Navini Networks has emerged as the favorite of the WiMAX vendors likely to be acquired by Cisco. An Unstrung.com story cites sources as saying Cisco is expected to purchase Navini within the next few weeks.
According to Unstrung, ThinkEquity Partners has issue a report saying that Navini is the favorite because of the vendor's use of "beamforming" technology, which can increase directional signal strength from WiMAX.
Another Unstrung story previously linked Cisco with Alvarion, Aperto Networks, and Redline Communications, all with established products and a number of deployments.
Last week, Navini with Fujitsu Microelectonics America made the first demonstration of multivendor interoperability using smart beamforming with multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) on a mobile WiMAX (802.16e) network.
A Navini purchase would be Cisco's first foray into the WiMAX market.
Further reading: Cisco buyout rumor mill focused on WiMAX vendor Navini
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