed applications,”
said David Patterson, VP of Marketing at Beceem Communications. “TapRoot’s
domain expertise in the wireless device arena is uniquely positioned to
further help us drive early acceptance of Mobile WiMAX devices.”
Global WiMAX infrastructure spending will rocket from $655m today to
$7.36bn by 2009, just three short years away, driving the demand for
innovative Mobile WiMAX devices according to a brand new report from
Rethink Research. In addition, WiMAX spending will go from 22.5% of all
broadband wireless spend in 2006 to be the dominant platform in the
market, with a 63% share. Wireless will increase its share of the
broadband market from 2% to around 17% in the early years of the next
decade 2010.
About TapRoot Systems Inc.
TapRoot Systems, Inc. provides embedded software products and system
integration services for the global mobile phone marketplace. The
company specializes in dual-mode telephony and WLAN solutions for the
industry's major mobile operation systems; Microsoft®
Windows Mobile®, Linux™
Mobile, and Symbian®. TapRoot Systems Inc. is
a Microsoft® development partner, a MontaVista™
Mobilinux™ Partner, a Symbian Platinum
Partner, a S60 Contractor and a S60 Wireless Technology Provider.
TapRoot Systems is a privately held, venture-funded corporation
headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA with development
facilities in Dallas, Texas, Vancouver, British Columbia and Shanghai,
China. TapRoot sales offices are located in the United States, London,
Taipei, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo.
